NEIL DIAMOND, 3Arena, Dublin, tonight & Sunday Most people who think Neil Diamond is just a big cheeseball in a diamante shirt clearly haven’t seen him blowing everyone off the stage with a swagger in Martin […]
Category: Gig previews
True Bromance: Avicii hits Dublin
GARDAI and Ticketmaster don’t often release a specific press release offering amnesty for any under-age ticket-holders to get a refund to avoid being turned away. The refund offer was only one aspect of the Garda release […]
Gigs round-up: June 26-July 2
MASTODON, Academy, Dublin, tonight, & Savoy, Cork, tomorrow, & Ulster Hall, Belfast, Sunday Mastodon are the closest thing to modern crossover metal gods these days, with enough scope to kick the mainstream’s back doors in without leaving hardcore […]
Forty years Done Dirt Cheap: AC/DC back in Dublin
WHEN the punk manifesto of ‘here’s three chords, now form a band’ was nailed to the mast in 1977, AC/DC were probably the uncoolest band in the world. Sleazy blues rockers led by a squealing […]
Gigs round-up, June 19-25
SEA SESSIONS, Bundoran, Co Donegal, today till Sunday, SOLD OUT The air will be a hell of a lot fresher in Bundoran than in the fields of Westmeath for Body & Soul. Sea Sessions has billed itself […]
Gigs round-up: June 12-18
TELEVISION, Academy, Dublin, tonight, & The Limelight, Belfast, Tomorrow New York’s Television were always on the more cerebral end of the punk spectrum. Their 1977 debut Marquee Moon is still held up as one of the defining records of […]
Gigs round-up: June 5-11
ASH, Whelan’s, Dublin, Sunday & Limelight, Belfast, Monday LET’S be honest, Ash were the biggest ringers on the Slane bill last week — standing out from the earnest dude-rock of Foo Fighters and Hozier’s sullen […]
Gigs round-up: May 22-28
Fucked Up, Hangar, Dublin, tonight There’ll be tops off in Hangar tonight as Canadian hardcore act Fucked Up turn amps, heat and sweat up to 11. Led by grizzled livewire Damian Abraham — a cross between […]
Gigs round-up: May 15-21
VILLAGERS, Olympia, Dublin, Wednesday & Thursday IN AN interview a few weeks ago, Villagers’ Conor O’Brien told me there “won’t be many rock’n’roll moments” on the latest tour that hits Dublin this week. He was speaking just before the release of […]
Gigs round-up: May 8-14
JEROME HILL + DEFEKT, Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Friday Jerome Hill heads up the most raucous line-up of the weekend, taking his freewheeling rave spirit and cut-up mixing to Cork, meeting techno, electro, raw hip-hop and garage at a crossroads. The Bastardo Electrico promotion crew have also […]
Gigs round-up: April 24-30
FLYING LOTUS, Vicar Street, Dublin, Wednesday. Ever since the laptop became a viable tool for electronic musicians to create whole albums, there’s been a conflict between the complexities in the productions and its recreation live. There’s […]
Gigs of the week: April 17-23
JULIAN COPE, Whelan’s, Dublin, tomorrow One-time accidental pop star Julian Cope has become one of music’s most singular underground voices since his chart act The Teardrop Explodes drowned in gallons of LSD and imploded in 1982. […]
Gigs of the week: April 10-16
THE BOMB SQUAD (Hank Shocklee), Sugar Club, Dublin, Tonight PUBLIC Enemy are a rare enough hip-hop act with a production team that get as much praise as the MCs — largely down to Hank Shocklee of the […]
Gigs of the week: April 3-9
Sting and Paul Simon, 3Arena, Dublin, Tuesday YOU have to feel for Art Garfunkel and his loyal fans who packed into Vicar Street a few weeks ago, singing iconic Simon & Garfunkel songs without […]
Gigs of the week: March 27-April 2
NICKY MINAJ, 3Arena, Dublin, Tuesday, & Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Wednesday BAR Kanye West, Nicki Minaj is the most divisive figure in hip-hop right now, even if she’s not at Glasto headline status just yet. Minaj is another […]
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