A new event night in Dublin aiming to bring the festival vibe indoors will host its first event in June. WingDing will bring X Factor’s Kye Sones to headline The Button Factory on Thursday 13th June 2013. Joining Kye on the bill is Rooftop Anthem, CAI, Audio Fires, Orla Gartland and Miracle Bell, with Keywest’s Harry Sullivan DJing after the [...]

Dublin indie-rock band Spies are set to launch a brand new single Distant Shorelines with a headline show in Dublin this month. The gig by Spies will be in The Button Factory on May 23rd 2013 and tickets for the show are €10 with a copy of Distant Shorelines or €8 without the CD. Support on the night will come from Myles [...]

It’s the end of the current tour for Fang Island, who have been doing the rounds over the preceding weeks aided and abetted by No Spill Blood. Hailing from Rhode Island, Fang Island specialise in a type of infectious, no frills guitar music that marks them out as the greatest band on earth. Okay, they’re not the greatest band on [...]

One time Eurovision winners Lordi took their ‘Tour Beast or Not Tour Beast’ tour to Dublin’s Button Factory on Thursday, and what a show it was to behold. We couldn’t miss this one! This monstrous metal band are clearly keen on theatrics, they entered the stage one by one, each of them in their budget-horror-movie-esque attire and roaringly launched into their set. What [...]

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Legends of ska and reggae music, Toots & The Maytals will be back in Dublin this summer for a headline date. The rock infuse reggae masters will play The Button Factory on Tuesday 30th July 2013. Tickets for the show are €25 inclusive of booking fee and are on sale from Friday 10th May at 9am. Tickets are available from [...]

 Another week bites the dust, which means we’re another week closer to festival season. The excitement is mounting with the announcements confirming Electric Picnic and Oxegen, albeit Oxegen’s pre-announcement of their big announcement was all a little lack lustre. They’re certainly keeping us on the edge of seats though. Well back to the present and this week we’re getting excited about Solar Bears album release party in [...]

Dublin roots and folk act, I Draw Slow are returning to live duty next month with a headline show in their hometown. Redhills garnered some amazing reviews and I Draw Slow will play The Button Factory on Wednesday 8th May 2013 with support from Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole. Tickets for the show are only €15 inclusive of booking fee [...]

It’s nearly May and that means it’s nearly time for the release of Enemies impending second album release. The album is called ‘Embark, Embrace’ and out out on May 10th 2013. To mark the occasiona, the band have decided to play The Button Factory in Dublin on Saturday 25th May 2013. Tickets for the show are a mere €10 so [...]

Excellent news for Devandra Banhart fans, the talented Texan singer/songwriter is touring is latest album Mala and will be stopping by the Button Factory this summer. He will be over on June 26th at the aforementioned Button Factory in Dublin. Described by Pitchfork as “One of the more talented and charismatic forces in modern music” and with a reputation for [...]