REWRITING RORY

Rewriting Rory

Shining a positive light on the later years of Rory Gallagher’s career

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Wishing you all a Happy New Year! May your 2026 treat you well and bring good health and happiness. Thanks to all of you who follow, read and comment in this space. Here’s to another year of celebrating Rory and his music ❤ Hope you've had a lovely Christmas. As 2025 draws to a close, it's time to look back on what has been an extraordinary twelve months for Rory’s legacy. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful, joyful festive season! Today marks 31 years since Rory stepped into the studio with Roberto Manes and Pete Lockett to record two tracks for Roberto’s album Phoenician Dream. Rory rocking the Vooruit in Ghent on this day in 1992—the final show of his four-week European tour. Two incredible photos of Rory on stage at the Paradiso Club in Amsterdam. Rory played the venue on two consecutive nights in 1992 (15 and 16 December). Rory’s Defender tour continued on this day in 1987, stopping by the Ostseehalle in Kiel. Hope you're having a good weekend. Just a little blog post from me today to mark the anniversary of a special gig that Rory did to raise funds for Jo Ann Kelly's medical care (link in Story). On this day in 1992, Rory headlined the Bonn Blues Festival. It was Rory's first time playing Bonn and he was excited to be there as it was the setting of John Le Carre's A Small Town in Germany. Today in 1994, Rory played Le Plan, Ris-Orangis in France to help celebrate the venue's 10th anniversary. Following Rory’s passing, owners of the club asked their local representatives to have a street named after him. The local mayor in the Paris suburb unveiled the street sign ‘Rue Rory Gallagher’ at a ceremony attended by Rory’s mother Mona, brother Dónal and many fans. A rare audio clip of Rory playing Bratacha Dubha on this day in 1992 at the Aladin Music Hall in Bremen. Listen to how it effortlessly leads into Tattoo'd Lady at the end! Some wonderful photos of Rory performing at Terminal 1 in München, Germany on this day in 1994, taken by Wolfgan Grüster

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