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The House Must Win

The story of The House Must Win begins in 2005, when Mick Flannery released his debut album Evening Train. The record told a story of love, lust, gambling, and a fateful betrayal. At the time, Flannery was just 20-years-old and attending Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa in Cork City. For a second-year project, students were asked to set a creative brief for themselves.

“Lacking life experience, and struggling for lyrical content, I decided to write songs to a story based on fictional characters. It all grew from a song I had written called ‘Creak in the Door’. That song depicted a disappointed mother berating one of her sons over the actions of the other. I fleshed out the feel of that song to create the full album, based on the lives of these two very different brothers.”

Now in 2026, The House Must Win is a stage adaptation of Evening Train, a project that has been in development for over a decade. A few months ahead of the premiere stage production of The House Must Win, Flannery entered Monique Studios in Cork with longtime collaborator Christian Best, with Robinson producing, to record the full album of songs from the musical.

Sonically, the record moves between dark, swampy bar-room and heart stomping compositions, weaved between delicate ballads. The songs carry a tension both lyrical and musically that can feel almost unsettling as though something inside the heart has momentarily fractured.

The result is a collection of 20 songs that tell the story through Flannery’s signature storytelling lyrics. It’s a world Flannery has been carefully building for over two decades, and it’s one that feels certain to stand the test of time. This is an evergreen record - another remarkable outing from Flannery that continues to confirm his place as a master of his craft.

Setlists

    1. 1.Creak In The Door
    2. 2.Take It on the Chin
    3. 3.Rising Tide
    4. 4.Tripping O'er His Trousers
    5. 5.The Tender
    6. 6.Talk to Me
    7. 7.My Only Life (Unreleased)
    8. 8.Daddy
    9. 9.Let Me Be
    10. 10.The House Must Win
    11. 11.In the Gutter
    12. 12.Evening Train
    1. 1.Even Now
    2. 2.Boston
    3. 3.Baby Talk (Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill cover)
    4. 4.Cut It Clean
    5. 5.Take It on the Chin
    6. 6.Father Joe
    7. 7.The House Must Win
    8. 8.Get What You Give
    9. 9.Push The Cart
    10. 10.The machine
    11. 11.Beyond My Help
    12. 12.King Of Hate
    13. 13.Checkers (Jeffrey Martin cover)
    14. 14.I`ve Got A Darkness
    15. 15.The Small Fire
    16. 16.I'll Be Out Here
    17. 17.Light a Fire
    18. 18.Martha (Tom Waits cover)
    19. 19.Angel From Montgomery (John Prine cover)
    1. 1.Even Now
    2. 2.Boston
    3. 3.Baby Talk (Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill cover)
    4. 4.The Tender
    5. 5.Take It on the Chin
    6. 6.The House Must Win (A new song, from Mick's forthcoming musical of the same name)
    7. 7.New "silly" song from musical, from the point of view of the drunk in the bar. "F**k me, Father Joe"
    8. 8.Get What You Give
    9. 9.Push The Cart
    10. 10.The Small Fire
    11. 11.Machine
    12. 12.King Of Hate (Song about chess champion Alexander Alekhine. First time ever played live)
    13. 13.Checkers (Jeffrey Martin cover)
    14. 14.Wasteland
    15. 15.Star to Star
    16. 16.Fuck Off World
    17. 17.Wish You Well
    18. 18.No Way to Live
    19. 19.New song from musical, a conversation between two brothers. "It's hard to see, cos really you don't
    20. 20.Goodbye
    21. 21.Chain Reaction (Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill cover)
    22. 22.I'll Be Out Here
    23. 23.Hello in There (John Prine cover)
    24. 24.Martha (Tom Waits cover)
    1. 1.Boston (solo at piano, before being joined by the band)
    2. 2.Minnesota
    3. 3.Wasteland
    4. 4.Goodtime Charlie
    5. 5.Neon Tonight
    6. 6.Gulf Coast Highway (Nanci Griffith cover)
    7. 7.In the Gutter
    8. 8.Get What You Give
    9. 9.Push The Cart
    10. 10.The Small Fire
    11. 11.Someone To Tell It To
    12. 12.Machine
    13. 13.I Own You
    14. 14.Trouble (Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill cover)
    15. 15.Baby Talk (Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill cover)
    16. 16.Chain Reaction (Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill cover)
    17. 17.Are We Free? (Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill cover)
    18. 18.Angel From Montgomery (John Prine cover)

  2. Encore

    1. 19.I'll Be Out Here
    2. 20.Star to Star
    3. 21.Safety Rope
    1. 1.Boston
    2. 2.Come Find Me
    3. 3.Wasteland
    4. 4.Morning Rain
    5. 5.I'll Be Out Here
    6. 6.Gulf Coast Highway (Nanci Griffith cover)
    7. 7.No Way to Live
    8. 8.Push The Cart
    9. 9.Get What You Give
    10. 10.The Small Fire
    11. 11.Star to Star
    12. 12.Neon Tonight
    13. 13.Galfond
    14. 14.I Own You
    15. 15.Trouble (Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill cover)
    16. 16.Baby Talk (Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill cover)
    17. 17.Chain Reaction (Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill cover)
    18. 18.Are We Free? (Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill cover)
    19. 19.Angel From Montgomery (John Prine cover)
    20. 20.Safety Rope

  2. Encore

    1. 21.In the Gutter
    2. 22.How High

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Mick Falnnery plays Vicar Street, Dublin on 25 & 26 June 2026.

Mick Flannery will perform songs from his new album The House Must Win.

The House Must Win is a stage show with music by Mick Flannery and an album of original songs by Mick Flannery.

Tickets are on sale now.