Thin Lizzy singer Phil Lynott will be celebrated on the 40th anniversary of his death next year, it has been announced.
Lynott was only 36 years of age when he passed away from pneumonia and heart failure due to septicemia in January 1986.
To mark this anniversary the 3Arena will host a one night only event on Sunday 4th January 2026.
Grand Slam and Lawrence Archer will kick off the night with a high-energy opening set, and will be followed by an all-star supergroup featuring Thin Lizzy’s Ricky Warwick, Marco Mendoza and Richard Fortus (Guns N’Roses).
There will be a special tribute video on the night followed by a performance of Thin Lizzy classics by the acclaimed RTE Concert Orchestra.
Former Thin Lizzy members Eric Bell and Darren Wharton will also take to the stage, with keyboardist Wharton playing some more of the band’s greatest hits alongside his band Renegade.
Lynott was born on August 20, 1949, in West Bromwich, England, to his Irish mother Philomena Lynott and his British Guianese father Cecil Parris. By the age of four, Lynott was in Dublin where he was raised by his grandmother in Crumlin.
The legendary singer fronted several bands, most notably Skid Row alongside Gary Moore, before learning the bass guitar and forming Thin Lizzy in 1969. The band had initial success with "Whiskey in the Jar," and then again in the mid-1970s with hits such "The Boys Are Back in Town," "Jailbreak," and "Waiting for an Alibi."
Towards the end of the 1970s, Lynott also embarked upon a solo career and published two books of poetry.
After Thin Lizzy disbanded, he assembled and fronted the band Grand Slam, of which he was the leader until it folded in 1985.
He remains a popular figure in the rock world, and in 2005, a statue to his memory was erected in Dublin, just off Grafton Street
The Dedication Live at the 3Arena, Dublin takes place on Sunday, January 4, 2026, with tickets on sale this Saturday at 10am via Ticketmaster.
Tickets retail from €79.95.
