Playlist of bands playing Ireland in the first half of 2016..
I was at some of the gigs.. ✝
Lots of great bands…
Mudhoney…
JAN
Henry Rollins – Vicar Street 17 Jan
Massive Attack – Olympia 19/20 Jan
Matthew E White – Roisin Dubh 20 Jan
Girl Band – Gabos Castlebar 23 Jan
Villagers – Vicar Street 28 Jan
FEB
Greg Dulli – Roisin Dubh 06 Feb
The Fat White Family – Whelans 23 Feb ✝
Girls Names – Roisin Dubh 25 Feb
MAR
The Cult – Vicar Street 05 Mar
Wolf Alice – Olympia 05 Mar
Battles – Button Factory 22 Mar
At The Drive In – Vicart Street 26 Mar ✝
Protomartyr – Workmans Club 31 Mar ✝
APR
Girl Band – Vicar Street 01 Apr ✝
Peter Hook & The Light – The Academy 02 Apr ✝
Dan Stuart (Green on Red) – Whelans 07 Apr
Giant Sand and Jason Lyttle – Whelans 13 Apr
Mission of Burma – Whelans 18 Apr
Explosions in the Sky – Vicar Street 20 Apr
Ought – Whelans 24 Apr
Mark Lanegan – The Academy 26 Apr
Hookworms – Whelans 29 Apr
Shoenen Knife – Whelans 30 Apr
MAY
The Undertones – The Academy 21 May
The Dandy Warhols – The Academy 28 May
Hugh Cornwell – Whelans 29 May ✝
JUN
Neil Young – 3 Arena 08 Jun
Mudhoney – Whelans 08 Jun ✝
Brian Jonestown Massacare – The Academy 16 Jun
Body & Soul, Ballinalough WH [Santigold, Mercury Rev, Floaing Points] 17-19 Jun ✝
Upcoming Gigs
JUL
Castlepalooza – Charleville Castle, Tullamore 01 – 03 Jul
[Villagers, Caribou, Preoccupations, Cat Power, Jurassic 5, New Jackson, Son Lux, Cut Chemist, Nanu Nanu, Toby Karr, Minor Victors, Overhead The Albatross, Hare Squead, Gypsies on The Autobahn, Sam Messayeh, Badlands, Sea Pinks, The Altered Hours, Daphni, Lynched…]
God is an Astronaut – Whelans 02 Jul
John Grant – Iveagh Gardens 09 Jul
The Stone Roses – Marlay Park 09 Jul ✝
Wilco – Iveagh Gardens 10 Jul
The Pixies – Iveagh Gardens 14 Jul
Elvis Costello & The Undertones – Galway Arts Festival 15 Jul
Longitude – Marlay Park, Dublin 15 – 17 Jul
[Kendrick Lamar, The National, Major Lazer, The Lumineers, Chrvches, Father Johnn Misty, Tyler The Creator, Kurt Vile, Action Bronson, Daughter, Laura Mvula, Courtney Barnett, Christine and the Queens, Perfume Genius…]
Richard Hawley – Iveagh Gardens 22 Jul
Belly – The Academy 23 Jul
AUG
White Denim – Whelans 16 Aug
Grandaddy – Vicar Street 18 Aug
Godspeed You Black Emperor – Vicar Street 21 Aug
Warpaint – National Concert Hall 23 Aug
Suuns – Button Factory 23 Aug
The Damned – The Academy 26 Aug
Dilly Dally – Workmans Club 31 Aug
SEP
Electric Picnic – Stradbally, LS 02-04 Sep
[New Order, LCD, LanaDelRey, ChemicalBros, Haim, Wolf Alice, Animal Collective, Editors, Wild Beasts, Savages, Broken Social Scene, Phosphorescent, Girls Names…]
OCT
The Mission – The Academy 01 Oct
Sleaford Mods – Vicar Street 20 Oct
The Riptide Movement – The Olympia 21 Oct
John Carpenter – Vicar Street 25 Oct
Killing Joke – The Academy 30 Oct
NOV
The Buzzcocks – The Academy 05 Nov
Dinosaur Jr – Vicar Street 15 Nov
The Wedding Present – Whelans 27 Nov
DEC
Teenage Fanclub – The Academy 02 Dec
Placebo – 3 Arena 10 Dec
The Sultans of Ping – Whelans 10 Dec
Black Grape – Vicar Street 23 Dec
JAN 2017
Black Sabbath – 3 Arena 20 Jan
FEB 2017
Band of Horses – Vicar Street 15 Feb