X Factor star Lucy Spraggan is pleased to announce a Belfast headline show on March 10th 2016 at The Limelight 2. Lucy, who is known for her quirky lyrics and catchy melodies was the judges favourite back in 2012 and … Continue reading Lucy Spraggan To Play Belfast In March Next Year.
Platinum selling Australian singer-songwriter Matt Corby is pleased to announce his headline Belfast show on April 2nd at The Limelight 2. Matt has won many awards throughout his career, achieving commercial success with his fourth EP’ Into the flame’ achieving … Continue reading Matt Corby Returns To Belfast In April 2016
The final month of the year doesn’t slow down on the live entertainment for Shine Productions. Click on any of the links below for tickets and info on twelve of the last shows in Belfast for 2015. And a word … Continue reading From Therapy? To The Selecter – Quick Links To the Last Shine Productions Shows For 2015
We were all locked inside a bookshop for the night. Hannah McPhillimy’s heavy water voice would splash off the books and hit the audience. She started with “Heart”, just she and her keyboard. “I’ve been swept up and buffeted” she … Continue reading REVIEW: Malojian – No Alibis Bookstore, Belfast
After a lengthy introduction of static and feedback the band take their places to roars from the packed Vicar Street crowd. Four decidedly skinny lads with their outré choice of shirts make them look more like lab geeks than a … Continue reading REVIEW: Django Django – Vicar Street, Dublin
Tonights’ gig billing at the Limelight 2 is a somewhat Celtic affair with two bands hailing from Bonny Scotland and one from our own fair shores. First up are Loris, a local female fronted electro-pop quartet. Having noticed their name on … Continue reading REVIEW: Prides with Fatherson & Loris – Limelight 2, Belfast
The first track off A GENERATION’S FALL by LEE HARVEY OSWALD, stands true to the original punk rock sensibilities; twice the power in half the time. Break-neck speed guitar and blinding fast lyric would do forerunners of the genre like … Continue reading REVIEW: Lee Harvey Oswald – A Generation’s Fall
The Eleventh Annual Out To Lunch Festival swings back into action early in the New Year with a packed month of events (mostly) in the Black Box. A mouth-watering menu of live music, comedy, spoken word, literature and theatre (and … Continue reading Out to Lunch Festival 2016 Lifts Off!
It’s the halfway point in this, the ninth annual Outburst Arts Festival, Belfast’s only festival dedicated to events of a queer slant. Art installations, lectures, bands, films and workshops rub shoulders with each other during these nine days this November, providing … Continue reading REVIEW: Scorch – The MAC, Belfast
“Good evening all. We are The Grahams from Nashville, Tennessee” Alyssa Graham told us clearly from under her wide brimmed hat. She was in the Errigle Inn, Belfast, with husband Doug and drummer Mike Meadows, playing the Real Music Club. … Continue reading REVIEW: The Grahams – Errigle Inn, Belfast
Real Music Club have announced the return to Belfast of Sturgill Simpson for a solo show on 12th January 2016. Simpson’s 2013 critically acclaimed album High Top Mountain was followed less than a year later with Metamodern Sounds in Country … Continue reading Sturgill Simpson to play Limelight 2 in January
80’s synth pop often suggests quite a bit a fluff, not so with this record. True to the musical sensibilities, Time Wasting As Usual carries much more substance in the lyrics. Last spring I had a taste of these tracks … Continue reading REVIEW: JOHN GILLEN – TIME WASTING AS USUAL
In spite of the horrendous weather on Saturday night a big crowd gathered at the Mandela Hall in Belfast for the 2015 Northern Ireland Music Awards. The night is a chance to celebrate all that is good in Northern Ireland … Continue reading REVIEW: NI Music Prize 2015 – Mandela Hall Belfast
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival will takes place this year from 6th – 12th December. From comedy, poetry, music and film to discussion, lectures and exhibitions and everything in between, there is a diverse schedule of events in this … Continue reading The Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival
Mary Coughlan will be performing in the Black Box, Belfast on 26th November 2015. Her Scars on the Calendar album was released in the summer of 2015. It is Coughlan’s first album of new material since 2008’s The House of … Continue reading Mary Coughlan to Play Belfast – 26th November
On 7th November Lonely the Brave made their debut live performance in Belfast as part of the Dr. Marten’s Stand For Something 2015 tour; a showcase of some of the best bands in intimate venues across the UK & Ireland. … Continue reading REVIEW: Lonely the Brave – Limelight 2, Belfast
A night of tricks and treats as Puccini’s Turandot spends Halloween at the Grand Opera house and it had all the darkness that we grow accustomed to at this time of year. Calixto Bieito brought his re-working of Puccini’s unfinished … Continue reading REVIEW: Turandot – Grand Opera House, Belfast
Hayseed Dixie played to a sold out Empire Hall on Halloween night as part of the iconic Open House Festival. The band performs a mixture of cover versions of hard rock songs and original compositions in a style that is … Continue reading PHOTOS: Hayseed Dixie – Empire Hall, Belfast
What is it that would keep a spirit on this earth after its time? Why would it stay when its mortal ties have been cut, when it can go in peace? The Orphan Brigade: Soundtrack to a Ghost Story is … Continue reading REVIEW: The Orphan Brigade: Soundtrack to a Ghost Story
Footsteps, the single off the upcoming EP by acoustic duo The Stereotypes offers unembellished, sincere sentiment through lilting melody and open heart lyric. Understated, though polished this track draws you nearer, inviting you in, and before you know it, you’re … Continue reading REVIEW: The Stereotypes – Footsteps
As a brand inherently linked to music, Dr. Martens remains one of the most culturally relevant and iconic British brands of all time. All across the world gig goers continue to adopt Airwair as their uniform of choice. The Stand … Continue reading Lonely the Brave to headline Belfast’s Dr Marterns Stand for Something Tour
Father John Misty, aka Josh Tillman, last came to Belfast in 2011 when he played Open House Festival as a member of Fleet Foxes. He returned as a hugely successful solo artist, whose recently released second album I Love You, Honeybear will … Continue reading PHOTOS: Father John Misty – Mandela Hall, Belfast
The 2015 Mercury Prize ‘Albums of the Year’ in association with BBC Music were announced on Friday 16 October. “This year’s Mercury Prize shortlist includes seven debut albums and it celebrates artists from every stage of their careers”, says Simon … Continue reading 2015 Mercury Prize Albums of the Year Revealed
Punk duo Slaves recently announced a UK tour for November including a date at Limelight 1 on Wednesday 4 November 2015. The Turnbridge Wells duo, who are wrapping up their current tour, will head out for 12 dates throughout November following … Continue reading CLOSED: 2x tickets to see Slaves live at the Limelight
