Slayer & Tom Jones Announced For Live At The Marquee

There's two acts you thought you'd never see in the one sentence!

This morning brought the announcement of two brand new Live At The Marquee 2016 acts!

TOM JONES, one of the enduring personalities in the music entertainment business, has confirmed a return to Cork Live At The Marquee on 12 July. Tickets go on sale Monday 29 February at 9.00am from all usual outlets.

Tom Jones’ 50-year career has remarkably gone from strength to strength.  Along with sustaining his popularity as a live performer and recording artist for five decades, he has garnered—at the age of 75—the best reviews of his career for his most recent albums Long Lost Suitcase, Spirit In The Room and Praise & Blame.

Sir Tom is indeed a living legend, one of the few musical artists whose profession began at the dawn of modern popular music who continues to have a vital recording and performing career to this day. His irresistible show traverses musical eras and genres, cuts across class divides and appeals to young and old, male and female, mainstream and cutting edge. Sir Tom has always been about the power of the song, the power of the voice.

SLAYER, the long-reigning titans of thrash, have confirmed a return to Live At The Marquee on 15 June this time bringing thrash metal pioneers ANTHRAX as Special Guest.  Tickets go on sale Friday 4 March at 9.00am from all usual outlets.

Thirty-four years into its career, SLAYER remains the preeminent punk-thrash band that helped establish the genre and that up-and-coming metal heads continue to revere and emulate. Slayer is a five-time nominated, two-time Grammy Award-winning metal juggernaut that writes songs which mirror the turmoil and aberrations of society. Repentless, the band’s first new album in six years, continues the Slaytanic offensive with a twelve-song, blood-shaking sonic attack.  The 12^th studio album from the iconic thrash/metal band and the first without beloved founding member Jeff Hanneman, made the highest Billboard debut in the band's 30+ year recording career, coming in at #4 on the Top 200 Album Charts.

ANTHRAX celebrate its 35th anniversary as a band with the release of one of the year’s most-anticipated metal/thrash albums, For All Kings, due out February 26.   Over its 35-year career, Anthrax has been a pioneering band with its unique style, sound and heavy brand of thrash metal, and, as Metallica’s Kirk Hammett put it, “one can hear their influence on any number of up and coming bands.” Anthrax has sold in excess of 10-million units, received multiple Gold and Platinum certifications, six Grammy nominations and a host of other accolades from the media, industry and fans.