VENUE: ALMAS TOWER, OPPOSITE McGETTIGAN�S IRISH PUB JLT
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WHEN: THURSDAY 27th
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TICKETS AED150 ON SALE FROM MCGETTIGAN�S AND ONLINE�
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Irish rockers, The Coronas, will take to the stage for the 3rd
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McGettigan�s Irish Pub has taken the band indoors for a live and loud show, at Almas Tower, in the heart�
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of JLT.
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When Danny O'Reilly (vocals/guitar) met Graham Knox (bass) for the first time, O'Reilly was only two�
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weeks old while Knox had barely escaped his mothers' womb. All their lives they were surrounded by�
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music but it wasn't until O'Reilly began writing songs at the tender age of 13 that they decided it would�
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be cool to start a band. They recruited school friends Conor Egan (drums) and another close friend to�
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form Kiros and performed their first gig on a Saturday afternoon in a run-down pub in Dublin's city�
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centre to about 10 friends. Their adventures as Kiros, however, were short-lived as the band broke up�
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before they turned 18 years of age. O'Reilly, Knox and Egan, however, continued to create music but�
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soon they began to miss the thrill of live gigging and, calling themselves Corona, they decided to start�
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playing to anyone who would listen.
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�FEBRUARY 2014
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�year running in Dubai! This year�
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2007 saw them change their name to "The Coronas" (due to an Italian dance act already called Corona)�
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but this did not hinder their success as they began to take the Irish music scene by storm with their�
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debut single "Decision Time" which reached no.8 in the retail charts in January '07. Another top 20�
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single followed entitled "The Talk" which resulted in the band being signed to UK agency Marshall Arts.
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Their hit singles "Grace, Don't Wait!" and "San Diego Song" which spent a staggering 16 weeks in the�
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Irish top 40, and the release of their debut album "Heroes or Ghosts" was met with rave reviews.
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The band�s third album, Closer to You, was released in Ireland on 11 November 2011. The Coronas�
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recorded the album in LA with producer Tony Hoffer who has worked with Air, Beck, The Kooks, Belle�
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and Sebastian and many more. Their first single from the album, Addicted To Progress, was a big hit on�
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Irish airwaves and the single was in the Top 5 Irish Airplay Chart for more than 13 weeks. The song was�
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also nominated for the 2012 Meteor Choice Music Prize.
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At the moment the band are working on a new album and have spent most of the winter recording it�
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both in Ireland and the US.