Gigs for 2024

Was at the gig last night. Theyre in great form and sound fantastic. Met Joey and the new bass player after too. And their manager. Joey raving about EOTR.

She was excellent. Was joking with her about the sound guys having her so loud in the mix on her first gig.

Yeah she did some background vocals but they didnt do Gigantic or anything.

They altered the second half of Nimrods Son to a slower rhythm throwing in a bit of Pink Floyd's Money on the way.

Did you get backstage?

There you go.

Looking at the last played dates.. it's mad how long they've neglected some of these tunes.

Can't wait to hear Bird Dream.... live tomorrow. Whatever about them playing here so often, this will be refreshing.

Pixies were excellent tonight. Only three "extra" songs, but they ended with a superb Where Is My Mind?

The Psychotic Monks, Upstairs@Whelans very good last night. Unfortunately one of them was too sick to play the gig (first time in 10 years of gigging this had happened) so the other three members said they would play an improvised jam set instead. Now this could go either way but they managed to pull it out of the bag. Noodling interludes of knob twiddling, trumpet, drums and guitar that would coalesce into a full on dance vibe with noise over the top, quality stuff i have to say. The band were clearly enjoying themselves and so were we. Whatever about EP this is the kinda thing ATN / BTP should be booking. Not a festival full but a couple of acts of this ilk surely isn't too much to ask for. A tip of the hat to Yard on support duties. Not quite as intense as when they supported Chalk but decent nonetheless.

Miki Berenyi and Deb Googe, Drogheda Arts Centre was Friday night's entertainment. An interview with Miki then Deb joining her on the couch to continue the chat. Miki seems like great fun and Deb had a nice dry wit about her. Funnily enough she reminded me of Lemmy! Following the interview Deb played a 30min. solo set where she built up loops and beats. Miki joined her on guitar and vocals for another two songs and that was it. Nice evening out for a tenner.

Getting back to it from tonight so far lined up...

Pixies - Dublin

Judas Priest/Saxon/Uriah Heep - Dublin

Emperor - Dublin

Blind Guardian - Dublin

Beyond the Black - Wiesbaden

Tenacious D - Dublin

KK's Priest/Burning Witches - Utrecht

Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer - Dublin

Graspop (Festival) - Dessel

Jane's Addiction - Dublin

Suede/Manics - Dublin

Mr. Big - Dublin

Brutal Assault (Festival) - Josefov

Epica - Amsterdam

Within Temptation - Tilburg

Sunday won the encore battle, hands down.

Some gig.

Mad hearing the reactions to album tracks, who knew Down to the Well was such a fan favorite 😄

Looking forward to August, Frank Rogers.

Lloyd Cole acoustic gig of a Tuesday night in Sept 2024 ... way out in Coynes Pub in Cill Chiaráin, Connemara. Sold out now - 60 tickets were available.

What a night of pure heavy metal in the 3Arena last night

Next up is Blind Guardian in The Academy on the 10th April

Gallagher Squire was alright. Actual performance was decent (more or less as good as you’d expect of Liam Gallagher in 2024 with the material on the album), just way too short and not in a “time flew by” sort of way.

Saw Gomez themselves a few years back - either ATN or EP. They were actually really good live, so was glad I went along. They sort of plummeted from view after winning the Mercury...a recuring theme?!

Gosh. That long ago?! That was it. Wow!

Just out of Enter Shikari, I love an old fashioned mosh pit! Epic gig, loved them as I always do. My only complaint was the sound mix was a bit muddy and the vocals got a bit lost, but that might have been my hearing going after Meryl Streek in support. He was intense, and i could feel the bass through my spine. Not quite sure what to make him, I was impressed but not sure I enjoyed it. But then I'm now on the bus back to my semi-d in Maynooth, I guess I'm not the target audience. Cherym were on first and were brilliant, full of energy and some great songs.

I was across the river at havvk in the Workman's Cellar. I probably would've been on the C3 with Electric Nitwit but the gig was a little shorter than I'd expect for a band with three albums.

A good set with a small technical interruption after Julie stood on and broke her tuner. It didn't look sold out, maybe about 70-80 percent capacity. I thought the drums were a bit heavy and the vocals a touch light.

The support band were dose, a new band fronted by Bitch Falcon’s Lizzie. A few good songs from them but I think they did less than 30 minutes.

I picked up an album and t-shirt. The t-shirt feels like it's good quality. I probably should have got one in each colour.

New JAMC record is fairly decent.

Looking forward to Monday night.

Really enjoyed Underworld on Friday night. 2hrs40 in total. Fabulous.

At JMAC this evening. Thought the gig was a bit flat and the sound muddy in parts. Unusually for a heritage type gig, around me a reasonable section left during the encore.