Glee is coming to Ireland

Further to my post yesterday Glee is coming to Ireland. An announcement was made on 2fm this morning.

The show will be on at the O2 on Saturday the 2nd and Sunday the 3rd of July, 2011. Tickets go on sale Friday 26th November at 8am.

Earlier this year, they completed a hugely successful American tour, but now fans will now have a chance to see stars including Lea Michele (Rachel), Cory Monteith (Finn), Amber Riley (Mercedes), Chris Colfer (Kurt), Kevin McHale (Artie), Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina), Mark Salling (Puck), Dianna Agron (Quinn), Naya Rivera (Santana), Heather Morris (Brittany), Harry Shum, Jr. (Mike), Chord Overstreet (Sam) and Darren Criss (Blaine) perform tracks from the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning show.

Sony Music Ireland confirmed the news and announced two Glee Live! In Concert! dates for Dublin early next July.
The show’s creator Ryan Murphy said: “We had such a great time putting together last year’s shows and the response from the fans was incredible. People around the world want to see our cast live and in person, so this European tour is our way of thanking them for the unbelievable way they’ve embraced our little show.

“And for everyone in America who has asked if we’ll be back to a city near them this summer, stay tuned. We’ll have some exciting news very soon.”

Despite Murphy mentioning a “European tour” no further dates outside of Ireland have been announced.

Monteith added: “We had so much fun on tour last year that we were all itching to do it again. The fact that we’re going to Europe to perform for thousands of people is mind blowing. This show has been quite a ride.”

On the Irish dates Riley commented: “I loved performing for the fans in Los Angeles, Chicago, Phoenix and New York last year and didn’t think there was any way to top that experience. But performing in The O2, Dublin? How cool is that? We cannot wait.”