Win tickets to see The Fureys and Davey Arthur in Lisburn

The band was formed in 1978 literally by accident. George, Paul and Davey were playing in Denmark with their own band called the Buskers and Eddie and Finbar, while touring in Germany were involved in a road accident. When George, Paul and Davey got news of the accident they immediately travelled to Germany to be with their brothers.

They then decided that they should all be playing together and this was the start of the Fureys and Davey Arthur.

Inevitably changes have occurred over 30 years. Their brother Paul died suddenly in June 2002 and Finbar left the band in December 1996, however George, Eddie and Davey Arthur have continued to delight audiences on their tours and have just released a new CD ‘Songs Through The Years’

The Fureys & Davey Arthur are responsible for some of the most stirring music ever to capture the public imagination.

At the Lisburn concert they will play the best of Irish music and sing all their hits including ‘I will love you’, ‘When you were sweet 16’, ‘The Green fields of France’, ‘The old man’, ‘Red rose café’, ‘From Clare to here’, ‘Her father didn’t like me anyway’, ‘Leaving Nancy’, ‘Steal away’ etc.

The Star has three pairs of tickets to giveaway for the Lisburn show.

To be in with a chance of winning answer this question: ‘In which year was the band formed?’ Send your answer, together with name, address and daytime telephone number to The Fureys Competition, Ulster Star, 12A Bow Street, Lisburn, BT28 1BN.

The closing date for entries is Wednesday October 3.