Kieran Cavanagh Producer
Kieran Cavanagh for many years has been a promoter of
international renown, and was the recipient of the prestige CMA
award for “International Promoter of the Year 1995” in Nashville
Tennessee. At the age of 28, Kieran went to Nashville and on to
Los Angeles with one ambition in mind, and that was to book
Johnny Cash to play in Ireland. He did not leave America without
the deal and the rest is history as they say. Kieran went on to
promote many tours with the legendary Cash before he had to stop
touring internationally. Kieran’s roster of concert successes,
too numerous to list in full here, include sell out tours with
Kenny Rogers, (first tour in Ireland for Kenny at the height of
his popularity), Willie Nelson, James Brown, Van Morrison, Kris
Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Trisha Yearwood, Mary Chapin
Carpenter, the late Tammy Wynette, Don Williams, Chuck Berry,
Aida the colossal Opera and many more.
From 1995 to 1997,
Kieran managed the affairs of legendary rock n roll king Jerry
Lee Lewis, who had moved to Ireland in 1995 due to tax debts in
the United States. Kieran negotiated and settled Jerry Lee’s tax
affairs with the U.S authorities over a two year period,
promoting Jerry’s first ever record breaking tour of South
America. In 1997, Jerry was able to return to Memphis and
recovered him home and car collection thanks to Kieran’s
efforts.
Kieran fulfilled a long held ambition to produce
a superb dance spectacular. In 1999, having invested a vast
amount of time and effort into market research, he finally came
up with the blueprint to create and bring to fruition “Rhythm of
the Dance”. The successful show is currently in its twelfth year
of touring, having played to an audience of over 4.5 million in
forty seven countries across four continents.
Kieran,
who continues to book and promote tours for international
artists worldwide, still promotes selective events in Ireland,
including successfully selling out and staging concerts for the
last twenty five years for Daniel O’Donnell.
