Boston alt-rock legends Pixies are set to make their Irish return. Having recently played shows in Dublin and Belfast, the seminal, Black Francis-fronted quartet will return next summer to play the Big Top at Galway Arts Festival on July 17th and Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens on July 18th. Tickets, which go on sale at 9am this Friday, are priced €52.50 and €59.50 respectively.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will play Dublin next year. Taking place as part of a wider Spring European and UK tour, the band will play Dublin’s 3 Arena on Friday, May 8 2020. It will mark their return to the country following last year’s Kilmainham show. Tickets go on sale on Friday, October 25 at 10am. Price TBA.
Dan Snaith aka Caribou is set to make his Irish return next year. Doubling up as the first announcement for the series next summer, the Canadian artist will play Iveagh Gardens on Saturday, July 11th. It’s the penultimate date in a string of 2020 dates for Caribou. Tickets go on sale on Friday morning. Stream a new track ‘Home’ below.
Sometimes-slinking, sometimes-monolithic, always-dynamic Kerry instrumental trio Ten Past Seven play their first Dublin headline show in a number of years with a performance at gig & art space A4 Sounds this Saturday, October 12. They’ve just recorded their new album at Dublin’s Guerrilla Studios, set for release in 2010, ten years after their last album, Bothar Buí, which featured an appearance from Katie Kim, and remixes by Kevin Blake, Toby Kaar, Molotov Ape & Laura Sheeran. Sharing the bill is Woven Skull member, composer & guitar explorer Aonghus McEvoy‘s trio. Expect hypnotic, deconstructed music rooted in blues, jazz, and the underbelly of primitivism. Have a listen to his work on…
Ambient duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen are set for Irish dates next year. Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie (also of Stars of the Lid) will play Dublin’s National Concert Hall on March 3rd and Belfast’s St. Rosemary Chuch on March 4th. Tickets are priced €27.50 and £22.50 (and booking fee) respectively. Accompanying the announcement of tour dates is the news of the pair’s forthcoming new album, The Undivided Five, which is out via Ninja Tune on November 1st. Check out its tracklist and stream ‘The Undivided Five’ from the release below. 1.Our Lord Debussy 2. Sullen Sonata 3.…
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.
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…
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?
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.
Jon Hopkins will play Dublin as part of his Polarity tour 2020. One of the highlights of this year’s Forbidden Fruit, the English musician and producer will play Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Friday, March 6. Polarity will, Jon says, tether together “the two disparate elements of harsh and fragile in my music.” He explains, “by going between the two, we’ll hopefully create some profound moments of stillness.” Laying grand piano for parts of the show, he will be joined on stage by a small group of consummate musicians and long-time friends, consisting of acclaimed producer and guitarist Leo Abrahams, violinist and…