2025 Irish Gigs (Confirmed & Rumoured Events)

Pulp act 1 review: How didn't This is Hardcore end up as a Bond Theme.

Well Jimmy Eat World was great craic

Irish gig crowds have come in for a bit of stick recently, including by me, but a big shout out for the Pulp crowd last night. No chatting around me, no up and down to the bar during it and well up for it. Pulp were brilliant great sound, great setlist and Jarvis in flying form.

Incredible live. The man is 61!! Everybody on a great buzz and their new stuff is great. Really enjoyed it.

Nine inch nails on Sunday now can't come quick enough,

I'm actually buzzing for that one delighted it's the first night of the tour as well no spoilers on the stage design/show and the setlist, many here going to it?

NewDad about to announce a Vicar Street show (I assume it’s there anyway)

We're so privileged to have had the option to see him so regularly. Never though I'd ever get to see the man play live even once, and then when he finally came he couldn't stay away. How do you replace the likes of these legendary creators? I don't see many modern peers.

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I said this exact thing after Jimmy Eat World last night. The crowd were 100% up for it. No bullshit chatters, no off-their-face messy drunkards, not too many phones, no aggro, just joy. Excellent gig. Even if the band all look like accountants and software developers now. 🤣

TORCHE, Button Factory, Saturday 13th September: https://buttonfactory.ie/shows/2025/9/13/torche-x-helms-alee

My theory is that midweek gigs bring out much better crowds, particularly for bands who've had a couple of mainstream hits. The weekend shows bring out the "Sure I know a couple of songs, I'll head along for the craic." They don't tend to be arsed going if it's a Tuesday.

Pulp were fantastic and the atmosphere was brilliant, before, during and after. At least where I was standing.

Such a pleasure to see Pulp (a dozen times and counting) and they still mesmerize live. The way Jarvis entered at the top of the stage amongst the cut-outs of his bandmates was iconic.

The string section bringing epics like This Is Hardcore to even greater heights.

The first live performance of their last top ten hit, Help The Aged, since 2012 and the charm of a frontman asking for help from the crowd to sing the high notes in the chorus.

The goosebumps from the second set beginning with just the four core Pulp members performing Something Changed semi-acoustically in front of the curtains. Candida, bless her, looking resplendent in sparkly dress and glass of prosecco in her arthritis-battered hands.

The anecdote about Pulp’s first time in Dublin (although Jarvis didn't speak about the JMTV Show on RTE where the band did a fashion show - check it on YouTube or the RTE Archive page. Has to be seen to be believed).

The fact that seven new songs didn't feel like overload and they just seemed to blend-in amongst the classics. And ending the evening with the extended band out in front of the curtain to play the last song on the album, A Sunset. Which Brian Eno and his family actually sing backing-vocals to on the record!

"Funny how it all falls away" goes that high bit in Help The Aged. With Pulp, it never does. Still out-standing.