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Francis McPeake IV, of the world-famous musical dynasty "The McPeake Family", is a renowned and much-respected musician.

Throughout the early 1990's he managed and co-ordinated the McPeake Family tours of the UK, USA and Europe - as well as performing with the band. Francis has also performed for, and alongside prestigious artists such as Marianne Faithful, John Hurt ("Alien", "The Elephant Man", "Captain Coreilli's Mandolin"), Gerry Garcia ("Ungrateful Dead"), Bono ("U2") and Denis Hopper ("Easy Rider", "Blue velvet", "Speed").

Francis McPeake IV has toured extensively at an international level alongside artists including Calum McColl (Musical Director to Ronan Keating), Rod Quinn (Mary Black) and has undertaken co-production alongside Shel Talmy (producer of "The Who", "The Kinks" and Elton John).

In October 2002, Francis undertook the position of musical co-ordinator for "The boys from County Clare" - a production with a £5 million budget starring Andrea Corr ("The Corrs", "Evita"), Bernard Hill ("Titanic", "Lord of the Rings"), Patrick Bergin ("Sleeping with the Enemy", ‘Robin Hood’) and Colum Meaney ("Star Trek: The Next generation", "The Commitments").