Dublin's only racecourse Live Leopardstown , which takes place from June 8th to August 16th will feature live bands this year playing in a Big Top after the races. The listing for these nine evenings is: Friday June 8th: Bipolar Empire with support from The Would Be's Thursday June 14th: The Original Rudeboys plus Ireland v Spain on the big screen Thursday June 21th: The Walls and The Frank & Walters Thursday July 5th: Kila with [...]
The Further Adventures of the Saw Doctors , in a deluxe new edition, should gain this deserving band more international recognition.
The Saw Doctors featuring Petula Clark sing 'Downtown' in a music video.
Legendary Irish rockers the Saw Doctors are playing in various venues across England from the end of November into the middle of December, and we've blagged a pair each to two of their Saturday night shows to give away to two lucky TGTF readers. Does a night out gigging on us sound good to you? Then you'll want to enter our contest below. To be in the running for the tickets, fill out the form that follows with the following information: your name, your email address [...]
Seminal Irish band the Saw Doctors will be gigging across England from late November through to the middle of December on their 20th anniversary tour. Tickets are £21.50 (£22.50 for the London date) and are available now. Friday 25th November 2011 - Leeds O2 Academy Tuesday 29th November 2011 - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Friday 2nd December 2011 - London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire Saturday 3rd December 2011 - London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire Monday 5th [...]
The Saw Doctors new single "Indian Summer" out 11th July with new mix by Dave "Ears" Bascombe Taken from their 7th Studio Album 'The Further Adventures Of The Saw Doctors' The Saw Doctors are a group of songwriting musicians from the West of Ireland, hell-bent on celebrating, observing, recording and sometimes poking fun at their own locality, accent and idiomatic use of language whilst dressing their songs up in their favourite sounds and [...]
Today The Kings of Leon will perform in Slane Castle today to 80,000 people. The concert has gained a worldwide reputation over the 30 years. The line-ups below contain some of the best live bands in the world along with Bryan Adams. Check out some of the Irish artists to have been given the pleasure of performing in Slane. 16th August 1981 THIN LIZZY U2/HazelO'Connor/Rose Tattoo Sweet Savage/The Bureau/Megahype [...]
This coming Saturday sees a great line-up for the one day 'Festival of the Fires' music festival featuring a truly splendid line-up for the nice sum of €35 if the ticket is purchased before the day and €40 on the door. MAIN STAGE 13:00 – Touch the Earth 14:00 – Aldo (Mexico) 14:30 – Ronan Leonard 15:15 – Pete Courtney [...]
The Saw Doctors by Ian Keegan [...]
Trying to recall St. Patricks' Days past is always a hazardous endeavor. If you can't remember one for some, ah, reason ... then you can't remember any! For the past seven years or so St. Paddy's Day shenanigans have gotten a little mixed up for me. That's because it always falls in the middle of SXSW madness - the beer always flowed, except it was for other reasons. Well this year I'm taking some Irish music with me ... not that there won't be some playing around Austin during the festivities. Irish music is a lot like the [...]
The line-up for the inaugural London Feis Festival is taking shape. Bob Dylan is confirmed as headliner joining the bill with acts such as Imelda May, The Undertones, Christy Moore, The Waterboys, The Saw Doctors, Nanci Griffith and The Fureys. The festival is intended to showcase some of the leading names on the Irish music, taking place in Finsbury Park on June 18th across 3 stages. Tickets are on sale now from Seetickets , priced around £70. For more information check out the website as well as the [...]
Temple House Festival which was recently voted Best New European Festival at the European Festival Awards has added Heathers, Miracle Bell, Kerbdog, Stand, The Raglans,The Danger Is and Arveene & Misk to the line-up for this year's three day music and arts extravaganza which will take place in the stunning grounds of Temple House, near Ballymote in Sligo from 10-12 June. The three day 5000 capacity boutique festival will see over 80 acts perform on three stages and will have an eclectic line-up of music including alternative and indie rock, reggae, funk, blues, soul, [...]
The Danger Is are an Irish band who are making many new friends and fans due to the radio friendly pop gems they keep knocking out. Songs like this one 'Rub Who You Love' are simply superb and with any luck will make ' The Danger Is ' a household name in the near future. Rub Who You Love by the danger is Catch 'The Danger Is' live in Crawdaddy [...]
Simon Fagan has been confirmed as support to The Saw Doctors on September 17th at Navan Live: Check out this tune from his debut released earlier this year: Something I Don't Know by Simon Fagan Speacking of The Saw Doctors they performed on Balcony TV today!
While many people relinquish celebrating their Irish heritage to puking up green beer once a year on St. Patrick's Day, the city of Dublin, Ohio (a suburb of Columbus) has for the last 25 years earmarked a weekend in August for some Erin Go Bragh. The festival places particular importance on Celtic music and this year, from August 6 to 8, will feature 65 acts spread across seven stages. But the weekend also encompasses much more. With bagpipers, dance troupes as well as many other exhibits, cultural events and a traditional feis (a dance competition), the festival is expected to [...]
Swear I'm Not Paul has teamed up with GoldenPlec to create a list of all of Ireland's free downloads. Everything is free, and it's all in the one place. You'll find everything from folk to metal.
Navan Live is brought to Navan by the same good folk who produced the Damien Dempsey 'Rork D Lough' gig last year. Here's Damo doing what he does best .... getting thousands of people to do a sing-song!
Lark In The Park returns to Moira, Northern Ireland next weekend. The Saw Doctors and General Fiasco will headline either night of the 2 day festival on the weekend of April 30th to May 1st. Others acts on the bill are Fiddler Adam, Black Thorn, Rattle and Hum, The Beat Poets, The Varonis, The Dead Presidents, Doghouse, Microlip and Raised on Rock. Tickets for each day cost £20 and can be bought from Ticketmaster , under 12's are free (must be accompanied by an adult). [...]
This looks like a fun festival in Donegal! Here's a cool version of 'Like A Virgin' by Mick Pyro at The Ruby Sessions:
I do love the Ceol albums even though I struggle with our native tongue! Here's Fiach singing 'Is Aoibhne' which appears on the album!
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