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16th May – Craig Walker on Irish radio

Craig will be live in session this evening on Dublin's 98FM Totally Irish Show with John Barker (8pm–10pm). Craig will also be interviewed and there will be a couple of tickets up for grabs for his Academy 2 show on 21st May.

13th May – Craig Walker on Russian radio

Craig Walker features on the latest single by Punk TV called 'Suburban Sounds' and this is currently experiencing major airplay in their home country of Russia. Click on the ad to hear the song on the bands MySpace page.

Also, a song from Craig's days with Archive was covered by Placebo last year as a B-side for their 'Ashtray Heart' release. It's called 'Fuck U' and you can hear the Placebo version here. But their latest single, 'Bright Lights', is not a cover of Craig's song of the same name!

19th April – Solo show for Craig arranged for May

Craig Walker will be playing a solo show at Dublin's Academy 2 on Friday, 21st May. Book your tickets here. Maire Digan and The Early Birds provide support.

24th March – New POD store

We have a new online store for official Power of Dreams merchandise.

16th March – Whelans reviews

The tour is now finished and both band and fans enjoyed it. Here are a couple of reviews of our appearance at Whelans in Dublin – OMG Entertainment and State.

9th March – Back to Ireland

POD on stage at the Jericho We are now halfway through our reunion tour and really looking forward to the next leg in Ireland.

As many of the fans are saying, each show is getting better and better, so our Dundalk, Cork and Dublin dates will round off the tour very well. The first of our two Dublin shows is already sold out. To mark the 20th anniversary of 'Immigrants, Emigrants And Me', our set is made up of that album, but we have been throwing in some other songs too. So join us at one of the remaining shows to hear songs that we are enjoying playing again. You can buy tickets from the links on this page.

Reaction to the reunion and shows has been more than we could imagine, and here you can read some of the recent press coverage.

Just published is a great interview by Ken Fallon at cluas.co, the Irish Independent wrote 'Craig re-lives the dream, 20 years on' and there was an article in the Cork Independent, 'Believing in the Power of Dreams'. There has also been coverage in the Mirror and the Sunday Times.

6th March – London sold out as tour begins

Last night the tour began with a sold out show at the Luminaire in London.

3rd March – Last night's radio sessions

For the first time in fifteen years, we played our first public performance last night. We played two sessions with a total of four songs on national radio. They were '100 Ways To Kill A Love' on RTE2FM's Dave Fanning Show; and 'Does It Matter', a Smiths cover 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out', and 'Never Been To Texas' on Dan Hegarty's show. Here are some photos from the event. Just hover over the images to see a larger version.

Radio sessions – Tuesday 2nd March

Power of Dreams take over http://2fm.rte.ie (or try choosing RTE2FM from the list here) tonight, Tuesday 2nd March! We play one song live on the Dave Fanning show at 8.40pm, followed with an interview. After Fanning's show, it is Dan Hegarty from 9pm – 11pm on which we play 3 live songs and an interview... Tune in!!

New band photos

We now have two pictures of the band in rehearsals, taken on Sunday 28th February 2010.

The 'sonic assault' begins

Live image With rehearsals underway in earnest, this week sees the triumphant return of Power of Dreams. "It's going great! Sounding really, really good. Everyone is getting along great and really excited" – Keith. We will have some photos soon. Things begin on Tuesday 2nd March with a couple of sessions for Ireland's RTE2FM national radio station. Then the live dates begin with a warm-up show at Basingstoke's Karma venue on Thursday 4th. See 'Upcoming Appearances' for the full list and links.

Vote for 'Immigrants, Emigrants And Me'

HotPress, Ireland's foremost music and pop-culture publication, is taking nominations for the '250 greatest Irish albums of all-time'. This is a chance to get Power of Dreams where they rightly belong, so vote now at the HotPress voting page.

Power of Dreams are in the Top 10

The 20th anniversary release of 'Immigrants, Emigrants and Me' has made the Top 10 in the Irish charts. It is a double CD release containing 34 tracks and therefore fantastic value, but you don't have to go to Tower Records – you can order it from here.

On tour – March 2010

The band are touring the UK and Ireland in early March to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their stunning debut album 'Immigrants, Emigrants And Me'. Please follow the relevant links to book your tickets.

Luminaire

Flapper

Boileroom

Jericho

Spirit Store

Whelans

SOLD OUT

Pavilion

Whelans

'Immigrants, Emigrants And Me' reissued

The 1990 debut album by Power of Dreams, 'Immigrants, Emigrants And Me' has been reissued as an enhanced 2CD edition. It contains all original album tracks remastered, together with b-sides and rarities from the era. This includes their first ever release, the single 'A Little Piece Of God'. You can order it from 100% Music. The track listing is as follows:

CD 1 - Immigrants, Emigrants And Me (original album): 01 - The Joke's On Me
02 - Talk
03 - Does It Matter?
04 - Much Too Much
05 - Had You Listened
06 - Stay
07 - Never Told You
08 - Bring You Down
09 - Never Been To Texas
10 - Where Is The Love?
11 - Maire I Don't Love You
12 - 100 Ways To Kill A Love
13 - Mother's Eyes
14 - My Average Day
CD 2 - 20th Anniversary Bonus Release: 01 - Don't Change
02 - Any Other Day
03 - A Little Piece Of God
04 - Mother's Eyes
05 - My Average Day
06 - Fine Time
07 - Love Her To Death
08 - The Way That I Am
09 - You Make Me Feel
10 - I'm With You
11 - A Little Piece Of God
12 - Cancer
13 - It's A Shame
14 - Hurt
15 - American Dream
16 - Not Enough
17 - Where Is The Love? [Live]
18 - Never Told You [Live]
19 - Break On Through [Live]
20 - Cancer [Claustrophobia Mix]

March tour programme on sale

We now have the official Tour Programme for the upcoming March dates available for order. It is the size of a vinyl album and the cover replicates that of 'Immigrants, Emigrants and Me'. Printed on high quality paper, it has 26 pages of full-colour to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the album's release with photos, many of which have never been published before, plus interviews. We can despatch from 5th March but you can secure a copy now by ordering it from the online shop.

Craig performs on Balcony TV

On Monday, 22nd February, Craig played a fine rendition of 'Had You Listened' from 'Immigrants, Emigrants And Me' for Dublin's Balcony TV. A great taster for the imminent tour! See the relevant links to book your tickets.

Website beginnings

Welcome to the official website for the Irish band Power of Dreams. The site is currently undergoing a process of rebuilding and, little by little, we will add more content, eventually expanding this to cover the whole Power of Dreams family. In the meantime, there is lots going on at the MySpace and Facebook pages, where you will find songs, videos, photos and a great community of loyal fans. To stay up to date with what's going on, sign up to our mailing list.