Supergroup 'TIRED PONY' Added to Bushmills Live™ Line-up

Supergroup 'TIRED PONY' Added to Bushmills Live(TM) Line-up

BUSHMILLS VILLAGE, Northern Ireland, April 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --





Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol), Peter Buck (REM), Richard Colburn (Belle and
Sebastian) and multi-instrumentalist, writer and producer, Iain Archer to perform at


festival of handcrafted whiskey and music



Tired Pony, the critically-acclaimed supergroup created by Snow Patrol's Gary
Lightbody, were today confirmed to appear at the intimate 'Bushmills Live' festival on
Ireland's north coast on June 12, 2014. It will be the band's first ever performance in
Ireland.



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Lightbody's appreciation of country music led to him calling on his friends within the
music industry to help him make an album and TIRED PONY is the result. The band features
Lightbody; REM's Peter Buck; Belle & Sebastian's Richard Colburn; and fellow artists Iain
Archer; Jacknife Lee; Scott McCaughey and Troy Stewart.



'Bushmills Live 2014' will be headlined by breakthrough British act 'The 1975' with
more acts still to be announced. Whiskey and music fans will be invited to the Old
Bushmills Distillery on June 11-12 for the world's only festival of handcrafted whiskey
and music in an Irish whiskey distillery. 700 festival-goers will witness emerging and
iconic artists sharing the stage for a series of intimate gigs in age-old buildings, where
the art of making whiskey has been perfected over centuries.



The 'money-can't-buy' festival tickets are not on general release. Instead, whiskey
and music fans can win the chance of enjoying the unique Bushmills Live experience, to
include flights and accommodation, by entering a draw at facebook.com/bushmills
[http://www.facebook.com/bushmills ]. The draw closes on April 28 (April 18 in Russia).



Bushmills Irish Whiskey Master Distiller Colum Egan said: "I'm delighted that Gary is
coming back to the distillery along with Tired Pony. Tired Pony have had special guests
perform with them in the past. Who knows who will turn up in June?



"This year's festival is shaping up to be the best yet. The combination of excellent
whiskey, appreciated responsibly, among friends and great music can't be beaten. It's why
we started Bushmills Live in the first place."



Notes to Editors



Bushmills Live is an annual music festival which hosts both iconic and emerging
artists for a series of intimate gigs in age-old buildings at the historic Old Bushmills
Distillery, where the art of distilling has been perfected over generations.



Competition:



The Facebook competition is open to people in:



Portugal, Germany, Russia, USA, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, United Kingdom, Republic of
Ireland.



From each country, one winner will win a pair of tickets to 'Bushmills Live'.



Keep up with Bushmills Irish Whiskey at: Facebook: facebook.com/bushmills
[http://www.facebook.com/Bushmills ] Twitter: @BushmillsGlobal
[http://www.twitter.com/BushmillsGlobal ]



About 'TIRED PONY'



TIRED PONY are Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol), Peter Buck (REM), Iain Archer, Richard
Colburn (Belle and Sebastian), Scott McCaughey, Troy Stewart and
producer/multi-instrumentalist Garret "Jacknife" Lee. They have released two albums:
2010's The Place We Ran From and last year's The Ghost of the Mountain.



About 'The 1975'



'The 1975' are an English alternative rock/indie band based in Manchester. The group
consists of Matthew Healy (vocals/guitar), Adam Hann (guitar), George Daniel (drums) and
Ross MacDonald (bass). Their self-titled debut album was released on 2 September 2013 and
debuted at No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart.



About Bushmills Irish Whiskey




Bushmills Irish Whiskey is hand crafted in small batches for a smooth taste at
Ireland's oldest working distillery, in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. The Old Bushmills
Distillery's portfolio includes seven award-winning variants: Bushmills, Bushmills Black
Bush(TM), Bushmills 10 Year Old Single Malt, Bushmills 16 Year Old Single Malt, Bushmills
21 Year Old Single Malt, our anniversary edition, Bushmills 1608 and Bushmills Irish Honey
Spirit Drink.



About Diageo




Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection
of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, wines and beer categories. These brands include
Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, J&B, Buchanan's, Windsor and Bushmills whiskies, Smirnoff,
Ciroc and Ketel One vodkas, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness.



Diageo is a global company, with its products sold in more than 180 countries around
the world. The company is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London
Stock Exchange (DGE). For more information about Diageo, its people and its brands, visit
http://www.diageo.com. For Diageo's global resource that promotes responsible drinking
through the sharing of best practice tools, information and initiatives, visit
http://www.DRINKiQ.com.






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