The Late Late Show Tribute to Gay Byrne, Tuesday, RTÉ One, 9:35pm

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Has Christy Moore been on the LLS since Tubridy took over as host? I can`t remember him being on it in a long long time.

Christy Moore has in fact appeared on The Late Late Show during Ryan Tubridy's time as presenter. Have a look at the below special segment: Christy Moore, On The Road which is probably in recent years. I think Tubridy as host should not be sitting alongside Christy (or any other artist for that matter) during such a session as this should be reserved for the artist to express themselves more freely. If the production team of The Late Late Show wanted to interview an artist in between performances they could do so without keeping the host under the same spotlight throughout the entire performance.

That said, I am not sure if Christy Moore ever had an issue with this and who knows Ryan Tubridy may not have preferred this approach but may have been required to follow instructions from the production team. (We sometimes forget that Gay was producer/presenter for most of his time on The Late Late Show and had much more autonomy than his successors in the role.

Christy Moore on The Late Late Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SVo9W4QM5A