Kingfishr

Look up, hook in, sing along - Kingfishr bring folk full of Irish soul to Germany

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They met at the University of Limerick, wrote their songs at the kitchen table of a Tipperary farmhouse and, without much of a plan, have created one of the most amazing success stories in the Irish music scene: Kingfishr, the trio around frontman Eddie Keogh, bassist Eoin "Fitz" Fitzgibbon and banjo player Eoghan "McGoo" McGrath, are proof that folk songs can become anthems and sweep half the world away. After their first shows in Germany were completely sold out - in Hamburg with a move up to the mojo club - they are now coming to Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt and Cologne in November 2026 for five more German shows on a major European tour. The three Irish friends have come a long way in a very short space of time, from their student digs to the 15,000-capacity 3Arena in Dublin, which is sold out twice over. Over 300 million streams, more than two million monthly listeners on Spotify and an Irish anthem that has already gone 14-times platinum in their home country: "Killeogh". But numbers never tell the whole story. What really sets the Irish trio apart is their ability to fill a room the size of a flight hangar in a way that feels intimate, collective and exuberant. Musically, Kingfishr stand for melodic, folk-rooted pop from the heart. Fitzgibbon and McGrath bring backgrounds in traditional Irish music and the rich Irish storytelling tradition is directly reflected in the songs. "Someone said to me the other day that three guys from Dublin or London couldn't make this music," says Fitzgibbon. "Where we come from is always a part of it." Their debut album "Halcyon" is a promise that the live shows fulfill. Songs like "Shot in the Dark", written the moment the three decided to quit their day jobs and focus on their music, or the galloping "Shadow" show a band in the midst of growing - and deliberately open about how they experiment with things without hiding the process behind closed doors. With their latest releases "The Blade" feat. Matt Corby and "The Sun Never Settles", which was recently premiered as BBC Radio 1 Hottest Record, the band shows that they are far from finished. While the upcoming Irish tour through stadiums and arenas this summer is already completely sold out, the band has now also announced new dates in Europe. And anyone who has already experienced the Halcyon tour knows: in a time when heads are mostly bent downwards, the three guys have somehow figured out how to bring people back into the moment. With Kingfishr, the audience looks up, hooked under, swaying, singing. And that's exactly what it's all about when the band returns to Germany on their European tour in November for their biggest shows on the continent to date.