PICS: Sinead O’Connor AND Bono Surprise Dublin Crowd With Special Performance Tonight

Well, well, wellllll. Didn't we and other thousands of disappointed fans REALLY miss out on the concert of a lifetime tonight?

To celebrate the iconic Shane McGowan's 60th birthday, Johnny Depp, Shane MacGowan, Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, Glen Hansard, and many more ah-mazing musicians took to the stage at the National Concert Hall in Dublin tonight, with some very special guests. 

From A Pair of Brown Eyes to Fairytale of New York, Shane MacGowan is considered a poet of modern music and one of the great international songwriters, and the concert was curated in collaboration with Shane. 

Tonight's concert saw his collaborators, friends, artists who admire his work and those who have been influenced by him come together to sing these great songs. 

Update 11.30pm: the birthday boy himself, Shane McGowan was on stage singing Summer in Siam with Nick Cave.

President Michael D Higgins also presented Shane with a lifetime achievement award AND the crowd sung happy birthday to him. Amazing.

You’re the measure of my dreams #Shane60 #happyBirthday @rockyoriordan #JohnSheahan #RainyNightInSoho #Bono #MindBlowing night pic.twitter.com/LSRPm3ZN29

— Suzanne Doyle (@SuzanneDoyleSDC) January 15, 2018

Birthday boy #Shane60 ???? pic.twitter.com/lefYLmIjJu

— Jennifer O'Brien (@Jen_OBrien1) January 15, 2018

Sinead O'Connor wowed the crowd after the interval with a performance that received a standing ovation 

Wow @SineadOconnorHQ pic.twitter.com/5RMHXTpNsv

— GaryG~Red Nose Wine (@rednosewine) January 15, 2018

Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neil joined forces to belt out Fairytale of New York...

The boys from the NYPD choir - and Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill -were singing Fairytale of New York.#shane60 @NCH_Music pic.twitter.com/TZLFskZSSP

— Pat O'Mahony (@patomahony1) January 15, 2018

And JANEY MACK... It's Bono and Johnny Depp singing Rainy Night In Soho 

Bono and Johnny Depp perform Rainy Night in Soho. What.a.night this is #Shane60 pic.twitter.com/XmPl2fC97M

— Jennifer O'Brien (@Jen_OBrien1) January 15, 2018

Earlier in the night lucky ticket holders were treated to performances by Cait O'Riardan, and Finbar Furey, among others. 

There’s @rockyoriordan still Haunted by the ghost of your precious love. #Shane60 @NCH_Music pic.twitter.com/a9n5BoXe4n

— Pat O'Mahony (@patomahony1) January 15, 2018

Interval of Shane MacGowan 60th birthday show at @NCH_Music - some highlights- John Sheehan + Glen Hensard, Imelda May , backing band , Finbar Fury - ecstatic evening so far , Broad Majestic Shannon dedicated to Dolores O'Riordan to long applause pic.twitter.com/3UJVh92J5I

— J. John Foyle (@JJohnFoyle) January 15, 2018

Wow. We can only imagine the atmosphere in there this evening - surrounded by musical legends, a concert celebrating Shane McGowan and at the same time performed in tribute to Dolores O'Riordan. 

This is one night that will never by forgotten by anyone in the crowd.

It feels like an Irish funeral for Ireland #Shane60

— Nialler9 ? Patreon? (@Nialler9) January 15, 2018

What a lineup...

That's some line-up on our stage tonight #Shane60 pic.twitter.com/NdYB0YShV6

— NationalConcertHall (@NCH_Music) January 15, 2018