The Sunshine Factory live at the Pumphouse in Kilkenny with support from Laurie Shaw and the Swamp People. Photos by Ian McDonnell
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Elbow performing live at the Marquee in Cork. Photos by Dave Lyons
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Radiohead with support from Junun at the 3Arena in Dublin. Photos by Colm Laverty.
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Elton John performing live at the Marquee in Cork. Photos by Dave Lyons
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U.S. rock legends Aerosmith, live at Dublin’s 3Arena last week. Photos by Isabel Thomas.
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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…