As it stands, Guns N’ Roses are Axl Rose (of course), Frank Ferrer, Tommy Stinson, Richard Fortus, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, Dizzy Reed, Chris Pitman and Dj Ashba.
The band played a sold out show in Dublin’s O2 last year and it ended it disarray, so they are back for another round on Thursday, the 17th…

Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells album Everything’s Getting Older… is a pairing of two Scottish greats, a multi-instrumentalist composer (Wells) and a heavy accented poet (Moffat).
The duo will play The Grand Social in Dublin on Friday, 30th of March. Ticket are priced at €18 (including booking fee) available from Tickets.ie and Ticketmaster.

Following on from a splendid year of live shows, a spectacular album and a Meteor Choice Music Prize nomination, State favourites Tieranniesaur have announced a headline show in Whelan’s, Dublin on Friday the 9th of March – the day after the Choice Awards!
Support on the night comes from Last Days of 1984.
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In a surprise announcement, Factory Floor will play the Banquet club night at Dublin’s Tripod on Saturday the 4th of February.
The synth-noir post-industrialists are renowned for their live performance but this will be their debut Irish show – a support slot for Mogwai and Electric Picnic appearance fell through last year. It’s also rumoured…

Irish folk linchpins The Chieftains will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a new studio album and world tour, culminating in a special St. Patrick’s Day show at New York’s Carnegie Hall. The band will play Dublin’s Grand Canal Theatre on May 29th.
The album, produced by T-Bone Burnett, is entitled Voice of Ages…, and

Once Upon A Time Back In The West is a series of gigs happening in Galway kickstarting the live scene for the year.
The gigs are in association with Heineken Music and will run from January 26th to 29th in the clubs and venues in the West End are of the city; namely, Róisín Dubh,…

Ryan Adams has announced two intimate acoustic shows in Dublin and Belfast in April of this year.
Adams will play fully seated solo shows in Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on Thursday April, 19th and The Waterfront Hall, Belfast the following night.
TICKET INFORMATION…
Thursday 19 April: Olympia Theatre, Dublin
Tickets priced from €44.05 inclusive of booking

The Cast of Cheers have announced that they will tour the UK in February and March, co-headlining with up and coming new wave pop band Theme Park.
The jaunt kicks off in Glasgow and ends in Kingston, no Irish dates have been announced – full dates are below.
If you haven’t heard Theme Park, this…

Limerick producer Ronan Carroll makes brooding electronica under the moniker of Tenaka. Collaborating with Sacred Animals, Holy Roman Army, Sorcha Brennan, Daithi and Elaine Mai, his Ephemeral EP is an introspective collection of metronomic arrangements and live instrumentation with casting scope and ambition whetting our appetites for Tenaka’s debut full length album in 2012.
How …

Chiming beneath a veil of reverb, the music of The Debutantes is structurally straight-forward indie but shimmers in its own simplicity. Sounding more sun-soaked than their home turf of Galway, the band’s wash of layered noise, hazy vocals and strummed guitars ring out in heart-melting dream pop.
Describe yourselves and your music.…
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A gleaming new talent from Dublin, Tara Masterson Hally is a fresh voice in timeless folk. Her airy vocals and cooing harmonies are wrapped by the woozy acoustics of harp and guitar creating a resonating ambience. For a girl so young – she still boasts a teen in her age – Hally conveys a weighty…

Ghostpoet has announced a gig in Whelan’s, Dublin on Wednesday the 22nd of February.
The wordsmith played a triumphant show in the same venue late September last year, and is returning for another round just five months later.
Tickets are priced at €17, available from whelanslive.com or call the WAV Box Office [Lo-call 1890 200…

The shortlist of 10 artists – as been chosen by a panel of 11 Irish music media professionals named below – has been announced.
The 10 nominees are:
And So I Watch You From Afar – Gangs
BellX1 – Bloodless Coup
Cashier No.9 – To The Death of Fun
Lisa Hannigan – Passenger…
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In celebration of the current music scene, a collection of Irish labels are working in conjunction with POD to showcase their talents in a series of live shows.
Over four consecutive weekends, Smalltown America, +4 Promotions, Delphi, Bluestack, Quarter Inch and Popical Island will host their acts in Crawdaddy, Dublin. Full line-up details below, entry…