When asked if he was interested in purchasing the guitar, he replied, “It should not leave this island. It should not leave Ireland. It’s equal as a symbol to this country“.
He added; “I’m one of the biggest guitar collectors in the world and it just doesn’t feel right to take this out of Ireland. It’s no slight to anyone that buys it but I’m trying to encourage people before the auction (Oct 17th) that if there’s any well off people that have discretionary income that happens to have a love for Rory’s music and a little bit of patriotism, to set up some kind of a conservatorship, where they own the instrument but the guitar stays here (Ireland)“.
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Tickets for Joe Bonamassa celebrating the legacy of Rory Gallagher will be on sale from Friday, October 4th via Ticketmaster.
Oran O’Beirne
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