Limerick fans of the Coronas are in for a treat this Friday (31st July) when the chart-topping band visit the city for a special album signing at Dolans.
The Coronas will visit Limerick as part of a mini-tour with a twist to sign copies of their upcoming album True Love Waits which is set for release this Friday.
To celebrate the new album the band have teamed up with Murphy’s Ice Cream and will visit Limerick in a Super Sprinkles ice-cream van, signing copies of their album and giving free pots of Murphy’s most popular flavour, Dingle Sea Salt, to their fans.
The Coronas' Ice Cream tour will stop in Dolans Limerick at 2pm this Friday, 31st July.
The ice cream van will be located on the Dock Road entrance to Dolans. The album signing for fans will take place in Dolans. All social distancing regulations will be followed and a limited number of people will be given access to the premises at any one time.
Lead singer Danny says, ‘When we realised that we weren’t going to be able to promote the album like before, we started thinking about different ideas to mark the launch. With no gigs, in-store signings or radio performances permitted, our manager had the idea that we get in an ice cream van and travel the country giving out free ice cream and selling the album! With everything that’s going on at the moment we thought it might add a tiny bit of positivity into the world and we can’t wait to get out and see some of our fans and friends around the country that we haven’t seen since before lockdown. There’s a long way to go before we beat this unfortunately named virus, but, remember, True Love Waits.’
The Coronas are no strangers to Limerick having had some amazing nights at Dolans and other venues through the years.
“From the buzz of our first ever gig there upstairs to about 30 people, to the feeling of selling out our first Warehouse, Dolans have always supported the Coronas. Venues like Dolans are essential in building and developing Irish music acts and we look forward to celebrating the launch of True Love Waits with Limerick fans at Dolans on Friday”, Danny added.
Sean Murphy of Murphy’s Ice Cream, said they were more than happy to help The Coronas celebrate their album launch. ‘Murphy’s are delighted to be partnering with another great Irish (music) producer!!! We collect salt water from the seas of Dingle, and make our own sea salt, which forms the basis of this uniquely Irish ice cream flavour and our top best seller, Dingle Sea Salt. We hope the band and their fans enjoy it.’
True Love Waits marks the start of what is now more than a new chapter in the career of one of Ireland’s biggest, best-loved bands, it’s more like a whole new book. A quartet for thirteen years, last summer The Coronas became a trio when guitarist Dave McPhillips unexpectedly left. Dave’s departure forced the remaining band members to reconsider their way of writing, and so they collaborated with other writers leading to changes in song structures and instrumentation. All this helped to push The Coronas out of their comfort zone and resulted in an album that the band are immensely proud of and excited to share with their fans.