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Notorious Irish band nabs Guinness World Record for 30-year residency at NYC pub: ‘Simply extraordinary’

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Donlevy, K. (2026, September 21). Notorious Irish band nabs Guinness World Record for 30-year residency at NYC pub: ‘Simply extraordinary’. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/21/us-news/the-prodigals-win-guinness-world-record-for-residency-at-nycs-paddy-reillys-pub/

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The Prodigals, an Irish punk band based in New York City, received a Guinness World Record for maintaining a weekly residency at Paddy Reilly’s Music Bar for 29 years. The band, led by Gregory Grene and now featuring three additional members, celebrated this achievement on the anniversary of their first performance at the Kips Bay pub. Despite changes in the bar's ownership and band membership over the decades, The Prodigals continue to play every Friday and Saturday night, creating a sense of community and tradition that has spanned generations.
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The Prodigals, an Irish punk band, earned a Guinness World Record for the "longest annual residency by a band" at Paddy Reilly’s Music Bar in New York City. The band, led by singer Gregory Grene, has played weekly gigs there since 1997, marking almost three decades of musical history. Despite changes in membership and ownership (the bar changed hands in 2023), the band's legacy remains strong with enthusiastic crowds attending their Friday and Saturday shows. On March 17, 2023, they celebrated both St. Patrick’s Day and their historic residency milestone at Paddy Reilly’s, a Kips Bay landmark since its establishment in 1996.

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Although the members have had several rotations over the years and the bar’s ownership changed hands in 2023, Grene said the most glaring change is simply in the crowds that come every Friday and Saturday — most of whom weren’t even born when the band knocked back their first whiskey there.
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Infamous Irish punk band The Prodigals tossed back a new type of Guinness Friday and partied at their equally famous home pub like it was 1997. asserted
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Paddy Reilly’s Music Bar threw a Celtic celebration in honor of its homegrown musicians — who secured the World Record for “longest annual residency by a band” after 29 years of dedicated weekly shows at the Kips Bay landmark. asserted
who → throw → landmark
The crowd roared when the band took the stage — and went even crazier when old members picked up their instruments in an ode to the nearly three-decade legacy they have etched into the Manhattan bar. asserted
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“I am absolutely delighted,” Gregory Grene, The Prodigals’ lead singer, accordionist and only remaining original member, told The Post. asserted
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“Bizarrely, it’s a wonderful feeling of time continuing and standing still at the same time.” asserted
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The Prodigals were officially handed their Guinness World Record this week, but “The Open Reel” artists cemented their place in history on St. Patrick’s Day — the 29th anniversary of its first-ever show at Paddy Reilly’s that established its long-running partnership asserted
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The band, currently comprised of Grene, drummer Eamon Ellams, guitarist Colin Forhan and flautist Sean Tierney, 35, plays every Friday and Saturday night at the pub — when they’re not touring around the world. asserted
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It took some time to muster up the pay stubs, newspaper articles and other documents that proved they had consistently played at the pub, a tedious process that offered its members a nostalgic trip down memory lane. asserted
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A few years later, Christy Turlington hired The Prodigals for a yacht party and then followed them back to the pub for a “wild night” of partying that became front-page news for Page Six. asserted
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Grene met the woman who became the mother of his daughter — who grew up to be a talented violinist in her own right — and the band’s music was plucked for the 2008 movie, “Pride and Glory,” starring Edward Norton and Colin Farrell. asserted
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Paddy Reilly’s also hosts an annual fundraiser every year in honor of Grene’s twin brother, Andrew, a United Nations advisor who died in the 2010 Haiti earthquake and whose picture hangs inside the venerable venue — an example of the “family” that has been cultivated over the years. asserted
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“It’s just simply extraordinary. asserted
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There’s a warmth in this city that doesn’t always get the spotlight that it should. asserted
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It is the smallest big city in the world,” Grene said of the Big Apple. asserted
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Although the members have had several rotations over the years and the bar’s ownership changed hands in 2023, Grene said the most glaring change is simply in the crowds that come every Friday and Saturday — most of whom weren’t even born when the band knocked back their first whiskey there. asserted
band → have → whiskey
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