Before a tour of Japan beginning in September 1979, Dave Flett joined the band to enable Ure to switch to playing keyboards where necessary.

[4][5] By the following year on the album Renegade he had become an official member of the band, co writing the opening track "Angel of Death" with Lynott.

Following a move to North Wales in 1992, the Dare sound reflected definite Celtic influences on the 1998 album release, Calm Before The Storm.

The 2001 Dare album Belief was featured on Terry Wogan's BBC Radio 2 breakfast show when the single "White Horses" was played every week for three months.

New to the line-up were vocalist Ricky Warwick of The Almighty and Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell, although the latter was subsequently replaced by Richard Fortus and then Damon Johnson.

[8] The album topped the Amazon Rock Charts in the UK, Germany, Spain and Italy, and received predominantly positive reviews, albeit these usually genre-specific.

'Sacred Ground' is considered to consist of keyboard and guitar framed music that while not losing them, do take a step back from earlier Celtic influences, leaning more towards straight ahead moody AOR.

The latest Dare album, Road To Eden was announced by the band on 10 January 2022, with a release date by Legend Records of 1 April 2022.

[3] Renegade will play Hard Rock Hell AOR X at Vauxhall Holiday park, Great Yarmouth on Thursday 3rd March.