Dermot Kennedy has announced he will be performing a live streamed gig at the Natural History Museum in London on July 30th following the cancellation of his shows due to COVID-19. Many artists have opted for preforming concerts at home during lockdown but this idea of performing with a full concert set up could be a great way for musicians to make a living without touring.

The ‘Some Summer Nights at the Natural History Museum’ will be a pay-per-view event. Speaking about the event, Dermot said; “I’m incredibly excited to be playing a show at the Natural History Museum in London. To have the opportunity to bring my music into a place filled with so much history and wonderment means so much to me. We’re going to do something truly unique and I can’t wait for you to see it.

“This is easily one of the most exciting things I’ve ever been involved in and it feels like a privilege to get to put this show on and in this time when I can’t play shows as I normally would, it gives me so much joy to be able to share this event with you. Poetry, music and history will all come together for this event and it’s going to be so special.”

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Presale is now open for our live-streamed show at London’s Natural History Museum! Thank you to everybody who’s signed up for it – I can promise you this is going to be incredibly special. Tickets go on sale this Friday 10 July at 9AM local time. Link to join mailing list in stories. X

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Dermot will be joined by his full band but also a very special guest star, Paul Mescal. The Irish actor has recently shot to fame following his performance as Connell in the hit series Normal People. Dermot said in an announcement video. “We’re going to be joined by Paul Mescal from Normal People, which is incredible. I’m so grateful to him for getting involved and being up for it. This is going to be so special.”

While it isn’t confirmed that Paul will be singing at the event, after seeing the videos Paul uploads of himself singing on Instagram, it would seem like we are in for a remarkable show. 

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This announcement follows a very busy week for Dermot as his album Without Fear broke the record for the most time an Irish debut album has spent at No.1 so far this century. He also recently released his new single Giants. Tickets are going on sale Friday 10th of July and there will be an option to donate funds to the BLM Global Network.