Iconic U.S. art-punk band Pere Ubu, live at The Grand Social in Dublin. Photos by Ivan Rakhmanin
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Heavy metal legends Iron Maiden are set for a Belfast return. Having last played the city in August last year as part of their Legacy of the Beast tour, the Bruce Dickinson-fronted band will play Belfast’s Ormeau Park as part of Belsonic 2020 on Monday, June 15th. Tickets go on sale on Friday, September 27th at 9am.
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North Coast instrumental titans And So I Watch You From Afar have announced details of their next release. Posting on Facebook, the quartet shared the news about Jettison – a project they say is “unlike anything we’ve ever undertaken before”: “We’re beyond excited to be able to share the initial context to our next release, and it’s called Jettison. During winter last year we left for the wilds of Donegal, joined by a string quartet and made this unique piece of music. Equal parts political, cultural and musical, Jettison is an irreverential two finger salute against convention. The single piece…
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Two Irish acts feature in the First Fifty line-up announcement for the Great Escape. With more acts from our neck of the woods expected in the next line-up, Dublin indie-rock heroes Silverbacks and multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Somebody’s Child have made the first cut. The Great Escape returns to Brighton across 13-16th May 2020. Check out the full first line-up reveal here and revisit Silversbacks’ ‘Pink Tide’ below.
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It’s a truth universally acknowledged dark, strange times always yield the best art. Which conveniently bring us to the new single from one of the country’s very best singer-songwriters, Stevie Scullion aka Malojian. Honing in on the towering shitehawkery of Johnson, Trump & co., media corruption and more, it’s a masterful, major-keyed riposte to the worldly forces that conspire to make fretting, sleepless wrecks of us all. Featuring animations by Michael Winchester, check out Colm Laverty’s accompanying video for the unexpected but very happily-received new single below.
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Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer are set to team up for a show in Dublin next summer. Taking place as part of their global “Hella Mega” stadium tour, the bands will play RDS Arena on June 29th, 2020. Tickets cost €79.50 and go on sale on Friday, September 20 at 10am. Pricey enough but, if you’re a fan of all three bands, what a steal, eh?
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Justin Vernon aka Bon Iver is set to return to Dublin. Having last played the venue back in 2012, the Wisconsin artist and his band will play 3Arena on Sunday, May 3. Support on the night comes from Big Red Machine, Vernon’s side-project with the National’s Aaron Dessner. Tickets range from €49.50-€54.50 and go on sale at 9am on Friday.
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We’re pleased to team up with the Northern Ireland Music Prize to host the public vote for the Best Live Act and Best Single awards at this year’s event. Taking place at Belfast’s iconic Ulster Hall on Thursday, November 7th, this year’s prize will see the return of four individual awards: the aforementioned Best Live Act and Best Single awards, as well as the Oh Yeah Contender award and the main Best Album prize. Nominators chosen from sectors including music journalism, radio, podcasts, blogs, festival and event programmers, music retail, promoters, live music venues, as well as key influencers from elsewhere in the arts, were…
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We’d the utmost pleasure of hosting the debut Irish shows from Welsh noise rock heroes Mclusky at Belfast’s Voodoo and Dublin’s Workman’s Club at the weekend. Two sell-outs and two extraordinary sets from easily one of the best bands of a generation. Extended gratitude to Belfast’s Oh Yeah Music Centre and And So I Watch You From Afar for the lend of van and gear respectively. Our photographer Colm Laverty nipped down to the Belfast show, which also featured sets from New Pagans and Junk Drawer.
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On Thursday, October 17th, one of favourite Irish songsmiths, Rory Nellis will launch his stellar new single ‘When I Sleep’ at Voodoo in Belfast. As well as the Thin Air DJs, Belfast-based alt/ambient-folk artist Joel Harkin will support on the night. Doors are at 8pm and tickets are just £7. Go here for the show’s Facebook event page and keep your eyes peeled for ‘When I Sleep’ next month. Featuring a video by Colm Laverty, revisit ‘Outdoorsman’ below.