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Ash & Republic Of Loose St. Patrick’s gig ticket competition
St. Patrick’s Day is nearly upon us and to celebrate 7Up Free are staging a special gig in an undisclosed city centre location on March 20th, featuring Ash and Republic Of Loose and part of their ‘Bring Them Back For The Craic’ competition – which offered a group of seven friends the ultimate Irish…
Win tickets to the Choice Music Prize
Now in its fifth year, the Choice Music Prize for 2010 will be announced in Vicar Street next Wednesday the 3rd of March from 7.30pm sharp. The live event runs in tandem with the judging process which takes place in a locked room nearby where 12 media guys and gals will be trying to…
Win tickets to Valerie Francis this Saturday
Valerie Francis‘ debut album Slow Dynamo has rightly been the recipient of a Choice Prize nomination and this Saturday is your opportunity to see her live show for yourself.
Valerie plays Whelan’s this Saturday the 27th of February with special guests Drunken Boat and Mumblin’ Deaf Ro. State has two pairs of tickets to…
Win tickets to special Alice In Wonderland screening
Friday 5th March sees the long awaited release of Disney’s Alice In Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton. To celebrate Barry’s Tea is hosting three special Mad Hatter’s Tea Parties in Dublin, Galway and Cork in the week leading up to the film arriving in Irish cinemas. Thanks to those lovely Barry’s folk we have…
Ticket giveaway: Asian Dub Foundation & Hayseed Dixie
Tripod is host to two big shows this weekend. Friday night sees the return of Asian Dub Foundation who will be debuting new material with a full-band show with support from Noise Control. Saturday night sees the Appalachian band Hayseed Dixie, the inventors of the bastard genre “rockgrass” mixing rock and bluegrass playing Dublin.…
Marina & The Diamonds albums
Next Friday sees the much anticipated release of the debut album from Marina & The Diamonds, entitled The Family Jewels. Featuring the singles ‘Hollywood’ and ‘Mowgli’s Road’ plus re-recordings of old tracks ‘I Am Not A Robot’ and ‘Obsessions’, it’s already garnering an enthusiastic reaction. You’ll have to wait a little longer to see…
Win a trip to Europavox 2010
Since 2006 the town of Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne region of France has been playing host to Europavox, a boutique music festival showcasing emerging European talent, whilst also luring better-known acts from across the continent. Staged at La Coopérative de Mai, a venue located just minutes from the town centre, the gigs are intimate…
Win tickets to Beach House… in Stockholm
You know State tries to get around this global village of ours as much as we can. On our tours we have discovered that the Debaser club in Stockholm, Sweden (they have one in Malmo too) is one of the finest gig venues in northern Europe – Christ, those Scandos think of everything in…
Ticket giveaway: Mr. Scruff and Talib Kweli
This weekend sees the return of Stockport’s Mr. Scruff. Once more he is bringing his infamous five hour tea party, this time to Dublin’s Tripod.
As if that wasn’t enough the following night Brooklyn MC and Mos Def collaborator, Talib Kweli, will play the same venue.
We are giving tickets two pairs of tickets…
Win tickets to The Field this Friday
The Field returns to Dublin this Friday night for a late show in Tripod following his last trip here for Electric Picnic. With a full-live and visuals show impressing audiences in Europe and his latest album Yesterday and Today a standout album of last year, it promises to be a highlight of the weekend’s…
Win (500) Days of Summer DVDs & Soundtracks
“This is not a love story. It is a story of boy meets girl”. So begins the start of last year’s hit romantic comedy with an original twist, (500) Days of Summer starring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. The film gets a DVD release this week and State has got 3 DVD and…
Win tickets to And So I Watch You From Afar invite only Dublin show this Sunday
Just two days after their largest headlining show to date in their hometown of Belfast, And So I Watch You From Afar return south for a special and extremely intimate gig at Dublin’s Thomas House pub this Sunday night. Capacity is, well, tiny and the only way to get in is by invite. Fortunately,…
Win tickets to Fuck Buttons in Galway
Fuck Buttons return to Ireland for 4 dates this week and the noise-electronic duo stop off in the Roisin Dubh, Galway on Thursday 17th December. State has two pairs of tickets to giveaway to the show which promises to serve up much of the duo’s excellent second album Tarot Sport.
All you have to…
Win tickets to Heineken Green Spheres with White Lies, Neon Indian & more
We have a delightful pair of tickets for each of this week’s Heineken Green Spheres gigs in Dublin and Cork to give away. A great chance to see the mighty White Lies deliver some beautifully monochrome British rock topped off with what sounds like Julian Cope’s voice, in the Teardrop Explodes era. Oh, and…
