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Dedication

 

There have been events celebrating his life annually around this anniversary of Phil Lynott’s death. There had already been an event at a smaller local venue the night before this special event at the 3Arena. 4 January 2026 was 40 years to the day since his tragic passing.

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This was a multi artist event, including one of the original Thin Lizzy members and various others, many who had been part of various incarnations of Thin Lizzy, both during the life of Phil, and following his passing.

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Grand Slam had been formed by Lynott after he had announced the break-up of Thin Lizzy. Laurence Archer was the remaining only member who had played during the Lynott era.

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The Rockers were pulled together to include various artists who had associations with Thin Lizzy both old and new, such as Ricky Warwick and Marco Mendoza. Richard Fortus of Guns 'N Roses had also flown over from the States to appear.

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We also had the RTE Concert Orchestra putting its own angle into may Thin Lizzy classics, helped by some of the other vocalists appearing during the evening.

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Darren Wharton had played keyboards the last time I had seen Thin Lizzy in 1983. Today he was fronting Darren Wharton’s Renegade, which is essentially a Thin Lizzy tribute act, and a very good one at that. We did have one original member joining them in guitarist Eric Bell.