• Stevie Nicks Set for Dublin Show in July

    Truthfully, if they come more iconic than Stevie Nicks, we certainly haven’t heard of them. The legendary singer and Fleetwood Mac frontwoman has announced that she will play a solo show in Dublin this summer. The arena show at 3Arena on Wednesday, July 3 is part of Nicks’ ongoing Live in Concert tour, which will also include shows in Glasgow, Manchester and London, as well as Antwerp and Amsterdam. Marking Nicks’ first solo show in the capital, when she performed 3Arena’s previous form as the Point Theatre back in 1989, the July show will come five years after Fleetwood Mac…

  • Lankum Scoop 2023 Choice Music Prize

    Lankum have just won this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize for False Lankum. As time has shown us, there is no such thing as a foregone conclusion at the annual awards but Lankum’s fourth full-length taking this year’s Best Album prize is unlikely to be a shock to many. Released via Rough Trade back in March last year, the John “Spud” Murphy-produced triumph firmly cemented the Dublin quartet’s status as a singular force in forward-leaping experimental folk. Among the plaudits the album has released over the last twelve months include a Mercury Prize nod, five stars from the Guardian and…

  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy Announces Irish Tour

    Bonnie “Prince” Billy has announced a six-date Irish tour for August. The Louisville artist – aka Will Oldham – will play a string of relatively intimate shows in Clonakilty, Cork, Limerick and Galway, before two dates in Dublin at the National Concert Hall and Whelan’s respectively. Check out the full details via the rather lovely poster below. Presented by Foggy Notions, the shows will see Oldham supported by Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O’Leary. Tickets go on sale for all venues this Friday, March 8 at 10am.

  • Output Announces 2024 Return

    The first details of Output Belfast’s 2024 return have been announced. Having teamed up with AVA for last year’s outing, Ireland’s biggest one-day music conference is back to its usual format for this year – all while celebrating Sound of Belfast’s 10th birthday. On the morning and afternoon of Thursday, November 12, music industry leaders from across the globe will descend upon the MAC and the Oh Yeah Music Centre to speak on an array of panels. As with previous years, it’s set to be an unmissable programme full of networking opportunities for the local music community to meet industry…

  • Air to Play Moon Safari in Dublin

    Air are set to play Moon Safari in full in Dublin this summer. Due to demand, the French duo will play their seminal debut album in full at Trinity College on 30th June 2024. Taking place as part of this year’s Summer Series, it’s the latest date to be added to the duo’s European tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of their iconic debut. Released in January 1998, Moon Safari features tracks including ‘La femme d’argent,’ and singles ‘Sexy Boy’, ‘Kelly Watch the Stars’ and ‘All I Need’ featuring Beth Hirsch. Tickets for the show go on sale at 9am this…

  • Les Savy Fav Set For Dublin Return

    Les Savy Fav are coming back to Dublin. Marking their first headline show in the city since 2010, the New York indie rock greats will play Whelan’s Main Room on Friday, 24th May 2024. The news coincides with the band’s first new music in as many years (fourteen – 14 years). Check out the video for ‘Legendary Tippers’ below. Another first-rate co-pro from Foggy Notions and U:MACK, tickets for the show are €30.00 and go on sale at 10AM this Friday, 9th February. Photo by Nick Helderman

  • Bloc Party Announce 20th Anniversary Shows

    Bloc Party have announced details of two Irish shows to mark their 20th anniversary in July. The Kele Okereke-fronted outfit will perform their seminal debut album Silent Alarm and their greatest hits at the Telegraph Building in Belfast on Thursday, 4th July and 3Arena in Dublin on Friday, 5th July. Tickets go on sale on Friday, 16th February at 10am. In a statement, Okereke said: “We’ve been having so much fun playing shows over the past year, so it makes sense to do something special for old and new fans, celebrating twenty years of Bloc Party.” “We heard from a…

  • Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce Long-Awaited Dublin Return

    Godspeed You! Black Emperor have announced their long-awaited return to Dublin. The Canadian post-rock collective will return to the city to play the National Stadium on 27th September. Presented by Foggy Notions and U:Mack, it marks the band’s first show here since they played Vicar Street back in 2016. Revisit our review of the show here. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday, 2nd February at 10am.

  • Watch: PANIKATAX – Rejection

    Dublin quartet PANIKTAX are back with their vital new single, ‘Rejection’. It’s a masterfully trouncing effort from the band, who comprise Rob Walsh, Rian Trench, Trevor Keogh, and Robert ‘Scan’ Watson. In sub-four minutes, the band excavate new, groove-heavy territory from the more searing and supremely fucked-off energy captured on 2020’s ‘White Water Rafting’ Largely developed during the lockdown of 2020-2021 when live music had subsided, it’s taken from the band’s highly-anticipated EP, A Sudden and Unpleasant Change, which they said “can be experienced as a compulsive response to an almost Jungian introversion.” Unmistakably at the peak of his powers…

  • AVA Festival Announce 10th Anniversary

    Ireland’s leading annual electronic festival AVA have announced details of its massive tenth edition. Marking a decade at the top of the game, the world-beating Belfast festival returns to the Titanic Slipways across 31st May to 1st June with another finely-tuned mix of global and homegrown trailblazers. Among the highlights in the first line-up announcement are Nia Archives, Barry Can’t Swim, Kerri Chandler, Horsegirl, Helena Hauff and local legends Bicep, who once again return to the festival, this time to perform their Chroma AV DJ project. A host of local stalwarts make this year’s outing as essential as they come.…