Search

06 Sept 2025

Portlaoise band Strength in Numbers cancel gig following the death of ex-member

Portlaoise band back suicide charity Pieta House with new single 'Better Days Ahead'

Portlaoise rock band Strength In Numbers have cancelled this week's gig in Portlaoise following the death of former member Tony Payne. 

"We just got the very sad news this morning that ex band member and friend Tony Payne passed away suddenly, Kavanagh's gig for this Friday night has been cancelled out of Sadness & Respect. RIP Tony," said a post on the bands facebook page.


Strength In Numbers have been making music together for the last three decades.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.