Chris de Burgh Ireland 2027 tour: dates, venues and tickets
Five theatre nights next May put the long catalogue back on Irish stages, from Wexford to Belfast, with the hits still front and centre and seats about to go on sale.
Chris de Burgh has set five Irish dates for his 2027 It's Not Too Late tour, taking in Wexford, Limerick, Cork, Belfast and Dublin across the second half of May. The run is built around the songs that have carried his name on radio and on stage for decades, and it keeps the scale to lyric theatres rather than arenas.
The itinerary opens at the National Opera House in Wexford on 20 May 2027. Limerick's University Concert Hall follows on 24 May, with Cork Opera House the next night on 25 May. The Waterfront Hall Auditorium in Belfast hosts the show on 29 May, and the tour closes at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin on 31 May. Each night will draw on greatest hits including 'The Lady in Red', 'Missing You' and 'High on Emotion'. Tickets go on sale from 10am on Friday 18 October via Ticketmaster and the venue box offices.
Fifty years behind the title
De Burgh's most recent album, 50, was released in 2024 to mark 50 years in music. That landmark sits behind the new tour as much as any single release does: a half-century of writing and performing, gathered into one record and now carried back onto the road. He has sold more than 45 million records worldwide. The figure still frames how these Irish dates will land — for audiences who grew up with the singles and for listeners coming to them in a theatre seat for the first time.
50 was not presented as a goodbye. The 2027 shows treat the milestone as a platform, a reason to put the best-known material in rooms built for voice and song. 'The Lady in Red' remains the title most people reach for first; 'Missing You' and 'High on Emotion' sit beside it among the songs the nights are expected to draw on. The announcement does not publish a full setlist, only the promise of the hits that built the catalogue.
The tour title, It's Not Too Late, fits that stance. After fifty years the emphasis stays on the work itself — ballads and anthems that filled playlists and dancefloors, and that still justify a ticket when the lights go down. For a pop and rock audience that knows these records by heart, the Irish run is less a reinvention than a return to the songs that travelled furthest.
Five theatres, one island
The routing is compact. Wexford and Cork lock two nights into established opera houses. Limerick's University Concert Hall and Dublin's Bord Gáis Energy Theatre supply larger lyric stages in the west and the capital. Belfast's Waterfront Hall Auditorium carries the same brief across the border. Limerick and Cork sit on consecutive nights; a short gap then leads to Belfast and the Dublin close.
For an artist whose biggest records have lived on Irish airwaves for decades, theatres over arenas keep the nights close. Greatest-hits sets of this kind live on voice, arrangement and song; the rooms named for May are built for exactly that. No support acts have been confirmed with the dates, and no further Irish shows beyond these five have been listed alongside the announcement.
What comes next is the on-sale. From 10am on Friday 18 October, seats go through Ticketmaster and each venue's own box office. After that the story moves to the stages themselves in May: five nights, the hits, and a catalogue that has already sold in the tens of millions, brought back to the island on a short, deliberate run.
Tour dates
MAY 2027
6 – Bath, Bath Forum
7 – Bournemouth, Bournemouth Pavilion
10 – London, Cadogan Hall
11 – London, Cadogan Hall
13 – Leicester, De Montfort Hall
14 – Basingstoke, The Anvil
16 – Harrogate, Harrogate Convention Centre
17 – Liverpool, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
20 – Wexford, National Opera House
24 – Limerick City, University Concert Hall
25 – Cork, Cork Opera House
29 – Belfast, Waterfront Hall Auditorium
31 – Dublin, Bord Gais Energy Theatre
The itinerary opens at the National Opera House in Wexford on 20 May 2027. Limerick's University Concert Hall follows on 24 May, with Cork Opera House the next night on 25 May. The Waterfront Hall Auditorium in Belfast hosts the show on 29 May, and the tour closes at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin on 31 May. Each night will draw on greatest hits including 'The Lady in Red', 'Missing You' and 'High on Emotion'. Tickets go on sale from 10am on Friday 18 October via Ticketmaster and the venue box offices.
Fifty years behind the title
De Burgh's most recent album, 50, was released in 2024 to mark 50 years in music. That landmark sits behind the new tour as much as any single release does: a half-century of writing and performing, gathered into one record and now carried back onto the road. He has sold more than 45 million records worldwide. The figure still frames how these Irish dates will land — for audiences who grew up with the singles and for listeners coming to them in a theatre seat for the first time.
50 was not presented as a goodbye. The 2027 shows treat the milestone as a platform, a reason to put the best-known material in rooms built for voice and song. 'The Lady in Red' remains the title most people reach for first; 'Missing You' and 'High on Emotion' sit beside it among the songs the nights are expected to draw on. The announcement does not publish a full setlist, only the promise of the hits that built the catalogue.
The tour title, It's Not Too Late, fits that stance. After fifty years the emphasis stays on the work itself — ballads and anthems that filled playlists and dancefloors, and that still justify a ticket when the lights go down. For a pop and rock audience that knows these records by heart, the Irish run is less a reinvention than a return to the songs that travelled furthest.
Five theatres, one island
The routing is compact. Wexford and Cork lock two nights into established opera houses. Limerick's University Concert Hall and Dublin's Bord Gáis Energy Theatre supply larger lyric stages in the west and the capital. Belfast's Waterfront Hall Auditorium carries the same brief across the border. Limerick and Cork sit on consecutive nights; a short gap then leads to Belfast and the Dublin close.
For an artist whose biggest records have lived on Irish airwaves for decades, theatres over arenas keep the nights close. Greatest-hits sets of this kind live on voice, arrangement and song; the rooms named for May are built for exactly that. No support acts have been confirmed with the dates, and no further Irish shows beyond these five have been listed alongside the announcement.
What comes next is the on-sale. From 10am on Friday 18 October, seats go through Ticketmaster and each venue's own box office. After that the story moves to the stages themselves in May: five nights, the hits, and a catalogue that has already sold in the tens of millions, brought back to the island on a short, deliberate run.
Tour dates
MAY 2027
6 – Bath, Bath Forum
7 – Bournemouth, Bournemouth Pavilion
10 – London, Cadogan Hall
11 – London, Cadogan Hall
13 – Leicester, De Montfort Hall
14 – Basingstoke, The Anvil
16 – Harrogate, Harrogate Convention Centre
17 – Liverpool, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
20 – Wexford, National Opera House
24 – Limerick City, University Concert Hall
25 – Cork, Cork Opera House
29 – Belfast, Waterfront Hall Auditorium
31 – Dublin, Bord Gais Energy Theatre
