Accordion star Sharon to play in Leamington

IRISH accordion icon Sharon Shannon will be performing at Leamington’s Assembly on next Monday (November 26).

By The Newsroom

Published 20th Nov 2012, 08:00 BST

The folk musician has played with Jackson Browne, Steve Earle, Alisson Krauss and Shane McGowan, performed in front of US presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and released the biggest selling album of Irish traditional music.

The band will feature Jim Murray on acoustic guitar, Dezi Donnelly on fiddle and Jack Maher electric guitar and mandolin.

Support is from Andrew O’Brien. Tickets cost £17.50.