Fans have bid a final farewell to Irish singer Big Tom McBride – the man they call the “king” of country music. Fans have bid a final farewell to Irish singer Big Tom McBride – the man they call the “king” of country music. Fans bid farewell to king of country music Big Tom McBride at public wakeThousands of mourners queued to pay their respects to the star at a public wake close to his home in Castleblayney, Co Monaghan. “I was all excited for this guy to come up on stage and he says, ‘ladies and gentlemen, please welcome on stage Ireland’s number one country singer, Big Tom’. Country singer Kathy Durkin arrives to pay her respects (Brian Lawless/PA) One of McBride’s neighbours, who did not want to give his name, said: “Big Tom was Big Tom.

Source: Irish Independent April 18, 2018 16:30 UTC