Review of Scala and Kolacny Brothers in The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, January 14th 2012. Review: Aidan Cuffe You know it’s funny how over the years your musical tastes change and merge. 8 years ago if you had asked me to go to see a choir I’d have stared blankly at you in disbelief. This rocker would be having none of [...]

Last year was two amazing shows in Ireland and it hasn’t taken Ryan Adams long to secure his return to Ireland with the announcement today that he will be two fully seated shows in Ireland next year. One in Belfast and one in Dublin. The gig will first be in The Olympia Theatre on Thursday 19th April 2012. Tickets for [...]

British singer and musical actress Rebecca Storm is coming to Ireland to play two shows at The Olympia Theatre this February. She has a career spanning 25 years as the star of numerous musicals and her show will include songs from ‘Evita’, ‘Chess’, ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘Blood Brothers’ and there is also new songs from her critically acclaimed CD ‘The [...]

Well who knew! Certainly not us, apparently there has been heavy demand and it has justified the addition of not one, not two, but FIVE extra dates at The Olympia Theatre. Originally they had announced May 8th but now you can also catch the pairing of Mary Byrne and Phil Coulter on May 9th / 10th / 11th / 12th [...]

Boyce Avenue will be back in Ireland again in 2012 following another round of sold out show in both Belfast and Dublin which seems to be the case every time they visit these shores. Always trying to look after their avid fans, Boyce will play two dates in Dublin and one in Belfast but have announced a very special ticket [...]

It’s that time of year again. Every other publication has been hard at work pushing out their lists throughout December but we are never one’s to rush things. So we thought a nice time to put these out might be Christmas day for you to enjoy while your waiting for dinner to appear or maybe are in that post dinner [...]

What an intriguing set of artists to come together for a once off show. Coulter and his orchestra were involved in producing Mary’s album which seems to be the underlying reason for the showcase. The Olympia Theatre will play host to an evening with Mary Byrne and Phil Coulter and his orchestra on May 8th 2012. Phil will perform a [...]

Review of Sinead O’Connor at The Olympia Theatre on December 18th 2011 Review: Nicola Byrne Photos: Natalie Byrne It’s been a good year for Sinead O’Connor, depending on how you look at it. She may have been resigned to flirting with Ryan Tubridy at one stage, but now she seems happier than ever. Why? A Vegas wedding earlier this month, [...]

Former Spice Girl Melanie C is coming to Dublin to play a big gig early in 2012. She has released her latest album The Sea back in September of this year which is her fifth album believe it or not. If Goldenplec is honest, we thought she had disappeared after Northern Star as we haven’t heard much from her since but perhaps [...]

Yes a young boy said un’ to me, All I want for Christmas is an American nu-metal revival and Santa made it so. Korn never really went away persay but if I am not mistaken they definitely haven’t been in Ireland since 2007. All that will be rectified as they have recently released their latest album, ‘The Path Of Totality’ [...]