{"id":344090,"date":"2026-03-13T11:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/344090\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:14:08","slug":"huge-limerick-band-from-the-90s-add-an-extra-night-for-hometown-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/344090\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge Limerick band from the 90&#8217;s add an extra night for hometown performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A HUGELY successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/236\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">band<\/a> who toured with big names in the 90s have sold out a homecoming gig in Newcastle West \u00a0 and have\u00a0 now added an extra date.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Driven was made up of band members from Newcastle West and Rathkeale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year, after 20 years of not playing together, two of the members Brendan Markham and Darren Mullins got back together and took the band back on the road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, they sold out a gig in their hometown Newcastle West.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year, another gig on May 29 sold out within hours and Cleary&#8217;s in Newcastle West have now announced a second night on Thursday, May 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/health\/2034016\/first-new-acute-hospital-in-ireland-in-almost-20-years-is-officially-opened-in-limerick.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">First new acute hospital in Ireland in almost 20 years is officially opened in Limerick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1996 and 1997, the band toured the UK and Europe supporting Skunk Anansie, Stereophonics, The Levellers and Kula Shaker.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, they had signed with Polydor UK and Chrysalis UK and played the major festivals, as well as doing TV appearances and performances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about returning to the stage in Newcastle West, singer Brendan Markham said these sell out shows have given them a boost.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese gigs have sparked a fire again,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guitarist Darren Mullins added: \u201cThese nights have shown the huge appreciation for the music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for May 28 for the extra show will go on sale today, March 12 on Eventbrite.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>People are advised to book early to avoid disappointment.<\/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":"A HUGELY successful band who toured with big names in the 90s have sold out a homecoming gig&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,1396,4580,39830],"class_list":["post-344090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-newcastle-west","tag-rathkeale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344090","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=344090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}