[Sticky] Gigs/Events in Cork? Post 'em here.

Probably due to the little known fact that Cork City was a former Japaneese colony. Their influences can be seen all over the city if you look hard enough

...will (all going to plan) feature the likes of:

Julie's haircut, Lungfish, Thee More Swallows, Tetsuro Yatunaga, The Faint, Transient Waves, Mos Eisley, Trumans Water, Redneck Manifesto, Jacob Golden, Lift to Experience, Adventues in Stereo, Joe Pernice, Hanson Brothers, New pornographers, Xploding Plastix, Enon, Lumalane, Silver apples, Maquiladora, Sea and Cake, Dakota Floyd, The Kills, ****, Low, Low & Dirty 3, Daniel Johnson, Jetscreama, Pernice Brothers, Josh Rouse, Shambuenos and whatever else I can squeeze into 2 hours of airtime.

Centrifugal
the indie/alt/odds 'n' sods show on Radio Friendly, Cork with DJ Balaclava!
104FM :- 5-7pm every sunday
or on the web via www.radiofriendly.ie

SHANE MCGOWAN & THE POPES
SUPPORT GAVIN MOORE

LIVE AT THE SAVOY THEATRE
FRIDAY 25TH JULY 2003
DOORS: 08.30
TICKETS : €28.50 AVAILABLE FROM THE BODEGA, PLUG’D RECORDS.

Shane was born on Christmas Day in Kent, when his parents were visiting relatives. They lived in Puckhaun, county Tipperary, Ireland. His mother was a great singer and traditional dancer and had worked as a model in Dublin. His father was very interested in literature and writing. They lived in a big farmhouse with until Shane was six, when they moved to London. In 1971 he got a schoolarship and was accepted into a top public school. Shane was caught in posession of drugs and was kicked out after a year. One of his friends at the time was Berni France, later in The Popes. In 1976 he sawThe sex Pistols and became part of the punk movement. The same year he made the papers for the first time. He was up front at a Clash gig and a girl cut him in the side of the head with a broken bottle. Someone took a photo and the picture of him covered in blood made the papers. They
wrote that he had got his ear bitten off and that turned Shane into a semi-legend at the time.

Shane, who had rechristened himself Shane O'Hooligan, worked in a record store. He created his own fanzine called "Bondage" and formed the group Nipple Erectors with his friend Shanne Bradley (later in The Men They Couldn't Hang.). Their first single was "King Of The Bop" (1976) and it was produced by Stan Brennan, Shane's employer in the record store. They changed their name to The Nips and recorded three more singles. The line-up was changing all the time and included guitarist James Fearnley (later in The Pogues) and drummer Jon Moss (later in Culture Club). They were support acts for The Clash and The Jam. Paul Weller of The Jam liked them a lot and produced the single "Happy Song". The Nips broke up at the end of 1980 and released a live album called "Only The End Of The Beginning".

At the same time as Shane was in The Nips he also played guitar in another punkband called The Millwall Chainsaws which featured, on vocals, Spider Stacy. Shane and his friend Jem Finer were also involved in a backing band for a school teacher. Shane played bass, Jem guitar and Ollie Watts from The
Millwall Chainsaws was the drummer.

The Millwall Chainsaws became the prototype to what was going to be Pogue Mahone (and later became The Pogues). In spring 1981, inspired by The Dubliners, they renamed themselves The New Republicans. Shane was the leadsinger and they played one gig at Richard Strange's club Cabaret Futura. The audience started pelting them with chips, so the management pulled the
plugs thinking the band was from the IRA.

Shane began writing new songs like "Streams Of Whiskey" and he and Jem began rehersing together in 1981. They tried busking, but they didn't do well. In Covent Garden a man told them: "Very few people have come here and failed what we like to call The Covent Garden Seal Of Quality. I'm sorry, you have failed."

Shane and Jem auditioned their neighbour, Andrew Ranken, on drums, but he was the singer in another group and did not have the time to participate in another project. Shane remembered that the former Nips guitarist had taken piano lessons, so he was roped in an the accordion and showed up on James
Fearnley's doorstep, the accordion in a landry bag. Jem learned to play the banjo and John Hasler on drums completed the line-up. A few nights before their first gig Shane phoned Spider and asked him if wanted to come a long. The group didn't have a name and among the suggestions were The Men They Couldn't Hang and The Noisy Boysies. Spider then came up with Pogue Mahone, gaelic for "kiss my arse", and it stuck.

