In 1988 Cry Before Dawn contributed a new track, "Silly Dreams" to the soundtrack of the Irish film, The Courier.

Their second album Witness for the World was recorded in Wales and mixed in Los Angeles, California by Greg Ledanyi, and was released to lukewarm reception in 1989, again on Epic/CBS.

This initial disbanding was short-lived, however, and the band reformed with Paul Spencer replacing Tony Hall on guitar.

[3] Fellow band member Vince Doyle operates a Citroën dealership with his family and Pat Hayes is also living back in Wexford after 12 years in Stockholm, Sweden.

[5] The first dates announced on the tour were Vicar Street, Dublin on 8 April 2011,[6] and at Wexford Opera House on 14 May 2011.