Daniel O'Donnell: How Lucky I Must Be

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It was great fun. A lot of people watched it, and I'm sure it'll get another boost again this year for Halloween. We came out just after Covid, and that time people were definitely a little afraid, but they were great to be coming out to shows. A mix of up-tempo songs and ballads, I Wish you Well includes two ‘Buble-esque’ tunes - Under A Spell of Loving You, written by Fergal Flaherty and Always There written especially for Daniel by Brendan Graham and Rolf Loevland, who wrote You Raise Me Up. Daniel will support the album with a number of TV/Radio interviews, as well as embarking on an Autumn tour. And I hope people enjoy - I just record what I love and hope that people will enjoy it too. Daniel O'Donnell: "I just record what I love and hope that people will enjoy it too"

The Donegal man’s latest record, I Wish You Well, is the fifth highest new entry in this week’s British countdown in a week of stiff competition from Drake, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, and Arctic Monkeys. Ah sure, we're all doing OK. You just have to go on the best you can. You know, things like that happen in every family and that's just how it is.

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And I love dancing - I love it. I've danced all my life, but the dancing on that, it's just another ball game altogether. O'Donnell with Strictly pro dance partner Kristina Rihanoff

He is as devoted to them as they are to him, and is grateful to see his music passing down through the generations. In the shops years ago, and now online too, where they are buying it in ways you could never have imagined 40 years ago, they were out there.” Daniel O’Donnell’s recording career has now spanned almost 35 years and he continues to delight fans around the world by his recording and touring activities. It will be 40 years in February 2023 since I released My Donegal Shore, that was the first record,” he explained.Oh no, no - there's no rider. I'm sure there is a rider of things that I need somewhere, but no, I'm fairly low key. I don't know why you would need all these things that some people want. A lot of the fans we would have had 40 years and 20 years ago they are not with us anymore, but it’s like people grow into music,” O’Donnell says. Irish country music star Daniel O'Donnell is celebrating after his latest album has become a top five chart hit in the UK. And next year O’Donnell will celebrate his anniversary with a series of tours, which will include a stint in the UK.

But listen - a great opportunity. It’s a great show, and the Irish one too, and I hope they keep the Irish one going because the Irish one is up there with, and as good as, the one in the UK. It’s just great that we have it on our own television stations too. But Kathleen, my sister... she just died very suddenly. So especially for her own children and her husband, they just... it's just so hard for them. As I said, that happens a lot of people. So what can you do? That's the way. But one of me? Oh god no - not at all. Listen, I'll sing as long as I can and that’s enough. O'Donnell does not plan to follow in ABBA's footsteps and create a hologram of himself They have this company and they wanted just to get their expertise out there and to see would I do a video with them. And I looked at it, my manager looked at and we said sure, 'Why not?!' So we planned to do it for them - I didn't go to them, they came to me.Years ago, I was asked to do that, but I wouldn't - I just wouldn't be able for that, I wouldn’t put myself through it.