{"id":161352,"date":"2025-11-26T21:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/161352\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T21:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:31:07","slug":"ill-bring-the-chicken-hut-obriens-bold-bid-to-sing-with-michael-buble-at-his-limerick-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/161352\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I&#8217;ll bring the Chicken Hut&#8221;: O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s bold bid to sing with Michael Bubl\u00e9 at his Limerick concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LIMERICK crooner, Liam O\u2019Brien, has boldly put his name forward for what could be the performance of a lifetime &#8211; joining global superstar Michael Bubl\u00e9 on stage when he plays <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/132\/rugby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Thomond Park<\/a> next summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And now, even Mayor of Limerick, John Moran, has taken to social media to ask whether the city can help make Liam\u2019s dream a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Limerick Live, Liam said: \u201cFor me, throwing my name in for the Micheal Buble gig is really about following the dream &#8211; even in your mid 40\u2019s! I&#8217;ve had some mad highs and lows in this business and I\u2019ve failed at plenty over the years, but I\u2019ve never once regretted giving something a shot. The only real regret in life is not trying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/arts---entertainment\/1947301\/limerick-legends-honoured-with-new-book-and-video-launch-in-the-city.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Limerick legends honoured with new book and video launch in the city<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added: Being part of a show like this in my hometown would genuinely be a dream come true. I grew up on this music and its been the soundtrack to some of the best and toughest moments of my life. To step onto that stage even for one song with the man himself in Thomond Park would be one of those rare moments you remember forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWherever comes of it, I\u2019m enjoying the ride and having great craic with it. Life&#8217;s too short to not take a swing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien\u2019s journey with the arts has taken him far beyond Limerick\u2019s stages, as he has also spent time working on the celebrated ITV series Emmerdale, where he was a series regular for 3 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the gig was announced, Liam took straight to social media with his dream, saying: \u201cAs a lifelong Limerick crooner who has been serenading this city since Brown Thomas was Todds\u2026 I feel it\u2019s only right I throw my fedora in the ring to guest with him and his band.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou bring the band, Michael, I\u2019ll bring the Chicken Hut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His campaign has already sparked excitement online, including from Mayor John Moran, who shared the post, saying: \u201cCould we make this happen??\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The buzz follows yesterday\u2019s announcement that Michael Bubl\u00e9 will perform at Thomond Park next summer, marking what is set to be one of Limerick\u2019s biggest live events of the year.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIMERICK crooner, Liam O\u2019Brien, has boldly put his name forward for what could be the performance of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,8679,1396,44,20617],"class_list":{"0":"post-161352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-john-moran","12":"tag-limerick","13":"tag-limerick-city","14":"tag-thomond-park"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}