Einstürzende Neubauten are set to play Dublin next summer. The Berlin industrial legends will take over the National Concert Hall on July 3rd, 2022. It marks the Blixa Bargeld-fronted outfit’s first show in the city in 17 years. Tickets are priced €48.50 and go on sale tomorrow (Thursday, July 8th) at 10 am.
Caribou is coming back to Vicar Street. The Canadian composer, otherwise Dan Snaith, will return to play Dublin venue on January 19, 2022. Marking the first Caribou show there since 2014 (and what a show it was), it comes a few months ahead of a date at Iveagh Gardens in the summer of 2022. Tickets go on sale on Friday (July 2nd) at 9am.
Low are coming back to Dublin next year. As part of a new world tour, the Duluth, Minnesota indie rock band will play Vicar Street on April 26, 2021. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 25th at 10am. Accompanying the news is details of the band’s thirteenth studio album. Titled Hey What, it will be released via Sub Pop on September 10th. Check out the video for new single ‘Days Like These’ below.
Trailblazing Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar will play Ireland next year. Off the back of the release of his stellar new album, Afrique Victime, the Niger-based musician plays Dublin’s Sugar Club on April 8 and Belfast’s Ulster Sports Club on April 9 as part of a forthcoming European tour. Tickets are on sale here and here. Check out Mdou Moctar’s recent Tiny Desk concert below.
Billie Eilish is set to play three Irish shows next summer. As part of her Happier Than Ever, The World Tour, the 19-year-old will play Belfast’s SSE Arena on June 3 and Dublin’s 3Arena on June 4 and 5. Fans can register now through Sunday, May 23 at 11:59pm PT here for the Verified Fan presale. Registered fans who receive a code will have access to purchase tickets before the general public on Wednesday, May 26 at 12pm local time through 10pm local time.
Gary Numan will make his return to Ireland next year. The London electronic pioneer, who will release his nineteenth studio album Intruder on Friday, will play Belfast’s Ulster Hall on May 21 and Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on May 24 2022. Priced at £32.50 and €34.50 respectively, tickets for the shows go on sale on Friday, May 28 2021 at 9.30am Check out Numan’s new single, ‘Saints and Liars’, below.
U.S ambient electronic legend William Basinski will play his first-ever Dublin show later in the year. The New York-based artist, who is best known for his haunting 2002 work The Disintegration Loops, will play Pepper Canister Church on November 11. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday, May 14, priced €20.00
Fast-rising Brooklyn-based quartet Crumb will play Dublin next year. Having just released their second album, Ice Melt, the Lila Ramani-fronted psych-rock band will wrap up their European tour at the Workman’s Club on 30th March 2022. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday, May 14. Check out the band’s recent single ‘BNR’ below.
The always reliably excellent Shellac are returning to Ireland. Having last played the Dublin in 2017, the Steve Albini-fronted trio will stop off at Dolan’s Warehouse in Limerick on April 26th and Dublin’s Button Factory on April 27th and 29th 2022. Tickets for the shows, which are promoted by Seoda Shows, Foggy Notions and U:Mack are on sale here and here. Revisit At Action Park below.
Django Django are set to make their return to Ireland in October. The London art-rock band will kick off a European tour at an Open House-promoted show at Belfast’s Limelight on Saturday, 9 October 2021. The following night, the band will stop off at Dublin’s Academy for a show hosted by Selective Memory. Support on both shows come from Pictish Trail. Tickets are priced £24.50 and €28.50 respectively and go on sale via Open House and Selective Memory on Friday, April 23. Check out the band’s new single featuring Charlotte Gainsbourg below.