A Different View with Dave O’Connell

As gigs go, they couldn’t have been much further apart in scale or atmosphere – 8,000 crammed into the 3Arena for the first of David Gray’s two Dublin appearances, and just 60 filling Coyne’s Gastropub in Cill Chiaráin for an unforgettable night in the presence of Lisa Hannigan.

I was lucky enough to be at both, but it wasn’t the size of the crowd that tells the real difference between the two evenings – it was the behaviour of the fans.

Because while Lisa Hannigan held her enthralled audience in the palm........

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