Starting a thread for 2025 gigs as they'll likely start rolling in.
I'll arbitrarily throw in Rob Beckett playing the Olympia on the 26th September 2025 which went on sale today.
Yea I'm heading to one of them, Pumpkins were just amazing last year.
Hes announcing a solo run of shows Billy Corgan as well he posted earlier, hopefully he comes our way he was unreal in the Olympia years ago
thats one short gig- i wonder will she sing murder ?
white lies are awesome
I saw that, seems like it’s to do with Machina which would be very interesting
Sam fender Aug 28th belfast. You'd imagine nailed on for EP
CMAT on support
Seems that way I saw him in the Olympia when he was doing his solo stuff and thought he was amazing caught a guitar pick off him and all after he did 1979 😅
I'd definitely be interested if it was him playing machina, he's a great podcast out as well at the moment
EOTR added second round of acts. Very solid
Matt Berninger headlining sounds from a safe harbour in cork seems guaranteed
Pretty much confirmed for EP so
Ah yeah Friday night headliner.
I'm happy with that, wasn't able to make his gig in the 3 back in December, any idea when the full lineup is out?
line up announced end of April last year. So could be another two months if following similar announcement strategy
Pretty
It's pretty poor stuff so far, the aforementioned two artists, Amble who I have never heard of and yet are sold out along with the Mary Wallopers who also sold out. Some strange tastes in Galway if those artists are selling out.
Yeah the 'Live at the Marquee' has gone to the dogs since COVID, not to mention hotel prices in Cork are horrendous during Live at the Marquee, although that's certainly not just a Cork issue.
it’s a big tent in Galway, it’s always going to be a poor showing for “music” fans. Mogwai is the best of the bunch. Wallopers are decent way to spend an evening if in the mood for it. Amble have blown up in last year.
Amble sold out 3 nights in the Olympia before Christmas. It was very difficult to get tickets, even in relation to people selling on. I just about got a ticket for one of the nights. It was very enjoyable. They have some lovely songs - a relaxed type of vibe at the gig.
Mary Wallopers are a different story. They sold out multiple nights in Vicar Street before Xmas. I was at one of them. Felt like the roof was going to blow off the place. One of the best (and sweatiest) gigs I was at. Everyone jammed into Vicar Street, plastic pints of beer were being flung across the crowd, crowd surfing, moshing. It had it all. The Wallopers really have their live show down to a tee at this stage.
I was at Mogwai for the one day "festival" event last year. It was ok. It was a cracking day, so was lovely to sit out and listen to some chilled out music up on the slope. But the novelty of quiet, loud, quiet, loud guitar music kinda wears off after a half hour. But overall, they were good.
Sophie Baxter and Picture This - I would give them a miss. Don't know their songs except what I've heard on the radio. Dec Pierce Block Rockin Beats - Basically a disco, but would be good craic, I'd say. I haven't caught that show across the nation yet. But might some day.
I don't know why you are saying strange tastes in Galway if Amble and Mary Wallopers sell out gigs. As advised, those bands are selling out gigs in Dublin. Unless you are saying that it is all Galway people coming to Dublin buying tickets for the Dublin gigs.
Maybe it's more of a case that the lineup is so poor, that bands who you would have to say are not realistically big names are selling out. Each to their own I suppose, as I say I never heard of Amble before, and would not be a fan of the Wallopers. I had the pleasure of seeing Leftfield last year in the Big Top, so yeah my preference would be for big International acts.
Sophie Ellis Bextor isn't really my thing (although I do like a couple of her songs) but I've heard that her gigs are great fun and she was pretty popular during Covid with her kitchen disco videos. BBC have even given her the New Years Slot on BBC1 the last two years so she's doing something right. Natasha Bedingfield is very talented too but weirdly tailed off in the early 00s (in popularity/visibility).
It'll sell well enough and I'd take a new gig like that over the same old shite that some festivals put out year after year.
Natasha Bedingfield was great at ATN last year,the weather really helped too
It's two weeks after EoTR.. wouldn't be so sure he'd be hanging around.
Anyone been to a solo show of his? Curious if a mix of solo stuff and The National or what.
You're missing the point. Mary Wallopers and Amble are selling out gigs across the country, Not just this Galway event. Just because you're not a fan of the bands doesn't mean the line-up is poor. You may not rate the Irish music scene, but it is actually in a really healthy place at the moment. The Mary Wallopers and Amble may not be big names to you, but that holds very little weight, as the facts are that they are selling out multiple gigs across the country. The Mary Wallopers gig will be a night to remember for at least 90% of the people who attend it. And will be great fun. Amble will not be as lively, but will be a very good gig, with a great atmosphere there. I would take either before Leftfield - in terms of a gig. I was once a Leftism fan, but the sound grew stale.
Amble have sold out Trinity. Mary Wallopers will sell out Fairview. Both huge throughout the country and will command enormous crowds with any festival appearance.
He has been around for all the previous iterations in some form. only solo shows he did were around time of his solo album in 2020 and included no songs from the national. he has only done a handful of solo shows ever
big international acts won’t make the trek to Galway in the summer. So it has to largely rely on Irish and a few uk/Scotland acts to fill the schedule
Only gone downhill since lockdown. Always some junk there but at least three every year acts pre-2020. Flaming Lips, Caribou, Jon Hopkins, Brian Wilson, The Stunning, Macy Gray, Burt Bacharach, Orbital and others in the three years before lockdown. The general lowering of standards seen elsewhere has also affected Galway Arts. Better stuff in the smaller venues.
GIAF can’t work miracles, if bands don’t have availability, fee is too low for calibre acts of who can sell 3000 plus in Galway, routing/logistics isn’t practical then not much they can do to attract international talent.
We did also get Pixies and Pavement since the lockdown. (Neither of whom are from uk/Scotland😉)
Fully agree. We're lucky to often to get acts of such calibre to a small city that's basically in the middle of nowhere on the edge of the continent.
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