2025 Irish Gigs (Confirmed & Rumoured Events)

it’s a way to get the hotel planning permission.

A lot of bands want the summer outdoor shows anyhow. So those acts playing trinity, fairview, iveagh etc wouldn’t want a summer indoor show anyhow even if venue around.

A lot of acts using those venues would be able to play during the winter and many of us could forego the pleasure of being soaked through in a mucky field watching bands who are lost in the likes of 3 Arena .

Plenty who prefer summer touring would do Trinity and Iveagh Gardens but they are really painful in wet summers which seems to be more frequent these days .

Fairview uses a tent at least but even that has it's drawbacks .

I think you argue this point for no good reason except to disagree with another at this stage.

Dublin really needs a mid size venue .

An awful, soulless place.

I was talking about the punters in the rain!

I can understand why some like summer touring alright .

Yes, 3 Arena fenced off is echoey and soulless .

The indirect solution is to convince the Boxing association that they need a new larger National Stadium which can double as a 3-5k music venue.

I can't see a new music venue getting built in Dublin but I could see multi purpose sporting facilities built with gov funding.

We do need a mid sized venue like, at the moment is either Olympia or the 3, not sure about anyone else but nothing worse than going to a gig in the 3 and it's curtained off and the standing is raised forward because you know immediately it didn't sell particularly well, when it's sold out it's a class venue, but it does add to the atmosphere of the gig, saw Black Keys last year and I reckon not even half full and it was noticeable..

Nobody wants to be at a gig in a half empty venue like, it's a multipurpose venue granted but it's not exactly discrete it's very noticeable if something sells well or not, and some acts are put in there that simply will never fill it.

Just comes down the the live Nation monopoly unfortunately

Been to loads of gigs in Simmonscourt. Definitely has "big square shed" vibes to it.

What's the Bord Gais like for gigs?

I've been to countless theatre/comedy/musical shows there but never for an out and out gig. My gut would say it really feels a bit sitty downy for a music gig. Am I right in saying the set up would be mostly acoustic sets?

I wasn't overly impressed by Kraftwerk 3D but I saw Joan Baez there doing an acoustic set and it was wonderful - although a beer would have been nice alright.

Was at Deathcab there last year or that. Suited that pretty well. Sound was good. Would have like a pint though!

decent line up in London

Got Pulp pre-sale tickets. A fair old hike on their St Anne's gig, about €30 higher (€85) but they do put on a show and I think Pulp are more suited to indoors.

3 arena greatest hits tour wasn’t far off sold out but would a non greatest hits tour might not be as big as a draw

It is another greatest hits lap of honour, Dreamworld keep going strong. They've been doing it for a few years now.

Being front row centre for Gillian Welch and David Rawlings in 2011 and leaning on the stage for Suede in 2018: two of my favourite gigs of all time.