I was at these gigs… ✝
JAN
The Redneck Manifesto – Whelans – Sat 13 Jan
Shane McGowan 60th Birthday Celebrations – National Concert Hall – Mon 15 Jan
This is the Kit – Whelans – Wed 17 Jan
The Kooks – Olympia Theatre – Thur 18 Jan Fri 19 Jan Sat 20 Jan
Public Service Broadcasting – The Academy – Wed 24 Jan
Moon Duo – The Button Factory – Fri 26 Jan
Frank Carter – Tivoli Theatre – Sat 27 Jan
Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) – Vicar Street – Tue 30 Jan
FEB
British Sea Power – Whelans – Tue 06 Feb
Franz Ferdinand – Olympia Theatre – Sun 11 Feb
Paul Weller – Olympia Theatre – Mon 12 Feb ✝ Tue 13 Feb Wed 14 Feb
Anvil – The Academy Dublin – Wed 14 Feb
Wild Beasts – Olympia Theatre – Thur 15 Feb
Jake Bugg – Whelans – Thur 15 Feb Fri 16 Feb
Morrissey – 3 Arena – Tue 20 Feb
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Olympia Theatre – Fri 23 Feb
Elbow + John Grant – 3 Arena, Sat 24 Feb
Electric Six – The Academy Dublin – Sat 24 Feb
Imagine Dragons – 3 Arena – Mon 26 Feb
Everything Everything – Olympia Theatre – Wed 28 Feb
MAR
The Stranglers + Therapy – Olympia Theatre (moved to Limerick.. in April ✝ ) – Thur 01 Mar
Skid Row – The Academy – Fri 02 Mar
Death From Above – Olympia Theatre – Wed 14 Mar
Karl Blau – The Workmans Club – Thur 15 Mar
Stereophonics – 3 Arena – Fri 16 Mar
The Stunning – Olympia Theatre – Fri 16 Mar
The Beat + The Selecter – Olympia Theatre – Sat 17 Mar
Aslan – Olympia Theatre – Sun 18 Mar
Feeder – Olympia Theatre – Wed 21 Mar
Dream Wife – The Workmans Club – Sun 25 Mar ✝
Phoenix – Olympia Theatre – Tue 27 Mar
Young Fathers – The Academy Wed 28 Mar
Gary Numan – Olympia Theatre Thur 29 Mar
Big Thief – Whelans Sat 31 Mar
APR
Big Thief – Whelans – Sun 01 Apr
John Cooper Clarke – Whelans – Wed 04 Apr
Toto – Vicar Street – Wed 04 Apr Thur 05 Apr
Arcade Fire – 3 Arena – Fri 06 Apr
Shame – Whelans – Sat 07 Apr
Goat Girl – The Grand Social – Fri 13 Apr ✝
The Streets – Olympia Theatre – Mon 16 Apr Tue 17 Apr
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Olympia Theatre – Wed 18 Apr Thur 19 Apr
Bryan Ferry – Olympia Theatre – Sat 21 Apr
The Alarm – The Academy Dublin – Fri 27 Apr
Gomez – Olympia Theatre – Fri 27 Apr
Yo La Tengo – Olympia Theatre – Sat 28 Apr
MAY
Metz – Whelans – Tue 01 May
Tears For Fears – 3 Arena – Wed 02 May (moved to 2019…)
Noel Gallagher – 3 Arena – Thur 10 May
Cigarettes After Sex – Olympia Theatre – Tue 22 May
Beck + Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Wed 23 May ✝
The Last Waltz Live – Olympia Theatre – Fri 25 May
Ham Sandwich – Olympia Theatre – Sat 26 May
