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Brian Jonestown Massacre Set For Belfast and Dublin Shows

Hold on to your love beads: one of the all-time greats, Brian Jonestown Massacre, are coming back to Ireland next year.

Having stopped off in the cities early last year, the Anton Newcombe-fronted psych-rock masters will return to play Belfast’s Ulster Hall on 11th February 2025 and the 3Olympia in Dublin on 12th February.

The shows are part of an 18-stop tour across Europe in January and February, kicking of off in Hamburg on 28th January and finishing at Cardiff on 20th February. Check out the full dates below.

Reflecting on BJM’s recent output, 2022’s Fire Doesn’t Grow On Trees and last year’s The Future Is Your Past, Newcombe said: “Nobody can stop me, I’m not asking somebody, I’m not making the rounds at Warners, saying ‘please put out my record!’. It’s just for me. I would love to see more groups, people playing music in the UK and everywhere else because I really enjoy it. That’s the only reason I need. It’s the only reason to do stuff.”

Tickets go on sale on this Friday, 6th September at 10am. Sign up the new BJM mailing list for pre-sale access.

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