Rammstein at The 02 on February 27th 2012 Review: Ross Maguire Photos: Aidan McCarthy German death metal superstars Rammstein were in Dublin last night to promote their greatest hits album Made in Germany: 1995 – 2011. The band are known to have produced intense and spectacular live shows down through the years, often controversial and strange, and last night was [...]

Neoclassical world music duo Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry are Dead Can Dance and today they have just announce a world tour which include a European leg of the world tour hitting twenty two dates through September and October 2012, closing out in Dublin. They will play all over Europe but will finish up the European section in The Grand Canal [...]

Review: Young Guns at The Academy 2 – February 17th Review: James Hendicott Photos: Abraham Tarrush Watching gigs in The Academy 2 can be a little bit like trying to spot passers-by through a letter box. Unless you happen to be in the front row or two, the entire experience consists of eyeing the back of the person in front, [...]

I may be wrong and I’m open to being corrected on this one but I think it’s been six years since Bic Runga showed her face in these part, if my memory serves it was a the Village in 2006. That’s a long time without some Runga! Her return may have a lot to do with the release of a [...]

Sydney based indie disco pop act The Jezabels will return to Ireland after being one of the highlights of Electric Picnic last year. They were touring on the release of their debut album ‘Prisoner‘ which came out in Australia in September 2011 but should hit the shops here in Ireland start of March. They will drop back to Irish soil [...]

You can’t deny One Direction are the runaway success story of X Factor, 1.6 million records sold in four month is impressive by anyone’s standards except perhaps Adele who is a record selling machine from the future. The album is now gone platinum and for Harry, Liam, Louise, Zayn and Niall it seems that if they continue to get amazing [...]

He’s one very popular man right now and it won’t be easing up anytime soon as Bressie announces the first live dates of 2012 which kickstarts in Tullamore. Bressie is already busy judging vocals as a judge in “Voice Of Ireland”, which has been one of the most viewed programs on Irish TV recently and riding the crest of a [...]

It’s tough being a new dad financially!, and it definitely hasn’t taken Jay-Z long to realise it either as he rounds up his mate Kanye and his the road on tour. Expect lasers galore, moving stages and pyrotechnics and if after all that is done, perhaps some of their music too. This could be one of the gigs of 2012 [...]

Indie folk act Anais Mitchell, hailing from Vermont in the states is coming to Dublin for a headline show this summer. She only just released her latest album ‘Young Man In American’ on Monday 13th February and already is getting very positive feedback. Anais & The Young Man Band will be in The Sugar Club, Dublin on Thursday 7th June [...]

Review at The O2 Dublin on February February 17th Review by Deirdre Harrison Photos by Kieran Frost Selling out a venue as large as The O2 is no easy task; yet managing to sell out after you’ve left a highly successful band, which you weren’t the lead singer of, and having only released one album is a massive feat. Yet [...]