Archive for September 5th, 2007
WWE Smackdown Live – You asked for it,you got it
Due to overwhelming demand, the WWE has added a second show to the December Belfast tour Featuring… EDGE BATISTA KANE GREAT KHALI RIC FLAIR CHRIS MASTERS FINLAY TORRIE WILSON MICHELLE McCOOL Plus many more! Line-Up subject to change. - - -On-Sale: Saturday 22 September 2007 - 9:00 AM SMACKDOWN LIVE 5 December 2007 at Odyssey [...]
Magical gospel men The Blind Boys Of Alabama return to Dublin
The Blind Boys Of Alabama make a welcome return to Vicar St. this October 24th to perform their magical gospel sounds live. Formed some six and a half decades ago, The Blind Boys of Alabama are the Iron Men of the music industry. They predate Elvis, Little Richard and Al Green yet even in their 70s they are still at the top of the gospel charts [...]
Meat Loaf brings rock’s most epic adventure to Belfast
Grammy Award winner and one of the top-selling artists of all time, MEAT LOAF, is launching the "Three Bats Tour," the second leg of his sold-out and critically acclaimed Bat Trilogy tour which includes songs from all three Bat Out of Hell Albums. Following the second leg of his North American tour which started in July, due to popular demand, [...]
Rod Stewart returns to the Odyssey Arena Belfast
Following 2 sell out shows at the RDS Arena in Dublin this summer, Rod Stewart has confirmed a return to the Odyssey Arena Belfast on Sat 3rd Nov as part of his Greatest Hits Tour. With a catalogue of 30 years worth of hits, from 'Maggie May' to 'The Great American Songbook' this is one show you will not want to miss! Tickets for Rod [...]
Deacon Blue are back in town
Scottish pop perennials Deacon Blue are one of the UK's most commercially successful bands of the 90’s. With hit after hit storming the charts in the UK and Ireland, Now they are back! Deacon Blue will perform at Vicar St. for one night only performing all their greatest hits on November 20th. At their height, Deacon Blue was one of the [...]
Madness nutty boys to play Belfast
MADNESS were one of the leading bands of the ska revival of the late '70s and 80's, influencing several successive generations of musicians and becoming one of the most beloved groups the country produced during the '80s. During the 80's, once in the early years and again in the late 80's Madness decided to call it a day. They didn't stay [...]
Irish metal quartet Metallitia to rock Belfast
“Not another Metallica tribute band" you might say, "They'd never be able to pull that shit off". Six years and countless gigs later this Irish metal quartet must be doing something right! Since their formation in the summer of '99 Metallitia have continually brought Metallica's finest moments to an eager and hungry public. From sold out [...]
Intrepid social commentator Andrew Maxwell at Vicar St.
In the past few years Andrew has been prolific on the live and festival circuit earning himself high-praise along the way. He performed to sell-out houses and received five star reviews at this year’s Edinburgh Festival as well as being nominated for the If.Comedy Award. Following appearances at the HBO US Comedy & Arts Festival in Las [...]