Father John Misty – Vicar Street – Mon 28 May Tue 29 May Wed 30 May
Primavera Sound Barcelona – Forum – Wed 30 May – Sun 03 Jun ✝
JUN
Microdisney – National Concert Hall – Sat 02 Jun
Forbidden Fruit – Kilmainham – Sat 02 Jun – Mon 04 Jun
LCD Soundsystem – Malahide – Tue 05 Jun
Nick Cave + Patti Smith – Kilmainham – Wed 06 Jun ✝
Gorillaz – Malahide – Sat 09 Jun
The National – Donnybrook Stadium – Fri 15 Jun Sat 16 Jun
Liam Gallagher – Malahide – Fri 15 Jun
Future Islands + Idles + Mercury Rev – Donnybrook Stadium – Sun 17 Jun ✝
Body and Soul – Ballinalough – Fri 22 Jun – Sun 24 Jun ✝
Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) – 3 Arena – Tue 26 Jun Wed 27 Jun
JUL
Bare in The Woods – Carlow – Fri 06 Jul Sat 07 Jul
Eels – Iveagh Gardens – Fri 06 Jul
The The – Iveagh Gardens – Sat 07 Jul
Queen – Marlay Park – Sun 08 Jul
TuneYards – Tivoli Theatre, Dublin – Tue 10 Jul
At The Drive-In – Vicar Street – Tue 10 Jul
And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead – Button Factory – Thur 12 Jul
Longitude – Marlay Park – Fri – Sun 13 – 15 Jul
Aslan – Iveagh Gardens – Fri 13 Jul
Jet – The Academy – Thur 19 Jul (Cancelled?)
Death In Vegas – District 8 Dublin – Fri 20 Jul
The Academic – Iveagh Gardens – Fri 20 Jul
Aslan – Iveagh Gardens – Sat 21 Jul
Grace Jones – Trinity College – Mon 23 Jul
The Gaslight Anthem – Vicar Street – Mon 23 Jul
Ministry + Chelsea Wolfe – Tivoli – Tue 24 Jul ✝
Steve Earle and the Dukes and The Mastersons – Vicar Street, Dublin – Tue 24 Jul
The Flaming Lips – Festival Big Top Galway – Thur 26 Jul
Madness – Festival Big Top Galway – Fri 27 Jul
Bryan Ferry – Trinity College – Fri 27 Jul
The Wedding Present – Whelans – Fri 27 Jul
Madness – 3Arena, Dublin – Sat 28 Jul
Knockanstockan – Wicklow – Sat 28 Jul Sun 29 Jul
Caribou – Galway – Sat 28 Jul
AUG
Killswitch Engage – The Academy Dublin – Wed 01 Aug
Castlepalooza – Tullamore – Fri 03 Aug – Sun 05 Aug
Indiependence – Mitchelstown – Fri 03 Aug – Sun 05 Aug
All Together Now – Waterford – Fri 03 Aug – Sun 05 Aug
The Beatyard – Dun Laoghaire Harbour – Fri 03 Aug – Sun 05 Aug
Devildriver – Tivoli Theatre, Dublin – Wed 15 Aug
The Waterboys – Leopardstown Racecourse – Thur 16 Aug ✝
Ariel Pink – The Button Factory – Thur 16 Aug
Brian Wilson – Vicar Street – Tue 21 Aug + Wed 22 Aug
Rolling Black Coastal Fever – Whelans – Tue 21 Aug
Skid Row – The Academy – Wed 22 Aug
Frankie Cosmos – The Button Factory – Thur 23 Aug
Stiff Little Fingers – The Academy – Fri 24 Aug
Public Image Ltd. – Vicar Street – Sun 26 Aug ✝
Thunderpussy – The Academy, Dublin – Mon 27 Aug
Broken Social Scene – Tivoli – Tue 28 Aug (not a gig.. they played in May?)
