Dublin
St Vincent plays her biggest Irish headline show to date at Dublin's Fairview Park on June 26, following the release of her retro album Daddy's Home. Watch the video for 'Down'.
Tickets are available from Ticketmaster.
Dublin
Experimental German industrial noise act Einstürzende Neubauten play the National Concert Hall on July 3. With 2020 year being their 40th anniversary, they released a new album, exploring and evoking their own idea of Berlin and the memories and fragments via their typically far-reaching sonic palette. Watch the video for 'La Guillotine de Magritte'.
Tickets are available from NCH.ie, priced €48.50.
Belfast
New York garage-punk quartet The Bobby Lees - having recently signed to Mike Patton's label Ipecac Recordings - play Belfast's Ulster Sports Club on July 3. Watch the video for 'Hollywood Junkyard'.
Supporting are Belfast punks Problem Patterns.
Tickets are priced £11 from Ticketweb. Doors open at 7.30pm.
Dublin
The ever forward-pushing Canadian experimental artist Dan Snaith aka Caribou makes his return to Dublin, playing Iveagh Gardens in a rescheduled date of July 8 for their summer series. Stream ‘Home’.
Tickets are available from Ticketmaster. Doors open at 6.30pm.
Belfast
The Scottish duo of Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton, aka Arab Strap, will play a string of intimate shows next summer. They play The Empire Music Hall on July 14.
Tickets are available from Ticketmaster. Doors open at 8pm.
Belfast
Miserable Scottish slowcore duo Arab Strap return to Belfast, playing the Empire on July 14. Their latest album - and first in over 15 years - As Days Get Dark, came out in March.
Tickets are priced £24.75 from Ticketweb.
Limerick
The Scottish duo of Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton, aka Arab Strap, will play a string of intimate shows next summer. They play Dolans Warehouse on July 16.
Tickets are available from Ticketmaster. Doors open at 8pm.
Dublin
West-Midlands grindcore legends Napalm Death return to Ireland for the firs time since 2017, playing Dublin's Voodoo Lounge on July 17, following its rescheduling.
Formed in 1981, they're credited as pioneers of grindcore, bringing elements of crust punk & death metal, and still have the shortest song ever recorded in 'You Suffer' from their classic 1987 debut, Scum. They've released sixteen albums to date, showing remarkable evolution over the years.
Support comes from Unyielding Love and Okus.
Tickets are available from Ticketmaster, priced €25. Doors open at 6pm.
Dublin
The Scottish duo of Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton, aka Arab Strap, will play a string of intimate shows next summer. They play Whelan's on July 17 & 18.
Tickets are available from Ticketmaster. Doors open at 8pm.
Dublin
Vicar Street hosts the first show in 19 years from Bright Eyes on September 1.
Back after a 9 year hiatus, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis & Nathaniel Walcott have regrouped to tour and record in 2020. Their nine albums were, for many, generation defining, burrowing across emo, Americana, folk and alternative rock.
Tickets are priced €37.50-€42.50 from Selective Memory & Ticketmaster. Doors open at 7.30pm.
Dublin
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 October 16, following rescheduling due to The Event. Support on the night comes from Aaron Dessner's Big 37d03d Machine, Vernon’s side-project with the National member.
Tickets range from €49.50-€54.50 from Ticketmaster and Selective Memory. Doors open at 7pm.