• Sunn O))) To Play National Concert Hall

    December 15, 2023 - By 

    Sunn O))) have been announced to play the National Concert Hall next year. Comprising core members Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson, the drone metal titans play a fully-seated show at the Dublin venue on 25th March 2024. Featuring special guests Jesse Sykes with Phil Wandscher and Bill Herzog, it marks the duo’s first performance in the city since 2017. Presented by Foggy Notions and U:MACK, tickets for the show are on sale now, priced 36.50. Limited VIP ticket add-ons including a soundcheck viewing experience and photo with the Sunn O))) backline are also available. Revisit our review of the band’s…

  • The Bonk and Clara Tracey Launch New Dundalk Series COLLIDE

    December 14, 2023 - By 

    As home to the likes of Just Mustard, Jinx Lennon, Elephant and The Mary Wallopers, world-beating venues including The Spirit Store and forward-pushing movers like Pizza Pizza Records, it’s safe to say Dundalk more than holds its own when it comes to representing what is setting Irish music apart in 2023. It’s a wonderfully independent spirit that runs through COLLIDE, a new, late-night series from An Táin Arts Centre and the Spirit Store. Beginning in winter 2023 and ending in spring 2024, the venues will collaborate on four downright unmissable bills featuring some TTA favourites. And how better to shine…

  • Patti Smith To Play Two Dates at Vicar Street

    December 12, 2023 - By 

    Patti Smith has announced two dates in Dublin next year. The legendary American singer-songwriter and poet will play two (relatively) intimate shows at Vicar Street on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th June 2024. Presented by Foggy Notions, the performances will see Smith perform alongside her band the Patti Smith Quartet. Presale is available now via Foggy Notions and general sale is 10am this Friday, December 15th. Revisit a stone-cold Smith classic from 1975 below.

  • Ty Segall Announces Dublin Show

    December 12, 2023 - By 

    Ty Segall is coming back to Dublin. Five years on from a show at Tivoli Theatre, the genre-mangling psych rock master will make his highly-anticipated return to the city at the Button Factory on Tuesday, 25th June. The announcement comes ahead of the release of the Long Beach trailblazer’s upcoming fifteenth album, Three Bells, which is out via Drag City on 26th January 2024. Check out the video for lead single ‘My Room’ below. Tickets for Segall’s Button Factory show go on sale on Thursday, 14th December at 10am, priced €32.65.

  • Open Ear Festival to Return in 2024

    December 12, 2023 - By 

    Open Ear Festival is set to return next year. Almost certainly the island’s finest small music festival – and without a doubt our favourite – it will return to Sherkin Island off Cork for its sixth edition on the June bank holiday weekend, 31st May to 2nd June 2024. As with previous years, the festival is set to host a perfectly pitched celebration of the fringes of Ireland’s experimental and electronic music communities. Following a back-to-basics outing in 2022, the 2024 edition will see the festival return to exploring a range of wonderful spaces and environs across Sherkin Island. In…

  • Lankum, Mogwai and More For New Irish Event, In The Meadows

    December 6, 2023 - By 

    Lankum, Mogwai and more have been announced for the inaugural In The Meadows. Set to take over Royal Hospital, Kilmainham in Dublin on Saturday, 8th June 2024, the brand new, one-day event – which is also co-curated by Lankum – will also feature sets by Black Country, New Road, John Francis Flynn, This Is The Kit and many more to be announced. The brainchild of the people behind All Together Now & Forbidden Fruit Festival, tickets for the event go on sale at 9am on Wednesday, 13th December priced €59.35. Photo by Sorcha Frances Ryder

  • Limp Bizkit Announce Belfast Show

    December 4, 2023 - By 

    Limp Bizkit are coming to Belfast next year. The nu-metal legends – who have also just revealed that they are headlining next year’s Download Festival – will play Ormeau Park in Belfast on Wednesday, 12th June 2024. Specials are to be announced. It’s the latest big name announced for Belsonic 2024, with the likes of Sting and Blondie, and Scooter (two separate shows but imagine) announced for next June. Tickets for Limp Bizkit go on sale this Friday, 8th December at 9am.

  • LCD Soundsystem, Idles, Young Fathers & More Set For Dublin Show

    November 29, 2023 - By 

    LCD Soundsystem will headline a stacked bill at Malahide Castle next summer. The James Murphy-fronted six-piece return to the open air venue on 26th June 2024 for their first show since 2018, when they played their “second longest ever show”. Sealing the deal is a bill featuring Idles, Young Fathers and Shit Robot. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am, priced €69.90.

  • Jesus and Mary Chain Announce Irish Return

    November 29, 2023 - By 

    The Jesus and Mary Chain have announced their return to Ireland. Led by brothers Jim and William Reid, the Scottish noise pop legends will play Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on 25th and Limelight 1 in Belfast on 26th March. As well as marking the 40th anniversary of their formation, the shows will coincide with the release of their eighth studio album, Glasgow Eyes, which is out on March 8th 2024. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am. The Mary Chain last played Ireland back in 2017. Revisit Justin McDaid’s review of their Vicar Street show here. Photo by Mel Butler

  • PJ Harvey Announces Belfast Show

    November 27, 2023 - By 

    PJ Harvey has announced she will play Belfast next year. Two months from an extraordinary set at 3Olympia in Dublin, Harvey’s show at Custom House Square on Thursday, 22nd August doubles up as her only Irish show of 2024. It’s the English artist’s first show in city since playing Waterfront Hall back in 2004. Pre-sale for tickets on sale tomorrow, 28th November at 10am. General sale for tickets is this Friday, 1st October at 10am.