Chinatown (Thin Lizzy album) Chinatown (Thin Lizzy album) Chinatown is the tenth studio album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1980. It introduced guitarist Snowy White who would also perform on the next album as well as tour with Thin Lizzy between 1980 and 1982; he replaced Gary Moore as permanent guitarist. White had previously worked with Cliff Richard, Peter Green and Pink Floyd. "Chinatown" also featured seventeen-year-old Darren Wharton on keyboards, and he joined Thin Lizzy as a permanent member later that year. Greg Prato of AllMusic described "Chinatown" as a "letdown" compared to the previous album "", blaming the absence of
Thin Lizzy taking Downey's place for all shows except Sweden on 6 August, when Europe drummer Ian Haugland played. Also, Aerosmith bass guitarist Tom Hamilton was confirmed as Thin Lizzy's bassist for these shows. After these shows were completed, Gorham confirmed that extended Thin Lizzy tours were probably a thing of the past, but that the band would continue to perform in one-off events. He stated, "To kill it off stone dead I think would be the wrong thing." A boxed set of four CDs of Thin Lizzy material was released in December 2001 as "Vagabonds, Kings, Warriors, Angels". It contained all