• The Horrors Announce New Album, Irish Dates

    Three years on from the release of the exquisite Luminous, Essex’s finest indie/gaze post-punk revivalists The Horrors have announced its follow-up, V. Produced by Paul Epworth, the album will be released in September and followed by a string of UK and Irish dates, including Belfast’s Mandela Hall on October 16 and Dublin’s Tivoli on October 17. With the band exploring new sonic territory on the release, keyboardist Tom Cowan said, Tom Cowan continues: “It’s natural, if you do see yourself as an artist, to progress and not play it safe. Bowie pre-empted the modern condition of not being able to…

  • Mark Lanegan Set For Irish Dates

    Having recently released his stellar tenth solo album, Gargoyle, it’s been announced that Mark Lanegan will return to Ireland for dates in December. The Seattle alternative rock legend and former Screaming Trees frontman will play Belfast’s Mandela Hall on December 5 and Dublin’s Academy on December 6 respectively. Support on both nights come from The Icarus Line’s Joe Cardamone. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am, priced £22.50 and €28.00. Definitely worth hitting up if you gave Slane a miss.

  • Queens of the Stone Age Set For 3Arena

    Coinciding with the announcement of their forthcoming, Mark Ronson-produced seventh studio album, Villains, it’s been revealed that Queens of the Stone Age will play Dublin’s 3Arena on Friday, November 24. Tickets are priced from €50.65 including booking fees go on sale on Thursday, June 22 at 9am. Fancy winning a pair of tickets to the show before they go on sale? Simply Like our Facebook page here and send your answer to the following question to info@thethinair.net: What is the title of QOTSA’s second studio album? Speaking about the new album – which is released on August 25 – Josh Homme…

  • Erasure Set For Headline Show at The Olympia

    With 2017 marking their thirty-second consecutive year together, English synthpop legends Erasure have announced that they will play a headline show at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on January 31, 2018. The news comes less than a month before Andy Bell and Vince Clarke support Robbie Williams at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on June 17. Tickets for the Olympia Show go on sale this Friday, June 2, priced €54.50.

  • Boris Announce Irish Dates

    To coincide with their grand twenty-third studio album – and 25th anniversary – experimental trio Boris have announced that they’ll play Dublin, Belfast and Cork in August. Noted for their genre-spanning output, the threesome will play Dublin’s Whelan’s on August 20, Cork’s Cyprus Avenue on August 21 and Belfast’s Limelight on August 23. Tickets are on sale now for the Dublin and Cork shows; tickets for the Belfast date go on sale on Monday, May 22. Dear is released worldwide on July 14.

  • Swans To Play Final Irish Show In Current Guise

    As part of a lengthy tour, U.S. noise rock masters Swans will play their final Irish show with the current line-up at Dublin’s Button Factory on Tuesday, May 30. A last-minute show, support on the night comes from Little Annie (Crass Records/On-U Sound). Tickets will go on sale today here.

  • Sun Kil Moon Set For Vicar Street

    Having released his eighth studio album, Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood, back in February, Mark Kozelek AKA Sun Kil Moon will play Dublin’s Vicar Street on November 28. His biggest ever headline show here, tickets for the show – which will be fully-seated and come at the end of a European tour that will see Kozelek and his band play eleven countries in seventeen days – go on sale at 9am this Friday priced €29.80 including booking fee. Read Justin McDaid’s review of Common as Light… here.

  • The National Set for Cork and Dublin

    Having been dropping hints over the last while, The National have announced that they will release their seventh studio album, Sleep Well Beast, via 4AD on September 8. To coincide with its release, the band will kick off a word tour at Cork’s Opera House as part on September 16 as part of this year’s Sounds from a Sae Harbour Festival, followed by two night at Dublin’s Vicar Street (September 17 and 18). Tickets – priced €60 for Cork and Dublin TBC – go on sale on Friday, May 19 at 10am, with pre-sale tickets on Tuesday, May 16 at 10am. This…

  • Girl Band Cancel All Upcoming Shows

    Having previously cancelled tour dates in 2015 and 2016 for the same reason, Dublin’s Girl Band have announced that all upcoming tour dates have been cancelled due to health issues. Posting on Facebook, the band said, “We’re very sorry to announce that due to health issues in the band we have to cancel all upcoming shows for this year. We sincerely apologise to all the promoters and fans affected by this.” As comments under said status have already repeatedly pointed out, health is paramount here; the fans can wait, health cannot. All the best to the guys from everyone at…

  • Com Truise To Play Button Factory

    His first Dublin headline show since playing the Grand Social back in 2011, American producer Seth Haley AKA Com Truise will play the Button Factory on Saturday, November 4. The show – presented by the ever-tasteful Hidden Agenda – will come off the back of the release of Haley’s first album in six years, Iteration, out via Ghostly International on June 16. Tickets – priced €11.03 – €13.23 – are on sale now.