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Me and My Money Singer Luke Thomas pictured in The Sugar Club (Credit: Gerry Mooney) Luke Thomas is known as Ireland’s King of Swing. A native of Walkinstown, Dublin, Thomas is the frontman of The Swing Cats. The popular wedding band has sold out shows at Vicar Street and the National Concert Hall, and is the resident band for President Michael D Higgins at the annual summer events at Áras an Uachtaráin.

For tickets for the Kings of Swing’s Irish tour, which celebrates 100 years of swing music, go to www.theswingcats.ie.



Growing up in the late 80s and early 90s in Ireland, nobody ever had money and we didn’t know any different as kids. Like most parents, mine worked very hard to make sure we were always covered, and we could afford to play sports and sign up for karate and other ­activities..