Fun Lovin' Criminals to play Navan in April

They are, still, the world's finest and only purveyors of cinematic hobo hip-hop rock 'n' roll blues-jazz soul-review vibes, and they will be in Navan in April. Through the 1990s, New York's Fun Lovin Criminals chronicled life in their native city while bending the global ear to the sonic possibilities of exuberant hip-hop gangster-rock merged with lounge music, funk, Mariachi trumpets and bassomatic Barry White. They will be in The Palace, Navan on Easter Saturday 3rd April as one of only three venues in the country to picked by the band to show case their new album 'Classic Fantastic' and play all their other classic songs. They've been missing, now, for five frustrating years - forced into musical limbo while a court case with an ex-manager was finally resolved. Formed in New York in 1993 by nightclub-working colleagues Huey and Fast, FLC gate-crashed the euphoric Britpop party in 1996 and brought along some unexpectedly unique swag, the generational classic album 'Come Find Yourself'.  Huey, at 27, was an ex-con, charismatic New York smooth-talker with Irish/Puerto Rican roots and immaculately tended goatee.  Girls, you might say, responded.  The mid-to late 90s was a twirling martini cocktail of world travel, acclaim and phenomenal album sales, including three weeks as support on the US PopMart tour with U2 in 1997. The trio, now all relocated to the UK from New York, have created in Classic Fantastic a self-produced summertime classic recorded in their London studio, released on their own label, Kilohertz, with independent distribution, featuring life-long 'fourth member', the Grammy-award winning hip-hop engineer Tim Latham.  It's set for release on 1st March, preceded by lead single 'Classic Fantastic', on 22nd February. Tickets for the Navan show are €25 including booking fee and are on sale with Ticketmaster and Music Box, Navan.