CRY BEFORE DAWN 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF SIGNING TO CBS/EPIC RECORDS
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ALBUM OUT NOW + NEW TOUR DATES ADDED
Acclaimed Wexford band, Cry Before Dawn, celebrate the 40 years to the day since signing their first record deal with CBS/Epic Records in March 1986 - with a new retrospective album and Irish tour in 2026.
Songs That Got Away: 1984-1990, released today, features some of their earliest recordings as a band, available digitally for the first time ever, alongside other fan-favourites & rarities from their formative years. Listen now.
The band’s official videos are also now available in HD on their official YouTube channel.
GONE FOREVER: WATCH
WITNESS FOR THE WORLD: WATCH
In March 1986 CBS / Epic Records decided that the band were ready for a major label deal and before long were recording in London, what went on to become their critically acclaimed debut album, Crimes of Conscience - spawning three hit singles in Ireland - the trad-tinged "Gone Forever", the gutsy "The Seed That's Been Sown" and the anthemic "Girl In The Ghetto".
They were awarded Best Newcomer at the IRMA Awards in 1987 - followed by their eventual rise to the summit, winning Best Irish Group at the same awards in 1989 after the release of their second album - produced in Los Angeles and beaming with a new sound, Witness For The World. It included the politically informed "Witness For The World", the Dylanesque "Last Of The Sun" and the beautifully melancholy "No Living Without You".
After a long recording hiatus in the intervening years, the band reached #1 in the Irish Independent Album Charts and #2 in the overall Irish Album Charts in 2025 with Open Water, their first new body of recorded work in over 35 years.
Cry Before Dawn are:
Brendan Wade (vocals, guitar, pipes), Tony Hall (guitar), Vince Doyle (bass), Pat Hayes (drums).
Never has there been a better time to revisit one of Ireland's most loved bands
2026 Irish Tour - On Sale Now
· 01 May: Mike The Pies - Kerry
· 02 May: King John’s Castle (w/ Human League as special guests) – Limerick
· 03 May: Greenfields Festival – Kildare
· 24 July: Cyprus Avenue – Cork NEW
· 26 July: Forest Fest – Laois
· 31 July: Dolans – Limerick NEW
· 17 Oct: Whelans – Dublin NEW
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