Join Paul Herriottt as he brings us a sensational New Year’s Eve celebration with RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Associate Artist conductor/arranger Guy Barker. Sing and dance into 2026 as the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Barker welcome back vocalists Vanessa Haynes, Joe Stilgoe, Strictly Come Dancing’s Tommy Blaize, and clarinet virtuoso Giacomo Smith, performing classics including Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?’, Ray Charles soul favourites, plus Bob Hilliard and Dick Miles’ playful ‘The Coffee Song’ – originally recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1946, and shortly afterward by Louis Prima and His Orchestra. Expect show-stopping party pieces by Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Percy Mayfield, Fats Domino, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Al Green, Prince, Paloma Faith and more.
RTÉ lyric fm, New Year’s Eve, 31st December, 10pm-12.30am
