Sure, the L word gets flung around too freely these days but bona fide, undisputed,watertight music music legends Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers will team up for a show at Dublin’s 3Arena on October 28. Whilst steep at €78.50 – €128.50, tickets for the show will almost certainly fly out for this one so get on it as soon as this go on sale on May 12 at 9am. In the meantime, re-acquaint yourself…
Currently working on a new as-yet-untitled studio album, which is expected to be released later this year, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club will stop off at Dublin’s The Academy on October 23 and Belfast’s Limelight 1 on October 24. Taking part as a length European tour, tickets for the shows will go on sale on Friday at 10am, priced €35 and £20 respectively.
Touring in support of their recent fifth full-length studio album, Season High, Swedish electronic quartet Little Dragon will play their first Irish show in three years when they hit up Dublin’s Vicar Street on Hallowe’en night (October 31 – just in case). Tickets for the show are priced at €24.50 (incl. booking fee) and go on sale at 9am on Thursday, May 4.
With the Irish festival and gig calendar already brimming with many must-attend events, it’s been announced that Norwegian electronic wizard Todd Terje will play a live set at Dublin’s District 8 on Friday, June 16 courtesy of Hidden Agenda. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am from €18 + fees. Go here for the show’s Facebook event page and here to buy tickets.
Australian electronic legends The Avalanches have announced their long awaited return to Ireland. The group – who released their critically-acclaimed second album, Wildflower, last year – will play Belfast’s Limelight 1 on Thursday, June 15 and Dublin’s Academy on June 16. Tickets are priced at £21.50 and €26.90 respectively (inc. booking fee).
Coinciding with the release of her forthcoming fifteenth studio album, Native Invader, it’s been announced that Tori Amos will play Cork’s Opera House on September 6 and Dublin’s Bord Gàis Energy Theatre on September 7. Tickets for the shows – priced €51.15 and €53.15 – go on sale from 10am this Friday. These dates kick off a two-month European tour, concluding at Glasgow’s O2 Academy on October 6. Here’s the full dates. September 6. Ireland, Cork – Opera House 7. Ireland, Dublin – Bord Gais 9. Belgium, Gent – Capitole 10. Luxembourg – Luxembourg Den Atelier 11. France, Paris – Grand Rex…
P-Funk innovator George Clinton returns to Dublin on May 16 for a show at Vicar Street alongside his two most heralded projects Parliament & Funkadelic. Revolutionising R&B, soul, funk, and crossing over into the acid-rock audience in the late ’60s & ’70s like no-one ever had before, influenced by the likes of Hendrix, Sly Stone, Zappa & Ash Ra, he released a huge number of essential albums throughout his career, especially both bands’ ’70s purple patches – memorably on the likes of Maggot Brain, Mothership Connection & One Nation Under A Groove. His P-Funk philosophy heavily inspired by the latter, stood for Parliament-Funkadelic, Psychedelic Funk &…
It’s been announced that American drone metal masters Sunn O))) will play two Irish shows in July. With their original score to horror film The Devil’s Candy scheduled for U.S. release tomorrow (March 17), the Seattle legends – whose live set-up comprises of core members Stephen O’Malley, Greg Anderson and others – will play Belfast’s Limelight 1 on July 17 and Dublin’s Button Factory on July 18. Tickets for the shows – priced £22.50 + booking fee for the former and €25.oo inc. booking fee for the latter – are on sale now.
With a Dublin date expected to be announced, it’s been revealed that the consistently reliable Strange Victory will host Japanese noise legends Melt Banana at Belfast’s Voodoo on June 21. Formed in Tokyo in 1992, the band – now currently a duo in – have released ten studio albums via the likes of A-Zap, Gold Standard Labs and Skin Graft. Tickets for the Belfast show – which are available to buy here – are priced at the very reasonable £11.00.
Following his support of Bruno Mars at 3Arena on Sunday, April 30, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals will perform a special live PA at Dublin’s Academy. Head’s up: the appearance is a short, three-song set including a DJ set. Still worth it, right? Tickets, which are priced at €26 (inc. booking fee) go on sale Thursday at 10am. Sitting on the fence? Watch this.