news in briefsThe Manhattan Syndrome

The Manhattan Syndrome will be in The Workmans Club and Whelans this month, first in Whelan’s Upstairs on March 13th and three days later will be hitting up The Workmans Club on March 16th. Support at The Workmans show comes from The Notas and The Former Soviet Republic.

Show are 8pm, entry is just €7.


Crow Black Chicken

Crow Black Chicken are setting out to cross Ireland and rock our nation  with the announcement of the “Murmuration Tour” which will run throughout March and April. The tour see’s support from their special guest Mishap. Below are the tour dates and if you are a fan of the band you can connect with them on Facebook.
*****Murmeration Tour***** (a * denotes Mishap not supporting)
10th Mar – TIPPERARY – O’Keefe’s
14th Mar – GALWAY- Monroe’s
15th Mar – LIMERICK- Blind Pig *
20th Mar – LIMERICK- The Office bar
21st Mar – CORK – Crane Lane Theatre *
22th Mar – GALWAY- The Cellar
23rd Mar – CLARE – Brandon’s, Ennis *
24th Mar – CORK – An Cruiscin lan
30th Mar – DUBLIN – Whelan’s
31st Mar – TIPPERARY – O’Keeffe’s
5th Apr – DUBLIN – Sweeney’s
13th Apr – DUBLIN – MB Slattery’s *
14th Apr- TIPPERARY – O’Keeffe’s


Sound Of Guns

Angels & Enemies is the name of the new album from Sound Of Guns and it is to be released at the end of this month, March 30th 2012. It follows the recent release of single ‘Sometimes‘. They will be in Dublin before that hits the shops for a date in The Academy 2 on Wednesday 14th March 2012. Tickets are €12.50 inclusive of booking fee. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.ie and outlets nationwide.


 Costello

Junior Spesh presents a very special night for Costello as they launch their album ‘Illosophical’. Costello will be in Twisted Pepper on Thursday 15th March 2012. Tickets for the show are €7 /€6 and doors are at 10.30pm.
You can prebuy tickets on Bodytonicmusic.com. The album is launched the same day and the aforementioned gig has support in the form of Lethal Dialect, GI, William Lee, Garry O’Brien and DJ Moschops.

Rifftastic rockers Backtrack from the United States are coming over to play an intimate rocker in the upstairs of Whelans. Support on the night is still to be confirmed. The gig is happening on Thursday 19th april.

Ticktes are €10 on the door. No pre-gig tickets can be bought.