News In BriefsTOPS at The Workmans Club

Montreal four piece TOPS are Dublin bound following the release of ‘Tender Opposites’ their first full length release.

The gig will be in The Workmans Club on November 25th 2012 with tickets for this show costing €13 inclusive of booking fee. Tickets are on sale from Monday 22nd October at 9am.

Tickets are available from Tickets.ie and Ticketmaster.ie and its outlets nationwide.

The James Low Western Front UK and Ireland Tour

Singer-Songwriter / guitarist James Low is following up on the release of his debut album ‘Whiskey Farmer’, which was released earlier this year with a tour of the UK and Ireland.

On the agenda are dates in Clare, Wicklow and Omagh. More details below and tickets details will be added to his website shortly.

Irish Tour Dates

Friday 2 Ennis, Co. Clare, Ire. Tom Steele’s
Saturday 3 Laragh, Co. Wicklow, Ire. Lynhams Hotel
Sunday 4 Wicklow, Ire. The Bridge Tavern
Tuesday 6 Omagh, N. Ire. The Weigh Inn

www.JamesLowWesternFront.com

Colin Smith and Ari Hest at The Workmans Club

Dublin born but New York raised Colin Smith has been building his name up in the U.S. with a considerable degree of success. You can check his album ‘The Wilderness’ streaming on his website [here]. He got to perform his song ‘Love’ with Alicia Keys at the opening of the Keep A Child Alive’s ‘Black Ball’ event in New York last year. In attendance and performing were some of the world’s biggest stars including Beyonce, Jay-Z, Richie Sambora, will.i.am and Usher.

He is coming to Dublin with Ari Hest to play The Workman’s Club in Dublin on Thursday 1st November 2012. Tickets for the show are on sale now and are priced at €12 inclusive of booking fee. Tickets are available from Tickets.ie and Ticketmaster.ie outlets.

Doors 8pm.

www.arihest.comcolinsmithmusic.com

Hermitage Green – Golden Rule

Hermitage Green will be releasing their single ‘Golden Rule’ ahead of the release of their full album.

The single ‘Golden Rule’ will be released for download from Friday 16th November. They will follow that up with a show in Whelan’s on December 6th 2012, which follows up a sell out at The Academy 2 earlier this year. Tickets for that Whelans show are on sale now.

“Single Golden Rule was written about promiscuous women who throw eyes at men but have no intention of following through on anything, its the result of one of Darragh Griffins frustrated nights on the town!”

Harvest play The Slaughtered Lamb

Neil Young tribute act Harvest are going to be playing The Slaughtered Lamb this week.

The gig is on Saturday 20th October at 9am and admission is FREE. Who doesn’t love a free gig. Go check it out Swords people.

2Minutes2Midnight Irish Tour

Dundalk rockers 2Minutes2Midnight have just announced an Irish tour starting from November 8th through to December 6th.

They are out promoting their brand new EP ‘How Did This Happen’ and will make their way around numberous venues throughout the country including…….

Tickets will be available at the door of most venues and will be €6 admission or €8 for admission with an EP. The tour kicks off in The Academy 2 on November 8th and you can nab tickets for that via Ticketmaster.ie and outlets nationwide.

Doors at 7.30pm and show starts at 9pm each night.

2Minutes2Midnight tour dates
Thursday 8th November – Academy 2, Dublin
Friday 9th November – Dundalk TBC
Saturday 10th November – Scraggs, Carlow
Thursday 15th November – Pavillions, Belfast
Friday 16th November – Boggers, Ardee
Saturday 17th November – Dolans, Limerick
Thursday 22th November – Masons, Derry
Friday 23th November – The Stables, Mullingar
Saturday 24th November – Cork TBC
Thursday 29h November – Mc Hughes, Drogheada
Friday 30th November – Dublin, TBC
Saturday 1st December – Monroes, Galway
Thursday 6th December – Beggys, Navan

John Murry

Purveyor of beautiful, delicate music, John Murry will be bringing his latest album ‘The Graceless Age’ to Upstairs at Whelan’s in the new year.

The gig will be on January 27th 2013 and tickets are on sale now priced €15.50 (including booking fee) from www.whelanslive.com  www.ticketmaster.ie & Ticketmaster outlets. nationwide.