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  • The Saw Doctors Live at The Olympia Review

    saw doctorsI was probably the only person in the country not to have seen The Saw Doctors live, so on Saturday April 2nd, I headed to The Olympia Theatre in Dublin to check them out.

    Threading the boards first though, were Keith Mullins and his band. I had prior knowledge of Keith’s music and he appeared on Culture Cafe but had never seen him with a full band.

    Playing tracks from his album ‘Across The Ocean’ and a couple from what Keith described as ‘hopefully album number 2’, Mullins and Co warmed up the audience with their brand of country folk.  The full band sound definitely adds a different dimensions to Keith’s Americana sound.

    As I waited for The Saw Doctors to come on stage it felt like this was almost a rite of passage, something that you must do as part of Rick O’Shea’s Irish Citizenship Test. Everyone else had already passed, I was about to take the test. (more…)

  • Duranies get ready!

    duran-duran-all-you-need-is-nowToday sees the Irish release of Duran Duran‘s, Mark Ronson produced, ‘All You Need is Now’. They’ve also announced an Irish date as part of their European Tour. The Birmingham natives will play the 02 on July 14th, Tickets are on sale on March 25th.

    Since Andy Taylor left the band again in 2006, they original four have been joined by Dom Brown on guitar duties.

    If you can’t wait til then DD will be kicking off the second year of ‘Unstaged: An Original Series from American Express’ in Los Angeles on March 23rd. So? I hear you say, well, you see you can watch the event live.. The event will be streamed live-streamed at 10:00PM ET / 7:00PM PT or 02:00 GMT on the morning of March 24th at www.YouTube.com/DuranDuranVEVO What’s cooler Filmmaker extraordinaire David Lynch (yes him of Twin Peaks and Mullholland Drive) will direct! Not to be missed.

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  • Guns n Roses: Dublin Self Destruction ?

    Guns N RosesI’ve been a fan of Guns n Roses since I first heard Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child O’Mine on pirate radio in 1987. Saw them through a hedge at Slane in 92 because I sneaked out of a new job and wasn’t supposed to be left the premises. Saw them here in 06, surprised when it started on time. This time I didn’t get to see them, being a poor broke student and not getting a press pass which I had hoped for.

    So William decides not to go on stage in the 02 til 22.25, there’s a lot of boooing and then some throwing of beer and plastic bottles from the crowd, which really isn’t nice and if you were a real fan you wouldn’t be doing this, if he was late. Axl is a bit eccentric, but we all are in our own way. He asked for the throwing to stop and he told the audience that the band would leave the stage. And he did.

    After some pleading from the promoters MCD who issued a statement this morning, the band reappeared and played the remainder of the gig. Here’s the fun part. Some ‘fans’ left. They left complaining that the gig was too short, this was terrible, they wanted refunds and called Adrian Kennedy on FM104.  Twitter was awash with the hashtag #gnr and the people that left were still complaining.

    They were complaining that much that they didn’t notice or care that the band had actually come back out on stage. The current GNR played the remainder of the gig and the ‘fans’ that had left wanted to get back in. Doesn’t it normally say ‘NO RE-ENTRY’ on tickets?

    I’ll probably get a few haters for this but TOUGH!! What did you think you were buying into when you spent €70 on a ticket ? Westlife or Daniel O’Donnell. It’s the same crap that people were complaining about when Pink performed Oh My God Live. It’s not for 7 year olds so don’t bring them.

    There’s a reason why Axl still, despite being late and having a Diva reputation still attracts the crowds. It’s because he’s the last proper Rock N Roll Star. (more…)

  • Tune of the Week 25/07/09

    Dizzee Rascal
    Dizzee Rascal

    Marley Park on August 2nd really is looking like the party of the Summer. Fatboy Slim, David Guetta, Calvin Harris and Dizzee Rascal with the latter 3 acts having some of the biggest Summer hits this year.

    This week on Twitter @UnaRocks posed the question if Bonkers was the best song EVER? Not quite sure if its the best EVER but its definitely in the Top 5 of the 21st century!

    This week’s Tune of the week is Dizzee Rascal’s ‘Bonkers’!

    Check out Dizzee’s website http://www.dizzeerascal.co.uk/

    Here’s the video:

    Enjoy!

    …nessy out!