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A Ricky Warwick and the Fighting Hearts headline show.
Support: Valhalla Awaits
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April 13th 2025
Much to the delight of a sold out but intimate crowd in the Ards Art Centre, this homecoming gig for Ricky delivered to all a generous career retrospective, spliced in with tales from the road. Performances of his recent solo work, his Almighty days, as well as his Thin Lizzy adventures , and Black Star Riders exploits - Ricky knows how wow a crowd. It's clear he is hardworking, being steadily prolific throughout his career, while maintaining an admirable attitude, remaining grounded, humble, thankful and generous - dedicating much of his performances to those who helped make his dreams a reality. Just a class act and all round good guy. Catch him anytime he is in town, you won't be disappointed.
Newtownards, United Kingdom@Ards Arts Centre
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Ricky Warwick Biography
The journey from Belfast to Los Angeles, entwined with a lifetime spent at the coalface of bona fide rock n roll, has made for a heady cocktail of creativity and popularity. Ricky Warwick, founder of The Almighty, Black Star Riders, The Fighting Hearts, acclaimed and respectful frontman of Thin Lizzy since 2011, remains unstoppable.
This time he’s on a solo run with the release of his new album Blood Ties.
Acknowledging that it was time to mine a deep seam for this record, the busiest man in the business has left nothing in the dressing room. Big cathartic guitar sounds and life-affirming, often joyous assessments of where he stands in this time and place make this album a standout piece of work in a career that has spanned over four decades. The Northern Irish man has spent his time well and the foundations for an album such as Blood Ties have been laid on solid ground.
As a solo artist and an esteemed singer/songwriter in his own right, Ricky Warwick has also collaborated with some of the finest musicians on the planet, with Blood Ties featuring Billy Duffy (The Cult), Lita Ford and Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke).
Having written with his friend and creative compadre Mr Keith Nelson (Buckcherry) on this album, Ricky stresses that the guitars are turned up “beyond driven” on Blood Ties. When Warwick is as happy as this with a new work, you can rest assured there’s another hit album barrelling down the track... And it’s coming at a pace.
Read MoreThis time he’s on a solo run with the release of his new album Blood Ties.
Acknowledging that it was time to mine a deep seam for this record, the busiest man in the business has left nothing in the dressing room. Big cathartic guitar sounds and life-affirming, often joyous assessments of where he stands in this time and place make this album a standout piece of work in a career that has spanned over four decades. The Northern Irish man has spent his time well and the foundations for an album such as Blood Ties have been laid on solid ground.
As a solo artist and an esteemed singer/songwriter in his own right, Ricky Warwick has also collaborated with some of the finest musicians on the planet, with Blood Ties featuring Billy Duffy (The Cult), Lita Ford and Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke).
Having written with his friend and creative compadre Mr Keith Nelson (Buckcherry) on this album, Ricky stresses that the guitars are turned up “beyond driven” on Blood Ties. When Warwick is as happy as this with a new work, you can rest assured there’s another hit album barrelling down the track... And it’s coming at a pace.
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