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Another concert in Malahide Castle last night .

Nile Rogers and Chic followed by Duran Duran .

Mixed age crowd genuinely surprised at the amount of young people there enjoying the music and singing away .

Very unashamedly pop night ...people dressed for the summer sitting on blankets and enjoying the sun in between bands , which shone for Nile and his neverending musical hits and his bands talented show . He looks and plays like someone half his age (72 ) and the crowd loved it dancing singing and joining in wherever and whenever we were told to ! Audrey Martells I think was the singer and she had beautiful voice , able to carry off the high notes well like Donna Summer .

There was a young group before who I didn't catch much of but they sounded promising and had a good following up front .Anybody know their name ?

Duran Duran came on stage when a dark black cloud covered the packed grounds .

Thankfully the rain held off until just 10 minutes before the end and the gig went off very well hit after hit with a couple of less well known songs . Ordinary World was lovely dedicated to Gaza and Ukraine with a mention for the Israelis just to cover all bases ;) Graphics behind were good the whole set looked far better than St Anne's Park 3 years ago . The sound in Malahide Castle is excellent for an outdoor venue .

Simon and the band were in good form if a bit older but had no problem at all running around for an almost 2 hour set .

Finished with Rio of course as an encore and everybody left happy if a bit wet at 10 .45

Great organisation at these concerts. Fair dues 👏

We were home via DART , of which there were spares waiting at the station ( no tickets checked everyone just split into two lanes for the train and ushered through ) and sitting down by 11.30 having a cuppa.. I live nearby in North Dublin City .

Did the bus on Thursday last and similarly good experience .

All in all recommend Malahide Castle Summer Concerts as a venue and they seem to have finally got the whole organization down to a tee .

Ffs. Gloomtastic and comedy night don't go together. Who saw that coming?😉

Ah here now.
FYI, prior to the great hack of 2009 when we were all encouraged to re-register, I used to be called Boomtastic. 😂

Do you remember 2009? The Boom was well and truly gone!

Thanks Goldengirl. 🙏 Love getting out there, so many fantastic Irish bands.

Last night Upstairs in Whelan’s for Vendetta Love supported by Divides Unfold (I think) for a cracking night of hard rock/grunge.

In Manchester tonight also but for ELO.

A bittersweet night, while the band and show were wonderful, Jeff Lynne struggled and towards the end was in a bit of trouble. They brought him a chair but he was unwell and barely sang the last couple of songs which the band powered through to get him off that stage.

Ill be shocked if hes on stage again tomorrow, hes two shows away from the end and just broke his hand so he couldn't play guitar and you could see he missed it in his hands.

Happy I got to see one of the greats but sad for him and I hope he is doing OK tonight and looks after himself.