The Corrs have released a new video of their song ‘Ellis Island’ performed live during Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall 2025.
The song is named after the island in New York Harbour which was once home to the busiest immigration processing centre in the United States. The tune is an anthem of migration, a paean to the search for refuge and the countries that have provided it, offering the opportunity of a better life. At its heart are also the challenges of migrating – and the pain of leaving your homeland.
Andrea Corr told fans at the Royal Albert Hall on March 28: “This is a song that’s about emigration. It’s always an incredibly relevant topic, more poignant every day. It’s about the Irish getting a chance when they fled Ireland and sought refuge elsewhere. Here is one of the places, of course, and, yeah, the USA. It’s called Ellis Island.”
The performance stunned the audience to silence during a joyous concert which saw fans singing every word of the band’s classic pop songs, from ‘Breathless’, ‘So Young’ and ‘Runaway’ to their cover of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Dreams’. The band received rave reviews, including 5 stars in the Sun on Sunday (“Sent shivers down the spine”), 4.5 in Metro (“Audience danced with unadulterated joy”) and 4 in the Sunday Mirror (“Sounded as incredible as ever”).
‘Ellis Island’ first appeared on The Corrs’ 2015 album White Light. Having sold more than 40 million records, Andrea, Sharon, Caroline and Jim Corr won even more new fans in 2024 with their Talk on Corners tour and the band are back on the road this year in Ireland, England, Sweden, Germany and Spain.
Friday 6th June – Virgin Media Park, Cork
Sunday 8th June – St Anne’s Park, Dublin
Wednesday 11th June – Open Air Theatre, Scarborough
Thursday 12th June – Live at The Piece Hall, Halifax
Saturday 14th June – Plymouth Summer Sessions, Plymouth Hoe
Tuesday 17th June – Gröna Lund, Stockholm
Wednesday 18th June – Liseberg, Göteborg
Friday 20th June – Isle of Wight Festival, Newport
Saturday 21st June – Blenheim Palace
Tuesday 24th June – Zitadelle, Berlin, Germany
Wednesday 25th June – Stadtpark, Hamburg, Germany
Thursday 26th June – Tollwood, Munich, Germany
Sunday 29th June – ALMA Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Monday 30th June – ALMA Festival, Madrid, Spain
Tickets are on sale here
Photo credit – John Stead
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