Get to Know Celtic Thunder

Pre-order "Celtic Thunder: Heritage" now! Both the CD and the DVD are available to pre-order with popular online retailers prior to the official February 22, 2011 release. Now is a great time to contact your local stores to inquire as to their planned availability. Also, check with your local PBS stations to see if they are planning to air the accompanying special. Remember, some stations may offer Celtic Thunder concert ticket packages way in advance, so it can be a good idea to check in with them frequently about their Celtic Thunder related pledging plans.

"Celtic Thunder: Christmas", is currently available on DVD through many retailers. Order your copy online or at your local store today! Be sure to contact your local PBS station to request they air this brand new special, timed perfectly for the winter holiday season. Also, if you have not purchased a copy of the accompanying CD, they are also available in stores and through online music retailers.

"It's Entertainment", filmed in early October 2009, in Toronto, Canada, was made for use as a PBS pledge special starting at the end of February 2010. As this time approaches, if you are interested in making a pledge for a Meet & Greet package to one of the Celtic Thunder's concerts, contact the PBS station local to the concert you have in mind and inquire as to their availability and manner in which you can start pledging for a set. [Remember, each station works independently. Also, please keep in mind that all offerings for Summer and Fall tours are speculation until confirmed by an official source. This information here comes from past experiences.] No tentative time frame has been set for the Celtic Thunder: Storm program, also filmed in Toronto in early October, 2009.

Celtic Thunder has performed on QVC at various times for their Rose of Tralee celebration. They performed on QVC in early September of 2009 (with Neil Byrne stepping up in Paul's temporary absence) to promote their first DVD: The Show and some of their first CDs, and again on St. Patrick's Day 2010, both to great success.

"In recent years, Phil Coulter has enjoyed phenomenal international success as a performer and recording artiste. He has sold millions of albums , hosted his own TV series and toured extensively with his orchestra, playing prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall, the Nobel Peace Awards and even the White House. On his travels he even managed to pick up a Grammy nomination! ...[E]ven more impressive are his achievements as a songwriter, composer and record producer stretching back over forty... years!

"As an indicator of things to come, Phil burst on the music scene in 1967 winning the Eurovision Song Contest at his first attempt with Puppet On A String and came second by one point the following year with Congratulations. ...

"His magic touch was soon to work across the Atlantic when one of his creations The Bay City Rollers stormed up the U.S. charts to No.1 with his song Saturday Night, starting a phenomenon which was to spread around the world, spearheaded by more Phil |Coulter songs. One of his proudest boasts is that he is the only non-American songwriter to have written a top ten hit for Elvis Presley, the supremely emotive O My Boy. ...

"He admits that one of his most satisfying moments was to hear his Rugby anthem Irelands Call resound around Croke Park before the recent crunch game with England. It is somehow fitting that the music for one of Ireland's most historic events was composed by one of her most respected composers. But for Phil Coulter here is always a new challenge..."

[Excerpts from Official Biography, celticthunder.ie].

"Sharon Browne has been working in the music business for over 20 years. Her management buyout in 1996 of K-Tel in Ireland created what was to become Ireland's Premier Irish Music Label - Celtic Collections, an independent and Irish owned label.

"Sharon Browne... no longer working with Celtic Collections and Celtic Woman, it's time for a new challenge.

"And that Challenge is CELTIC THUNDER. ..."

[Excerpts from Official Biography, celticthunder.ie].