Gigs for 2025 - post your reviews here

Queens in the RAH last night. Havent felt as dazed walking out of a gig in about 15 years.

Agreed, to be honest I was a bit bored too, more people watching. Was thinking about leaving early (unheard of) but with early finish decision taken out of my hands.

As much as i would have liked to be at Warmduscher or Just Mustard i had a longstanding date with Gilla Band in the Spirit Store. Near 80 minutes of sonic pounding with no encore. At least three new songs, all of which hit the spot, with one in particular providing me with goosebumps and spine shivers. Certainly whetted my appetite for a new release. I had expected it to be louder in such a small space but it was loud enough. Big grin and vigorous head nodding from me throughout.

Support was Aoife Nessa Francis, just herself, guitar and beats. Pretty good in a dreamy, drifting kinda way. My mate had seen her with a band before and reckoned she was better on her own.

The 4 of Us in The Dunamaise Theatre Laois last evening.

Firstly, it's a great venue for a gig, I much prefer smaller intimate places if possible. Haven't seen The 4 of Us in more than 30 years. They were really good, lots of new material, loads of old songs stirring my nostalgic happiness.

3rd gig in a week, and a few more to come next month 🤞 🎶

Turnstile tonight. Not possible to describe how good it was.

Turnstile were fantastic. Was nice to see a decent amount in to see Gurriers who were great. High Viz - good performance but a real nasty vibe in the crowd when they were on. Gobshites throwing elbows and punches in the pit on the left. Saw a couple of fights start. Then Turnstile came in and the mood changed completely as they were outnumbered.

If there was a better gig this year I wasn't at it anyway - great night.

Thought the sound at Turnstile was a bit tame. Kept thinking they needed to turn up the guitars.
Perhaps their set up wasn’t designed for such a big venue

Yeah second that.

First time to see them and won't be the last

Sublime sonic assault

The early start seemed to have caught a few people out too

Yeah Some Scottish lad on electric guitar, Kevin Daniel Cahill.

Effects driven, layered, experimental kinda buzz.

He was finishing up as I got in, feck all people in at that stage either

Could've been decent, seemed to go down well

The two Murphys always put on a great show. They've got the acoustic duo format down to a fine art and their albums are consistently excellent. One of the finest Irish bands just quietly putting out great music for some time now. Plus they've embraced the social media side of things with their live Thursday night slot on YouTube/Facebook over the last few years since Covid…

Definitely agree with Turnstile, it was class. I thought High Vis were decent enough, didn't get in early enough to see Gurriers unfortunately.

Crowd near the back and the sides was unfortunately pretty dead with some exceptions, but whenever you saw the images of the crowd near the front and the middle it look absolute mayhem. Unfortunately too old to partake in that :D but definitely jealous of them.

Still hate the 3Arena though, such a soulless venue. Also the merch was a rip off I felt, I did pick up a t-shirt but 50 Euro is a joke.

Didn't know E Malone had a new thing going

Fantastic drummer, her laconic style reminds me a lot of Dirty Threes Jim White