Dublin Gospel Choir | |
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Also known as | DGC |
Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
Genres | Gospel |
Years active | 1996–present |
Website | Official website |
The Dublin Gospel Choir are an Irish gospel choir that have been performing in Ireland since 1996. [1]
The choir was founded as a school choir in Dublin's inner city in the mid-1990s. [2] The choir have performed over several years at Ireland's annual boutique festival, the Electric Picnic, appearing on the event's main stage for the sixth consecutive year in 2010. [3] They also performed to an 82,000 person crowd at Croke Park in 2008. [4]
The choir also featured (along with Chris de Burgh) on a special New Year's Day BBC Songs of Praise programme which was reputedly broadcast to over 35 million viewers worldwide. [4] The group has performed with Paddy Casey, Rod Stewart, OutKast, Kodaline, Damien Rice, The Chieftains and Stevie Wonder. [5] [6] [7]
Dublin Gospel Choir | |
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Also known as | DGC |
Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
Genres | Gospel |
Years active | 1996–present |
Website | Official website |
The Dublin Gospel Choir are an Irish gospel choir that have been performing in Ireland since 1996. [1]
The choir was founded as a school choir in Dublin's inner city in the mid-1990s. [2] The choir have performed over several years at Ireland's annual boutique festival, the Electric Picnic, appearing on the event's main stage for the sixth consecutive year in 2010. [3] They also performed to an 82,000 person crowd at Croke Park in 2008. [4]
The choir also featured (along with Chris de Burgh) on a special New Year's Day BBC Songs of Praise programme which was reputedly broadcast to over 35 million viewers worldwide. [4] The group has performed with Paddy Casey, Rod Stewart, OutKast, Kodaline, Damien Rice, The Chieftains and Stevie Wonder. [5] [6] [7]