2016 is a year that includes a couple of important anniversaries in the history of the legendary Thin Lizzy. On March 26th, 1976, the band released the iconic Jailbreak album to the world, and it become one of the most important albums of that era. Now we are 40 years on since the release of that milestone and it is time to celebrate it. 2016 also sees 30 years since Phil Lynott passed away (January 4th, 1986) and the world lost a rock legend. But his legacy lives on and celebrating that legacy is what is in store. In the summer of 2016 going into 2017, Thin Lizzy will stage a handful of special shows to commemorate these important milestones.

The Thin Lizzy lineup is vocalist Ricky Warwick, guitarists Scott Gorham and Damon Johnson, and Darren Wharton on keyboards. As special guest, they have seasoned drummer Mikkey Dee from Motörhead.

Gutiarist Scott Gorham says: "With Black Star Riders taking some time off the road to work on their third album, I thought it would be really cool to do some Thin Lizzy shows as it's an anniversary year, to have some fun and to re-live the good old days. We will only do half a dozen or so dates to keep them special. For personal reasons Brian Downey won't be with us but we have the incredible Mikkey Dee on the drum stool, which we are all very excited about. We will announce who is on bass shortly."

Mikkey Dee states: "it's an honor to be asked to play with Thin Lizzy on these dates, being a life long fan I am so happy and excited to playing with the band on these shows. It's going to be great!"

The first announced shows are:

July 23rd 2016 - UK, Ashford Kent - Ramblin' Man Fair
Jan 19th to 23rd 2017 - USA, Fort Lauderdale, FL - Rock Legends Cruise V

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