Gig Guide

2020

• Sat

  11

  Jan

  2020

  Tony Visconti & Woody Woodmansey's Holy Holy

  Olympia Theatre

  Dublin

  

  Now into its fifth year, the Dublin Bowie Festival has announced its 2020 headline act. Holy Holy features an all-star lineup of long-time Bowie producer/collaborator Tony Visconti on bass, '70-'73 Spiders From Mars drummer Woody Woodmansey, with the band set to play the Olympia Theatre on January 11. 

  Vocals come from Heaven 17's Glenn Gregory, keys/sax from Berenice Scott & Jessica Lee Morgan, while Scott Walker/Cult guitarist James Stevenson and Ian Hunter/Geldof guitarist Paul Cuddeford join them. They'll be performing Bowie's third album, The Man Who Sold The World, and Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars. As well as the former, Visconti produced some of Bowie's most acclaimed work, like the Berlin trilogy, Blackstar and Diamond Dogs - not to mention his work with some of the biggest rock artists of the 20th Century: Thin Lizzy, Iggy Pop, Morrissey & beyond.

  Tickets are priced from €45.20, available at Ticketmaster. Doors open at 7pm.

• Mon

  13

  Jan

  2020

  David Keenan

  Olympia Theatre

  Dublin

  

  Young Dundalk singer-songwriter David Keenan plays the Olympia on January 13 in what's his biggest headline performance to date.

  An artist who very much lives in the shadow the great Irish tradition, he's a performer of incredible charisma. Check him out on the Late Late Show.

  Tickets cost €25 from Ticketmaster. Doors open at 7pm.

• Wed

  22

  Jan

  2020

  The Felice Brothers

  Limelight 2

  Belfast

  

  Following the May '18 release of their new album Undress, The Felice Brothers headline Belfast's Limelight 2 on January 22.

  The band take rootsy songwriting, and, informed by the political and social milieu, create a harmonious, thoughtful takes on it. Based around the writing of upstate New Yorkers Ian & James Felice, who began in 2006 with subway & sidewalk performances, they've released nine albums and backed Conor Oberst's 2017 LP, Salutations. Stream 'Poor Blind Birds'.

  Tickets cost £18 from Ticketmaster. Doors open at 7pm.

• Thu

  23

  Jan

  2020

  The Felice Brothers

  Whelan's

  Dublin

   

  

  Following the May '18 release of their new album Undress, The Felice Brothers headline Whelan's on January 23.

  The band take rootsy songwriting, and, informed by the political and social milieu, create a harmonious, thoughtful takes on it. Based around the writing of upstate New Yorkers Ian & James Felice, who began in 2006 with subway & sidewalk performances, they've released nine albums and backed Conor Oberst's 2017 LP, Salutations. Stream 'Poor Blind Birds'.

  Tickets cost €23 from WAV Tickets. Doors open at 8pm.