From his first tour supporting the Pogues to 'Top of the Pops' to making it big in China to Q magazines top 5 moments that changed music when The Crimea released ‘secrets of the witching hour’ as the first ever free album it was inevitable that MacManus would return to the stage at some point.

 

2024 saw the return of MacManus with the release of his book ‘The Bluster Boy’ accompanied by new material including the free album even the trees know karate

 

The Bluster Boy are stories by Davey about his career over the past 30 years to the times he spent with his sister Annie Mac, supporting The Stereophonics in front of 55,000 people at Morfa Stadium to touring Stadiums with Snow Patrol and Billy Corgan. To then giving it all up to pursue a career as a nurse in Africa.

 

Bluster boy was released on the 28th of August 2024 at a very special intimate event at Bridge Street Books Wicklow (voted the best independent bookstore in Ireland)

 

Look out for dates in 2025...