Bombay Bicycle Club are set for two Irish appearances in August. As well as joining the bill for the (sold-out) All Together Now in Cork, play the festival on August 4th, the London quartet will also play a headline show Cork Opera House on August 3. Tickets for the latter are priced at €30.00 and go on sale at 10am on Friday. Fan presale for Cork begins tomorrow (Thursday) at 10am.
English 2 Tone legends The Specials will play Bangor’s Open House festival in the summer. The Terry Hall-fronted band – who released their long-awaited eighth studio album, Encore, last month – will play the seafront as part of this year’s festival on Sunday, August 25. Tickets cost £45 and go on sale tomorrow (Friday, March 15) at 9am. Featuring 140 events, spanning music, theatre, comedy, books, spoken word, film, food & drink and visual art, the full programme for Open House 2019 will be announced in May. Previously announced, the Specials will also play three dates at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre across April…
Belfast punk legends Stiff Little Fingers will play two Irish shows in August. The Jake Burns-fronted quartet will play Dublin’s Academy on Friday, August 23 and Belfast’s Custom House Square – alongside New Model Army, Therapy?, The Toy Dolls and a DJ set from Terri Hooley – on Saturday, August 24. Ticket go on sale this Friday at 10am, priced €25 and £27 respectively.
Re-emerging English-French avant-pop heroes Stereolab have announce two Irish shows. Having went on hiatus in 2009, the band will return to play a series of dates in 2019, including Belfast’s Empire Music Hall on June 24 and Vicar Street in Dublin on June 25. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday.
L.A. trio Mini Mansions have announced a show in Dublin. The band, comprised of Michael Shuman, Zach Dawes and Tyler Parkford, will play Whelan’s on Wednesday, May 8th. Marking their first show in the city since 2015, it will take place as part of a UK and Irish tour to coincide with their forthcoming third album, Guy Walks Into A Bar… Tickets cost €18.45 and go on sale on Thursday, February 21 at 9am.
Liam Gallagher will play Cork in the summer. The Oasis frontman and solo artist will play an open air performance at Irish Independent Park on Sunday, June 23. Tickets for the show are priced at €49.90 and go on sale this Friday (February 15) at 8.30am.
Arizona alternative rock heroes Meat Puppets will play three dates in Ireland in June. The band – who formed in 1980 by brothers Curt and Cris Kirkwood with Derrick Bostrom – will play Limerick’s Dolan’s on June 7, Belfast’s Empire Music Hall on June 8 and Whelan’s in Dublin on June 9. The shows will take place as part of a tour marking the band’s new album, Dusty Notes, which will feature the band’s original line-up for the first time since 1995. Tickets go on sale this Monday, February 10 at 9am.
Legendary Seattle band Alice In Chains will play two Irish shows in the Spring. Taking place as part of a broader UK and Irish tour, the band will play Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on Monday, May 20 and Belfast’s Telegraph Building on Tuesday, May 21st. Tickets go on sale this Friday (February 8) at 9am.
Dublin’s 3Arena will play hosted to one one of the strongest bills of the year in May. The sole Irish installment of the Gods of Rap 2019 tour, hip-hop giants Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and De La Soul will play the venue on May 14th. The show will be hosted and presented by DJ Premier. The tour will mark the anniversary of three iconic records: Wu-Tang’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) turns 25, Public Enemy’s It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back turns 30, and De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising turns 30. Tickets are…
Drake will play three dates in Dublin in March. Taking part of his Assassination Vacation European tour, the Canadian rapper will play 3Arena on March 19, 21 and 22. Support on all three nights comes from Tory Lanez. Tickets cost €76 and go on sale on Friday at 9am.