Tommy Sands and His Irish Band come to Las Vegas

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day early this year with a concert featuring Tommy Sands and His Irish Band u25B6 at 2 p.m. Saturday in Winchester Cultural Center Theater, 3130 S. McLeod Drive.

Sands is joined by his son and daughter. Tickets are $10 general admission, $7 for seniors and children ages 12 and younger. Call 455-7340 for details.

In addition to Tommy Sands, the trio consists of Moya Sands on vocals, fiddle, bodhran and whistle, and Fionan Sands on mandolin and banjo.

Tommy Sands is widely known as a singer, songwriter and peace activist. He brought Irish music to places such as Carnegie Hall and Moscow's Olympic Stadium.

Sands' songwriting prompted Sing Out magazine to regard him as "the most powerful songwriter in Ireland, if not the rest of the world."