Rewriting Rory Blog

Today marks 38 years since Rory's 1986 concert at the Irish Centre in Leeds. To mark the occasion, here are some fan testimonies of the concert, which were first published in the fanzine Deuce: https://rewritingrory.co.uk/2024/08/28/on-the-road-13-the-irish-centre-leeds-1986/

Enjoy!

On this day in 1988, Rory played Heppenheim Open Air Festival in Germany. To mark the occasion, here are a few fan testimonies from those who were there for the latest in our On the Road series. Enjoy!

https://rewritingrory.co.uk/2024/09/11/on-the-road-14-heppenheim-open-air-festival-1988/

Continuing Rewriting Rory's 'On the Road' series today with a short post about Rory's Town & Country Club gig, which took place in London on this day in 1988.

https://rewritingrory.co.uk/2024/09/17/on-the-road-15-town-country-club-1988/

Enjoy!

GIVEAWAY TIME!

Would you like to win a copy of our forthcoming book Rory Gallagher: The Later Years? If so, visit our website and enter your name, country and email address to be in with a chance to win.

https://rewritingrory.co.uk/2024/09/20/giveaway-competition/

ONE lucky winner will be chosen at random on 4th October 2024.

Best of luck!

As the release date for Rory Gallagher: The Later Years fast approaches, today we wanted to share a ‘teaser’ extract from our introduction. Head on over to Rewriting Rory to have a read:

https://rewritingrory.co.uk/2024/10/01/teaser-extract-from-rory-gallagher-the-later-years/

And don’t forget, you can still preorder a copy of the book from Wymer here:

https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/rory-gallagher/rory-gallagher-the-later-years/

Or enter our giveaway competition to be in with a chance to win a free copy:

https://rewritingrory.co.uk/2024/09/20/giveaway-competition/

To promote the release of Defender, Rory and his band were out on the road throughout October for a UK tour. On this day in 1987, they played the International 2 in Manchester. Head on over to Rewriting Rory for an excellent account of the concert by fan John Christie, which was originally published in the Swiss fanzine Deuce.

https://rewritingrory.co.uk/2024/10/08/on-the-road-16-international-2-manchester-1987/

Today sees the release of Rory Gallagher: The BBC Collection. Head on over to Rewriting Rory for a review of the boxset, with a particular focus on the 80s material:

https://rewritingrory.co.uk/2024/10/11/rewriting-rory-21-rory-gallagher-the-bbc-collection-out-now/