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DUKE SPECIAL is an artist who is forever restless, forever on the move. "I don't want to be sounding like I sounded 10 years ago," he has said. "I want to keep adding to what I've learned, keep developing."

DUKE SPECIAL will preview music from his new album Look Out Machines! when he plays the Róisín Dubh on Friday February 27 at 8pm.

COUNTY ANTRIM singer-songwriter Duke Special will be heading west to play the Dolphin Hotel on Inishbofin, this Tuesday.

Duke Special is heading west this summer to play the Galway Arts Festival Big Top as support to Bell X1 on Saturday July 16.

THE GERMANS have a word for it - Gesamtkunstwerk - the ‘total work of art’ or ‘synthesis of the arts’, where a variety of different art forms go into creating one major piece of work.

Having been awarded the 2008 Meteor Music Award for Best Irish Male, Duke Special continues to go from strength to strength. Duke Special is a piano-based songwriter with a romantic style and a warm, distinctly-accented voice, he has a distinctive look, with his long dreadlocks, eyeliner and outfits he describes as "hobo chic".

Westport-based pianist and songwriter Paul Kirwan, alias Paul K, is to support Duke Special on part of his nationwide tour promoting Duke Special’s forth coming album I never thought this day would come. Duke Special will be appearing at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar on November 30. Paul will be promoting some of his own material from his debut album which will be released in March 2009. Paul K’s brand of blues and rock-influenced piano playing has captivated audiences around the country. Paul K’s style of playing is sure to be just the ticket to fire up the crowd for Duke Special at what is a widely anticipated gig. More details of this and further gigs may be found at www.myspace.com/paulkirwanmusic or you may contact him at [email protected].