Pogue Mahone's first gig was at The Pindar Of Wakefield on October the 4th 1982. The day after Shane also managed to find a bass player. It was Cait O'Riordan, who he had met a few years ago when she bought a Nips record from the record shop he was working in. John Hasler was sacked from the band and
temporary they used different drummers including Alec Palao from The Sting-rays. In March 1983 Shane and Jem's original choice Andrew Ranken became a permanent member.

Shane's days with The Pogues ended in November 1991 during a tour in Japan. His story and the band's story differ on whether he quit or was sacked (although one source blamed Yoko Ono). Following his departure from The Pogues, Shane recorded a duet version of Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World" together with Nick Cave for Christmas 1992. In 1993 he collaborated with the Breton singer Alan Stivell (of The Specials) and the French band Soldat Louis. Shane also formed a new band with Mo O'Hagan (guitar) and Berni France (bass) called The London Contemporary Five. He opened the next year performing at the Brit Awards singing "Gloria" together with Van Morrison.

Shane appeared on The Jesus & Mary Chain's album "Stoned & Dethroned". He also recorded his first solo album called "The Snake" and his backing band was now called The Popes. Their first single "The Church Of The Holy Spook" was only released in 10.000 ex. The picture on the cover, a crucified Shane, caused a lot of trouble. The second single was "That Woman's Got Me Drinking" also got a lot of attention because actor and teen idol Johnny Depp played guitar on it and also appeared in the video. The album was a mix of traditional Irish music and rock 'n' roll and was produced by The Pogues' old sound technician Dave Jordan together with Shane. Among the guests were Jem Finer, Spider Stacey, guitarist Brian Robertson (formerly of Thin Lizzy) and John Sheahan and Barney McKenna (of The Dubliners). In addition to Mo and Berni, The Popes are: Tom MacAnimal (banjo), Paul McGuiness (guitar),
Danny Heatley (drums) and Colm O'Manolaí (whistle). After the record was finished O'Manolaí was replaced by Paul Conlon (whistle), who only lasted until 1995. John Myers (whistle, fiddle) then became a Pope.

In 1994 Christy Moore sang a duet of the traditional "Spancil Hill" with Shane on Irish TV. Shane then recorded two duets with Sinead O'Connor and Marie Brennan (of Clannad). The first one was a re-recording of The Pogues' song "Haunted" (which appeared only on the "Sid & Nancy" soundtrack and on a
7" & 12" single), and the new version appeared in the film "Two if by Sea". The second, "You're The One" was used in the film "Circle Of Friends" and was a collaboration between Shane and former Pink Floyd member Michael Kamen, who composed the soundtrack. Both were released as singles and a second version of "The Snake" with the new tracks included was released in the US and Europe.

Sadly, in 1995 producer Dave Jordan died of a heart attack in Paris.

In 1996 Shane sang Frank Sinatra's "My Way" in a Nike commercial. The Popes got a new member in Kerina (accordion, whistle). Shane also appeared at The Pogues' final gig. Berni France (bass) left The Popes and was replaced by
Bob Dowling. Shane began recording and co-producing a new album with Brian Robertson. He released the single "Chritsmas Party E.P. '96" in November. The next year he recorded "An Irish Airman Forsees His Death" for a tribute album to the Irish poet W.B. Yeats called "Now And In Time to Be".

Another single, "Lonesome Highway", will be released in spring 1997 with an album in the summer. His long time girlfriend Victoria Clarke has written a biography about him and it will also be published some time in 1997.

I always just go straight to the most recent post and, if time allows, work backwards!

can't tell if it's already been posted, but :

Beth Orton , half moon ...end of august
mmm

Originally posted by yellum
This thread officially sucks now.

Seriously now, can we do something about it ?

Theres dates all over the place. The best thing is to have a thread with dates in chronological order and edit them when the concerts are over

Its too noisy and spammy to see whats fresh and whats old.

