Woo we love new announcements, especially when its got a few good acts in it. Found these on the Electric Picnic Forum about an hour ago but i didnt want to put it up until it was real so thanks to Jim Carrol from On the Record for confirming the following names for us. The following bands join the top [...]

FEAR FACTORY have announced that they will play Bank Holiday Monday 2nd August 2010 in The Academy Dublin. Tickets for this show will be €22 - www.fearfactory.com GIRLS announce a date in The Academy on August 24th following on from their sellout Whelans show. Tickets cost €17.50 and go on sale Thursday May 6th @ 9am - www.myspace.com/girls THE DOORS Alive will [...]

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel are coming to Dublin on Sunday May 23rd for a special performance in The Academy, Dublin as part of a fifteen date tour across the UK and Ireland. The gig in The Academy will cost €31.80 and tickets are on sale NOW. They follow up the Dublin show with a trip to Spring and Airbrake [...]

Unfortunately tonights Pavement gig will be sans Villagers due to a family bereavement.  The gig will be much the worse for their absence. Our condolence’s to family and friends of Villagers at this tough time. Villagers Twitter – Sorry to everyone who was hoping to see us in Camden yesterday and today. My beautiful sister Aoife died yesterday. We all love her and will [...]

2 MANY DJS are coming back to Dublin for an August bank holiday rave in The Olympia Theatre on Monday 2nd of August. The live shows have become that of legend and will be impulsive viewing for those looking to end their bank holiday with a bang. Tickets are €33.60 and will be on sale this Friday 7th May. Aidan [...]

MARINA & THE DIAMONDS has been growing in stature in the last few months, radio play has been massively on the increase and her debut album “The Family Jewels“  has received rave reviews across the spectrum. She was here only in September just gone when she played to a capacity crowd at Electric Picnic on the Cosby Stage. Well if you thought [...]

This week gig of the week was a toss up between KISS and Pavement. I decided to go with KISS on the basis that there were still tickets available for the show without having to beg someone to part with theirs. KISS are playing in the O2 on Friday 7th May. KISS might not be everyone’s thing, it’s a little [...]

No they aren’t breaking up, i know its a deceptive headline but they are leaving Irish shores for the summer to reside in the UK for a while. The move over there is to write songs, gig around in new venues to new people and hopefully when they come back they will be bigger, better and stronger. After 5 years together, it [...]

Dublin 4 piece Alt-rock band Zombie Cops (they join the list of bands i will see live purely based on band name) are set to release their debut single with a launch gig in Crawdaddy next weekend. The gig will be in Crawdaddy on Friday May 7th and it is in promoting their “Win Some, Lose Some” single. It will [...]

Irish Music Rights Organisation, IMRO – Who have been at the centre of a licensing controversy the last few days have published an FAQ article with questions and answers  for common question. There is nothing really new in this article for sure. Ive read it through and it basically goes to the trouble of answering questions that Nialler9 and other [...]