Canadian indie trailblazers Arcade Fire live at Belfast’s Belsonic and Dublin’s Malahide Castle. Words by Jonny Currie and Robert Higgins; photos by Colm Laverty and Aaron Corr. Belsonic, Belfast Photos by Colm Laverty After previous failed attempts to attract Arcade Fire to Belfast, the Montreal nine-piece kick-off this year’s Belsonic line-up ahead of the release of fifth album Everything Now. The long-overdue visit is acknowledged by frontman Win Butler, revealing that they have chosen to spend the last three days in Northern Ireland. Landfill indie trailblazers The Kooks resurface this evening in support, gurning and yelping through an hour of turgid…
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Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown live at Voodoo in Belfast with support by Jailbirds. Photos by Sara Marsden
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Eddie Vedder live at the Marquee in Cork with support from Glen Hansard. Photos by Alan Maguire.
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The legendary Damo Suzuki featuring Wood Burning Savages and guests at RRC in Letterkenny with support from Invaderband. Photos by Mickey Rooney
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Some things never change. There are still people streaming towards the exits long before the end of a Bob Dylan show and tonight is no different. Despite the availability of decades of set lists and live reviews online, the expectation of an acoustic-driven evening of hits prevails among many of the audience sprawled around the cavernous 3 Arena. Here is a Nobel Laureate who can perform at the White House without saying a word to the President of the United States, yet people are disappointed that he fails to acknowledge the audience or the occasion with as much as a…
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Talos live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway with support from Bad Bones. Photos by Vincent Hughes.
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Iron Maiden live at the 3arena in Dublin with support from Shinedown. Photos by Liam Kielt
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It’s a while since Neil Hannon has toured with a full band version of The Divine Comedy, having toured last album Bang Goes The Knighthood solo back in 2010 (including a date in this same faux-starlit CQAF marquee) and having made most appearances since – such as his Mandela Hall performance upon winning 2015’s Oh Yeah Legend Award – with a stripped back trio of acoustic guitar, piano and accordion. The days of endless major label money having long since dried up, a return to the era of bringing along a full orchestra seems unlikely, but the promise of a…
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Citóg presents Maria Kelly, Ailbhe Reddy & Laoise live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway. Photos by Vincent Hughes.
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Wolff live at Brewery Corner in Kilkenny. Photos by Ian McDonnell