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Culch.ie Calling Cards - Gigs - October 4 - 10 2010

  By Will | October 3, 2010 - 11:59 pm | Gigs, Music, The Culch
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GIGS New Northern Ireland band General Fiasco are playing a series of all ages gigs (Over 14s show – No alcohol served) across the country this week. Kicking off at 6pm its Roisin Dubh in Galway on Tuesday 5th October then to Dolans in Limerick on Thursday 7th and finally in Dublin’s Academy 2 on Friday 8th. Something for the not that young artists section, Donovan is playing the Olympia on 4th October. From 1966 through 1969, Donovan scored a string of eleven Top 40 hits in a row, including Mellow Yellow and Sunshine Superman. Of interest to Beatles fans, the one of the few artists to collaborate on songs, contributing lyrics and vocals to the song Yellow Submarine. So that earworm is partially his fault. “The Nameless” is Cathy Davey’s third album and she is promoting it with an Irish wide tour. First signed by Parlophone’s Regal Recordings after … There’s more →

Culchie Calling Cards – Gigs – August 23 – 29 2010

  By Will | August 22, 2010 - 11:59 pm | Gigs, Music, The Culch
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TICKETS Thin Lizzy is touring again. OK, obviously this is Thin Lizzy without its former very famous front man Phil Lynott. The new line-up is Scott Gorham (Guitar - Thin Lizzy), Brian Downey (Drums - Thin Lizzy), Darren Wharton (keyboards - Thin Lizzy), Vivian Campbell (Guitar - Def Leppard), Marco Mendoza (Bass Guitar - Whitesnake, Ted Nugent) and Ricky Warwick (Lead vocals/Guitar), and they are playing The Waterfront on 16 February and Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on 17 February 2011. Tickets for both concerts go on sale next Friday 27 August 2010 at 9AM from usual Ticketmaster outlets nationwide or directly from the venue box offices. Hard Working Class Heroes have announced the 100 Irish bands to play this year’s festival in the Temple Bar area (mostly Andrews Lane Theatre, The Button Factory, The Mercantile, The Grand Social, Sweeney’s, Twisted Pepper and The Workmans Club), Dublin on Thursday 7, Friday 8 … There’s more →

Hard Working Class Heroes 2010

  By seanear1ey | July 1, 2010 - 12:24 pm | Events, Gigs, Music, The Culch
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Hard Working Class Heroes (or HWCH) is a festival held in Dublin each year to expose and promote homegrown talent in the form of Irish bands and musicians. HWCH 2010 takes place from the 7th - 9th of October across Dublin and will see over 100 bands perform in 7 venues including The Button Factory, Pravda, Andrew’s Lane Theatre, Sweeney’s, The Mercantile, The Workman’s Club and the Twisted Pepper itself. Last night we were treated to four of those said bands at the Twisted Pepper on Middle Abbey St for the HWCH 2010 Launch party. Live music on the night was provided by Enemies, At Last an Atlas, Noveau noise and Squarehead who finely showcased the type of fresh Irish musical talent we should expect across the program of the festival. Bottles of Bulmers Berry and bags of Burdocks chips were in plentiful supply on the night to the assembled … There’s more →