I usually go to www.entertainment.ie/music/contents.asp You can then select all the gigs going on in Cork. I'm sure there is a Perl guru out there who could write a script or something to give us a list on these boards.

bandicoot Promotions tell me they have the following acts coming in soon:

Jeffrey Lewis (with band),
Diane Cluck,
Gin Palace,
The Hells,
The Pernice Brothers,
Jetplane Landing,
Jerry Dammers (of the Specials),
Richard Fearless (Death In Vegas),
Goldblade,
Warlords of Pez,
Michael Gira (of the Swans) and
The Ex

they will be playing Cork this Autumn/winter

loadsa gigs coming up including (in no particular order):

Melt Banana @ Half Moon
HiM @ triskel
Pulseprogramming @ Triskel
Biffy Cylro @ Half Moon
Handsome Family @ Half Moon
Misty Dixon/Aidan Smith/Jukes/Andy Votel @ Half Moon
Billy Mahonie @ Triskel
McLusky @ Triskel
Hanson brothers @ Half Moon
Immortal Lee County Killers @ Pine Lodge
David Kitt @ Savoy
The Stunning @ savoy
Mark Geary @ Half Moon
Joe Carey Jnr @ Half Moon
Niall Connolly @ Half Moon
Michael Gira @ Lobby
The Hells/Gin Palace/+ others @ Half Moon
Goldblade @ Connollys of Leap (t.b.c.)
The Ex @ venue t.b.c.
Josh Ritter @ Half Moon
and loads more I can't quite recll right now!

gonna be a good autumn!

A thrilling songwriter. - Nashville Rage
A talent... Noam writes and croons lovely songs. - Boston Globe
From Randy Newman to Harry Nilsson. - Time Out New York
Imagine a young Elvis Costello mixed with Randy Newman. Beautiful lyrics and soulful delivery - PasteMusic

Unearthed Productions Presents
Noam Weinstein
from New York city.
On tour releasing his 3rd album 'Above the Music'.
Tracks feature a host of known artists including Norah Jones on 4 songs.

Called "a thrilling songwriter" by The Nashville Rage, 26-year-old Noam Weinstein grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and began playing guitar at the age of eight. During high school he began performing at Boston venues such as Club Passim and The House of Blues, and in the summer of '99 he headed for New York City, where he became involved in the Greenwich Village songwriting community led since the '70s by Jack Hardy.

Noam also began performing regularly around Manhattan, both as a singer-songwriter and as a guitarist accompanying other songwriters. In 2001 he released his first album of originals, entitled Enough About You. In 2002 he followed it up with Above the Music, which features several guest artists including Norah Jones and receives airplay on stations like WFUV in New York and WERS in Boston.

Noam's recent appearances include Austin (South by Southwest), Los Angeles, San Francisco, Nashville, D.C., Boston, and New York, and he will be embarking on his first international tour in October, to Ireland. In the meantime, he is working on a third album, due out by the end of the year.

Thurs Oct 9th - 9.30p.m.
Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork
with special guest Niall Connolly.

Sunday Oct12 - 9.30p.m.
Cyprus Avenue (The Old Oak upstairs venue), Cork City, Co. Cork
with special guest.


http://eNoam.com
www.unearthedproductions.net

Joe Carey Jnr
at the Half Moon Theatre
on Thursday 11th September at 9pm.

Cork - 27th August 2003 -- Joe Carey Jnr is a 25 year
old singer and songwriter from Cork. He has risen to
prominence nationally over the last year, headlining
gigs in some of Ireland's most prestigious venues,
winning approval from audiences and garnering much
critical acclaim.

Joe is the former singer/ co-songwriter with The
Nellies, a successful band who proved highly popular
on the college circuit in the late nineties. He
emerged from UCC in 2000 with a commerce degree and
whilst initially veering towards the world of
business, he realised that his future lay in music.

The Nellies split in the summer of 2002, and Joe set
about developing a solo career. He enrolled in the
Music Management and Sound course in Colaiste Stiofain
Naofa later that year, and started taking the first
tentative steps into the music industry alone.

Joe has made remarkable headway in the past year,
headlining Whelan's of Dublin and selling out The
Lobby in his native Cork in January, April and July
2003. He has supported the likes of INME, Rodrigo y
Gabriella, Alphastates, Automata, Eoin Coughlan and
Phonograph.

Joe's music is the cool side of the pillow; a smooth
and comfortable ride through mellow rock, jazz funk
and groove. On occasion, however, the ripples turn to
waves with songs that borrow from the unrest and
dynamism of 70‚s rock and protest reggae.

Joe Carey Jnr will have a debut EP ready for radio in
September, and plans are afoot to release the debut
album in May 2004.

Joe will be accompanied tonight by Eoin Regan on
guitar, Arthur O'Leary on keyboards, Noel Barrett on
bass and Trevor Kiely on drums...special guests will
also feature. Support tbc. Half Moon Theatre doors
open at 9pm and tickets/ credit card bookings are
available from the Cork Opera House box office (call
021 4270022.

Visit www.joecareyjnr.com for more details.

