Daniel O'Donnell: How Lucky I Must Be

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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 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. It was great fun. A lot of people watched it, and I'm sure it'll get another boost again this year for Halloween.

With a recording career spanning more than 35 years, Daniel O'Donnell continues to delight fans around the world by recording and touring, with over 50 albums under his belt. In 2021, he broke his own world record by becoming the first recording artist to chart at least one new album each year in the Artist Albums Chart for 34 consecutive years. 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. 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.”

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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 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"

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. It's so sad. They did a great job and every night now since they got beat, I sing The Fields of Athenry for them – I sing it in the show as a tribute to them. 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.

In 2022, he broke his own world record, by becoming the first recording artist to chart at least one new album every year in the Artist Albums Chart for 35 consecutive years. Daniel will support the album with a number of TV/Radio interviews, as well as embarking on an Autumn tour. In a statement he commented: "I'm thrilled to be in the UK charts yet again after all these years recording. During his career, in the United Kingdom Daniel has amassed forty-eight Top 75 albums, including nineteen Top 10 albums, with seventeen of them this Century, a feat not achieved by any other recording artist. The country music legend’s recording career has now spanned more than 35 years and he continues to delight fans around the world by his recording and touring activities.

Hopefully again the football team will get through to some big competition, and the girls being away there at the World Cup too, all them things... it's all positive and it's just great. But I loved Strictly [ he took part in the 2015 series of the UK's Strictly Come Dancing and was the third celebrity to be eliminated]. I was terrified doing Strictly, I have to be honest. It was an amazing experience, but I just could not remember the choreography, I couldn't. And when you’re touring, if one of us gets the virus, the whole show is gone, so we have to be mindful about things like that too.” And there's a couple from different other writers… Patsy Cavanagh has a couple on there too - Patsy's a very well-known writer – his most famous song was Home to Donegal but he's recorded and written many songs.

And next year O’Donnell will celebrate his anniversary with a series of tours, which will include a stint in the UK. They were super. It's just a shame they didn't get through. But listen, what a great lift it is, all these things - I mean be it on the national stage or like when Donegal is in the All-Ireland - it means so much to the people. It really does lift people. On dealing with family bereavements this year after the death of his sister Kathleen and his wife Majella’s mother:

He was born in Dungloe, Co. Donegal to mother Julia O’Donnell (nee McGonagle) and Francis O’Donnell.

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His favourite food is mince and potatoes, favoutire holiday destination is Tenerife and his all-time favourite song is Miss You Nights by Cliff Richard. I think that would go for any artist at the moment, and the understanding that this is how we have to deal with it. No. Never. I wouldn't have any desire to be honest. I think it's a thankless job. Honest to god... at the end of the day, they can only do so much, and maybe I'm looking for something and they can't give it to me, and then I think they're rubbish. You know what I mean? I’m not a million miles from 40 years ago, really, I am still singing My Donegal Shore, it sits in there along with Down at The La De Dah, you know.