Electric Picnic – Stradbally, Laois – Fri 31 Aug – Sun 02 Sep ✝
SEP
Ice Age – The Workmans Club – Fri 07 Sep ✝
Titus Andronicus (Acoustic) – Whelans – Sun 09 Sep
Incubus – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Tue 11 Sep
A Certain Ratio – The Sugar Club, Dublin – Sat 15 Sep
Halestorm – The Academy, Dublin – Wed 19 Sep
Winterfylleth – Tivoli Theatre, Dublin – Fri 21 Sep
Mitski – Tivoli Dublin – Sat 22 Sep
Arctic Monkeys – 3Arena Dublin – Mon 24 Sep + Tue 25 Sep (+ The Lemon Twigs)
Anna Calvi – Tivoli Theatre, Dublin – Fri 28 Sep
Rex Orange County – Vicar Street, Dublin – Sun 30 Sep
OCT
Crowbar + Ingested – Voodoo Lounge – Tue 02 Oct ✝
Everything Everything – Olympia Theatre, Dublin – Sun 07 Oct
Pale Waves – The Academy, Dublin – Mon 08 Oct
James Holden & The Animal Spirits – The Sugar Club Dublin, Thur 11 Oct
Echo & The Bunnymen – Olympia Theatre Dublin – Fri 12 Oct
King Kong Company – Olympia Theatre Dublin – Sat 13 Oct
Okkervil River – The Grand Social – Sat 13 Oct
Suede – Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin – Sun 14 Oct
Editors – Vicar Street – Tue 16 Oct
Low – Vicar Street – Wed 17 Oct
Dream Wife – Whelans – Wed 17 Oct ✝
Suuns – The Grand Social – Thur 18 Oct
Superorganism – The Academy – Thur 18 Oct
Jon Hopkins – Vicar Street, Dublin – Thur 18 Oct
Stephen Malkmus – Vicar Street – Fri 19 Oct
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – The Academy – Fri 19 Oct
Beach House – Vicar Street – Sat 20 Oct
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Sat 20 Oct
Bloc Party (Silent Alarm) – 3Arena Dublin – Mon 22 Oct
Idles – The Button Factory Dublinn – Mon 22 Oct ✝
David Byrne – 3Arena Dublin – 24 Oct ✝
John Fogarty + The Steve Miller Band – 3Arena Dublin – Fri 26 Oct
Julian Casablances & The Voidz – Vicar Street – Fri 26 Oct
U2 – SSE Arena Belfast – Sat 27 Oct
Phospherescent – Tivoli Theatre – Sat 27 Oct
Metropolis Festival – RDS Dublin – Sat 27 Oct (Villagers)
Joan Armatrading – Vicar Street – Sun 28 Oct
Robert Plant & Van Morrison – 3Arena Dublin – Sun 28 Oct
Chemical Brothers – 3Arena Dublin – Mon 29 Oct
Andrea Bocelli – 3Arena Dublin – Wed 31 Oct
NOV
Slayer + Lamb Of God + Anthrax + Obituary – 3Arena Dublin – Thur 01 Nov
Johnny Marr – The National Stadium, Dublin – Fri 02 Nov ✝
WhenYoung – The Workmans Club, Dublin – Fri 02 Nov
Parquet Courts – The Academy Dublin – Sat 03 Nov
U2 – 3Arena Dublin – Mon 05 Nov + Tue 06 Nov + Fri 09 Nov + Sat 10 Nov
Natalie Prass – The Workmans Club Dublin – Tue 06 Nov
Courtney Barnett – Olympia Theatre Dublin – Mon 12 Nov
Kurt Vile & The Violators – Vicar Street Dublin – Wed 14 Nov
Interpol – Olympia Theatre Dublin – Sun 18 Nov
Florence & The Machine – 3Arena, Dublin – Mon 19 Nov
Shame + Fontaines DC – Tivoli Theatre, Dublin – Wed 21 Nov
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – The Academy Dublin – Sun 25 Nov
Christine & The Queens – RDS Main Hall – Fri 30 Nov
DEC
The Skids + Big Country – The Academy – Sat 01 Dec
Def Leppard + Cheap Trick – 3Arena, Dublin – Sat 01 Dec
The Fratellis – The Academy – Mon 03 Dec
New Model Army – The Button Factory Dublin – Fri 07 Dec ✝
The Proclaimers – Vicar Street Dublin – Sat 08 Dec
Snow Patrol – 3Arena, Dublin – Tue 11 Dec
The Blades – The Academy Dublin – Sat 15 Dec
2019
Ruts DC – The Button Factory, Dublin – Sat 02 March