The much talked about Immortal Lee County Killers (dirty thrashing trucking alternative blues rock from Alabama) play a free gig in Pine Lodge, Myrtleville on Fri 26th Sept. Made up of The Token One and Chetley Weise, the new album, "Love Unbolts The Dark" (released on Sweet Nothing Records) brings their John Lee Hooker and MC5 inspired supersonica into interstellar energy. Find out why the Southern USA is solely responsible for soul, blues, rock ‘n’ roll, Martin Luther King Jr, William Faulkner and more tragedy and jubilation than any people deserves.


The battle commences on Thurs 2nd Oct in the Half Moon Theatre where an Artrocker V's Antifolk night takes place featuring The Hells/Gin Palace/Jeffrey Lewis (with band) and Diane Cluck. There will be hopefully giveaway lucky bags given out to the first 50+ people on night if all goes to plan with cds/t.shirts etc.

Jetplane Landing play a free gig in Pine Lodge, Myrtleville on Sun 19th Oct as part of their 56 date tour of UK/Ireland/Scotland/Wales.

Jerry Dammers (of the Specials) returns to Cork for the Jazz Weekend and looks set to play Nancy Spains on the 25th Oct. Richard Fearless (Death In Vegas) also looks likely to play the same venue that weekend.

Glam/rockabilly/punk/rock n roll/soul/cabaret freakshow Goldblade from Manchester play a Halloween special in Connollys of Leap in West Cork on the 31st Oct. Fronted by John Robb (author of Stone Roses/Charlatans biographies and The Nineties- what the **** was that all about?), Goldblade rock the nation with their full on entertaining live shows. Support will hopefully come from rock monsters The Warlords of Pez (TBC).

Michael Gira (ex Swans) who got the front cover of Wire magazine not so long back is now confirmed for The Lobby on Sat 1st Nov.


More gigs/events to be confirmed.

http://www.zeitgeist-ireland.com/events/index.php

check it out, all costructive criticisms welcome

new events being added every day

at last zeitgeist is back ww)

yup!

Just reading about a guy "Simple Kid" on the web there and listened to his music, sounds really good. Apparently he is from Cork, anyone know has he played Cork recently, or plans to play here? I know he was meant to support The Coral in the Olympia but they cancelled.

gigs at Cyprus avenue:

thurs 12th feb - alphastates
fri 13th feb - the pale
sat 14th feb - nina hynes
sun 14th feb - ann scott

thurs 19th feb - the shades
fri 20th feb - la rocca
sat 21st feb - niall connolly
sun 22nd - john spillane

Bandicoot Promotions Presents
IN CONJUNCTION WITH SIMPLE KID

Date: Sun 22nd Feb 2004
Venue: Half Moon Theatre, Half Moon St, Cork, Ireland

Event: SIMPLE CLUB
(Simple Kid's Themed Night)

Price: 10.50 euro (telephone booking subject to a charge of 2 euro per ticket)
Doors: 8.30pm
Ph 021 4270022
Tickets now on sale from Opera House box office
Over 18's

NOTE: LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS ON SALE FOR THIS EVENT

Performing a series of exclusive dates titled "Simple Club", Simple Kid 's themed night will feature a completely different show whereby the Kid's songs will be played in an alternative fashion. This is an interactive multi-instrumental extravaganza that can include themes such as Skiffle Kid, Sample Kid, Simple Kid Brother, Complicated Kid, Karaoke Kid or whatever he fancies on the night. Simple Kid will choose, in a lucky dip style from a selection of different themes. This club concept is in support of the re-release of Simple Kid's current single "Truck On" (on 2M Recordings) which recently entered the U.K. top 40 amidst a frenzy of activity that has included TV performances such as the launch of the "Other Voices" TV series not to mention the Jools Holland show! The single is taken from the highly acclaimed album "Simple Kid 1" which was released last year. He is also been nominated for the Best Irish New Act award at this year's Meteor Music Ireland Awards.

My Morning Jacket - Wed June 30 - Halfmoon

fúcking nice one !!

yep, i spotted that one too, its on there site too so its definite [URL=http://]http://www.mymorningjacket.com/shows.html[/URL] TBH i don't know much of there stuff, what bands would you say are similar to?

Usually there and in zeppelins.

well seeing as no one would let me know about the band or their music, i didn't go , looks like i missed out

The Handsome Family who sold out the Lobby in Cork City tonight play Connollys of Leap, West Cork on wednesday night, doors 9pm.