Whiplash - Metallica tribute @ The Loft

Thu, May 26, 2016

WHIPLASH, the Galway based Metallica tribute act play The Loft at Seven this Saturday from 10pm, and can be expected to deliver a thrilling two hour set from the band's classic 1983 - 91 era.

Mark Geary @ Monroe’s

Thu, May 26, 2016

SINGER-SONGWRITER Mark Geary returns to Galway to play Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Saturday June 11 at 9pm.

Mozart's 'Coronation' Mass in the Augustinian

Thu, May 26, 2016

MOZART'S 'CORONATION' Mass will be performed by three Galway choirs, under the baton of Mark Keane, in the Augustinian Church on Thursday June 2 at 8pm.

Pop Gods play the hits @ HALO

Thu, May 26, 2016

FROM WHAM! to Rihanna, Whitney to Beyoncé, Rick Astley to Justin Bieber, Pop Gods will play them all when they hit the stage of HALO Nightclub tomorrow from 11pm.

HAWK and Captain A to headline Citóg in June

Tue, May 24, 2016

GALWAY SINGER-SONGWRITER Julie Hough, leader of the London band HAWK, and Captain A's last gig for the foreseeable future, are just two of the highlights from next month's series of Citóg gigs at the Róisín Dubh.

Until April - new Galway band gets ready to tour Europe

Mon, May 23, 2016

A CHALLENGE two Galway musicians set themselves, and embodied in their band name, has resulted in the last thing they probably expected - a European tour from June to August, and gigs in Asia in September.

Album review: Radiohead

Music Reviews Thu, May 19, 2016

RADIOHEAD ARE around long enough to be called 'veteran prog-rockers', though they would disown the term, yet that constant shape-shifting, boundary pushing, and experimentation keeps earning them comparison to Pink Floyd and Aphex Twin.

YES! - celebrate marriage-equality's first anniversary

Thu, May 19, 2016

A YEAR on from the vote to legalise same-sex marriage in the Republic of Ireland, Galway will celebrate that momentous day with clubbing, a movie screening, a table quiz, brunch, while raiseing funds for LGBT charities.

Windings - new single and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, May 19, 2016

WINDINGS RETURN In 2016 with Irish dates, including Galway next week, festival appearances, while their fourth studio album, Be Honest and Fear Not, is due out in the autumn.

Leo Stannard to play The Loft

Thu, May 19, 2016

IT HAS been a phenomenal year for Leicester. The city's football team has won the English Premiership, snooker player Mark Selby won World Snooker Champion last month, while the star of fellow son of the city, musician Leo Stannard, continues to rise.

Gerry McAvoy and Ted McKenna - Celebrate the music of Rory Gallagher

Thu, May 19, 2016

GERRY MCAVOY and Ted McKenna, both members of Rory Gallagher's band, will join forces for a concert in Galway next month, to perform and celebrate Rory's music.

Leon Vynehall to DJ @ Electric

Thu, May 19, 2016

BRIGHTON DJ Leon Vynehall has been making steady tracks in the world of melodious house since his debut ‘Mauve’ came out in 2012, and he plays Electric Garden and Theatre tomorrow at 11pm.

Oasis tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, May 19, 2016

LIVE FOREVER, the leading Irish tribute band to Oasis, bring their two hour show of music from the Manchester band, to Monroe’s Live on Friday May 27 at 10pm.

Black Grape - Shaun Ryder's post-Happy Mondays band are back

Mon, May 16, 2016

BLACK GRAPE, Shaun Ryder's post-Happy Mondays' band are back and will play Britain and Ireland this November and December to celebrate the 21st anniversary of their debut album It’s Great When You're Straight... Yeah.

Album review: Jealous Of The Birds

Music Reviews Thu, May 12, 2016

"I'LL BUY a van the colour of Christ's blood." As an opening line it's an arresting image. When allied to the kind of woozy, anthemic, slacker rock groove that would surely earn approval from Steven Malkmus, it's a double whammy of good things.

An intimate evening with Maverick Sabre

Thu, May 12, 2016

IT TOOK three years for Maverick Sabre to release his long awaited second album Innerstanding, which arrived late last year, but with that now under his belt, he's back touring and is coming to Galway.

The Academic - all ages and evening shows

Thu, May 12, 2016

THE ACADEMIC, the Westmeath band who play "well thought out, clever and catchy tunes," according to Goldenplec, and whose debut single 'Different' was nominated for the Choice Music Prize, play the Róisín Dubh.

An Spidéal to honour 'master of the melodeon' Johnny Connolly

Thu, May 12, 2016

MUSICIANS FROM across Ireland will gather to honour "the master of the melodeon", Johnny Connolly, at a special event in the Park Lodge Hotel, An Spidéal, tomorrow at 9pm.

Mediaeval love songs en Français

Thu, May 12, 2016

THE GALWAY Early Music Festival, taking place this weekend, with its theme of 'Play, Lady, Play, is all about women and nowhere are women more to the fore than in Trobar et Joglar, a programme of 12th century French troubadour songs.

Shadow Child @ Electric tonight

Thu, May 12, 2016

SHADOW CHILD, as his name implies, feels most comfortable in the shadows, as it allows him to get on with doing what he loves - creating bass-heavy house joints which have raised the roof across the globe.

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