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Loreena McKennitt - The Mask and Mirror
30th Anniversary Tour
Tour in 2024 & 2026 & 2027

 
In December 2023, Loreena announced in an email to the members list and on the official website (quotations combined here):

The 1994 studio album that's been called "timeless and transcendent" turns 30 next year and to commemorate this milestone Loreena and her band will be performing the celebrated album in Europe next summer.

The Mask and Mirror was admired for its 'cross-cultural fertilization' of Celtic, Spanish and Moroccan influences that continues to capture people's hearts.

In December 2025 another set of concerts in this series was announced:
Loreena is bringing The Mask and The Mirror Anniversary Tour to Eastern Canada, launching on Oct. 13, 2026 in Moncton and wrapping up in Toronto on Oct. 31 [...]. It's been a decade since she last performed in Atlantic Canada.

[...]

The first set will feature fan favourites and the second will include every song on the album. Accompanying Loreena will be Caroline Lavelle on cello, Brian Hughes on guitar, Hugh Marsh on violin, Dudley Phillips on bass and Robert Brian on drums.

"This album was a historical and musical pilgrimage for me and I'm thrilled to bring it home," she says.

Loreena's 1994 studio album has been described as `timeless and transcendent,' celebrated for its `cross-cultural fertilization,' weaving together Celtic, Spanish and Moroccan influences and it represented a turning point in her career.

And in May 2026 a new series of concerts in Europe was announced:
Loreena has just announced she'll be heading to Europe for a nine-country, 30-concert tour in the spring of 2027 so if you missed her in 2024 here's another opportunity.

The Mask and Mirror Anniversary Tour will launch Feb. 22, 2027 in Groningen, The Netherlands and wrap up Apr. 3, 2027 in Paris, France, with performances in Germany, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and the United Kingdom.

A full list of concerts as far as I know can be found here.
Check the official website's tour page for the latest official announcements.

 

Concert set list

The following set list I found on Setlist.fm from some July 2024 concerts in Europe
[Links lead to song pages from the album versions, with lyrics and info.]

2024 European concerts
from Setlist.fm
Set 1
  1. All Souls Night
  2. On a Bright May Morning
  3. The Gates of Istanbul
  4. Penelope's Song
  5. Ages Past, Ages Hence
  6. Marco Polo     (instrumental)
  7. Spanish Guitars and Night Plazas
  8. The Lady of Shalott
  9. The Old Ways
Set 2: "The Mask and Mirror"
  1. The Mystic's Dream
  2. The Bonny Swans
  3. The Dark Night of the Soul
  4. Marrakesh Night Market
  5. Full Circle
  6. Santiago     (instrumental)
  7. The Two Trees
  8. Prospero's Speech
Encore
  1. The Mummers' Dance
  2. Shche ne vmerla Ukraina     (National anthem of Ukraine)
  3. Dante's Prayer
  4. Tango to Evora     (instrumental)

 

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