Damn lucky Belfast folks. ASH have announced details of an all ages show for Belfast’s Oh Yeah Music Centre on July 9th as a warm-up for the Oxegen performance laster this month,
Support will come from local bands More Than Conquerors and Key Of Atlas. Tickets on sale now, more detials @ Ash-Official.com.
*** UPDATED – 09-Jul-2010 ***
Gig Was great – Review posted HERE.
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Live @ The Odessa is gearing up to present legendary brothers, Steve and Joe Wall’s two man show this July. The former Stunning chiefs will bring the music of The Walls and some special audio-visual theatrics together, to give fans an intimate night of stripped back, pop rock perfection for the low, low price of €10.
The band are currently putting the finishing touches on their third album, Stop The Lights but you can hear the first single, Carrying The Fire (Read our review HERE) now by visiting www.thewalls.ie or www.downloadmusic.ie.
For those of you living outside Dublin, you can also cath the two man show on the following dates.
01-Jul BOYLES MUSIC CAVERN, MAIN ST., SLANE, CO. MEATH
03-Jul CARNEGIE ARTS CENTRE, KENMARE, CO. KERRY
08-Jul ODESSA CLUB, 13 DAME COURT, DUBLIN 2
09-Jul CLIPPER ROUND THE WORLD BOAT RACE, CORK CITY
22-Jul Upstairs @ the White Horse, West Village, Ballincollig, Co. Cork
10-Sep THE TEMPLE HOUSE FESTIVAL, BALLYMOTE, CO. SLIGO
Mullingar, Leeds and Longford’s finest, The Aftermath are coming back. The band are currently holed up in various studios finishing the mastering and recording of their second, as of yet untitled second album and will be hitting Irish stages for dates in Offaly, Donegal, Cork, Dublin and Mullingar this summer.
On top of this, the band have announced that the first single from the new album, Lost Possession will be released in early August and Tickets There cannot wait. Hopefully they’ll stick it into the summer set-lists and give us a preview.
The Full list of dates can be viewed below.
Saturday June 26 – Astral Planes Festival, Birr Castle, Birr, Co Offaly.
Saturday June 26 – The Sea Sessions, Bundoran, Co Donegal.
Sunday June 27 – The Crane Lane Theater, Cork City.
Friday July 2 – Phantom First Friday, The Academy, Dublin
Friday July 30 – One Night Stand, The Equestrian Centre, Mullingar.
Up and coming psychedelic rockers, Sweet Jane have announced plans to play two free shows in Dublin to celebrate the release of their highly anticipated debut album, Sugar For My Soul.
The gig’s are both due to take place on Friday July 2nd (after work J) @ Tower Records (5.30 – In-store) and Pacino’s @ 11pm.
Tickets There carried out a brief interview with the bands front woman, Lydia Des Dolles last month to find out how the band were getting on and what their plans for the future look like. Click Here to Read.
Tonight, several cinema’s around the world showed metal history as members of Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax got on stage together to play a cover of Diamond Head’s ‘Am I Evil?’.
Full details @ Blabbermouth
METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX — the so-called “Big Four” of 1980s thrash metal — played together for the first time in history last Wednesday night (June 16) in front of 81,000 fans at the Sonisphere festival at Bemowo Airport in Warsaw, Poland.. Read Tickets There’s review of the show by Clicking Here.
Alas, it isn’t to be. Metallica have announced THEY WILL NOT EXPANDING THEIR TOUR IN 2010 – Click Here for the official Statement.
We normally wouldn’t report news that looks as obviously false as this….but it’s Metallica and it’s a new year so who knows.
Word on Metal Ireland is Metallica are coming to play Marley Park in September (4th, according to the website). Now, forum members highlight that the information on the sight is dodgy at the best of times and the wrong date for Guns N Roses’ O2 show is still there so who knows but…
Metallica generally squeeze in a Dublin date every year and they’ve started announcing shows in Asia and Australia for late September so who knows, maybe they’re planning a quick stop over on the emerald isle to treat the Dublin metal heads to a few tunes.
After seeing them in Warsaw last Wednesday, our love has fully returned for thrash metals biggest export and if this show goes ahead, expect Tickets There to be front and centre for the lads. More news when we have it.
Just a reminder folks, Guns N’ Roses tickets go on sale tomorrow morning @ 09:00AM. That picture above is from today’s full page advert in The Daily Star who are also running a competition to win 2 tickets to the show. Lines close tomorrow, but enter today just in case 😉
Read our main post about the shows and keep tabs on Updates as they filter through by Clicking Here
English heavy metal giants, Iron Maiden have confirmed the release date for their fifteenth studio album, The Final Frontier which is rumored to be the bands last (like hell). The record will hit shops on August 16th, 2010.
Maiden kick of their European tour in Dublin on July 30th @ The O2 Arena (Click Here for Detials), so you can expect to hear a few new tracks in the set. To get warmed up, hop over to IronMaiden.com to hear the first single, El Dorado. The albums track-list can be viewed below.
1. “Satellite 15…The Final Frontier”
2. “El Dorado”
3. “Mother of Mercy”
4. “Coming Home”
5. “The Alchemist”
6. “Isle of Avalon”
7. “Starblind”
8. “The Talisman”
9. “The Man Who Would Be King”
10. “When the Wild Wind Blows”
Iron Maiden were meant to be headlining the O2 with Heaven & Hell but sadly, lead singer Ronnie James Dio passed away. No replacement support has been confirmed.
According to Vivian Campbell and Phil Collen (Viv, when he was discussing future plans with Thin Lizzy and Phil in a recent interview with Music Radar), Def Leppard are planning to release a new ‘raw’ studio album in 2011 in time for a large tour the band is undertaking in the summer.
Vivian mentioned his foray into the Thin Lizzy world will have to take a rest when the Leppard return to the road for a massive tour next summer while Phil confirmed they’re hoping to have the record ready in time for the tour.
“We’re getting some new songs together because we want to release something next year. The plan is to be on the road in 2011, so it’d be nice to get some fresh material out there.”
Read more @ DefLepparduk.com
Leppard’s last album, Songs From The Sparkle Lounge was released to rave reviews in 2008, selling over 50,000 copies in the Unites States in it’s first week. Leppard have always been known for leaving long gaps between albums but it seems the boys are determined to catch the raw, rough n ready sound that made them the megastars that they are. Tickets There will bring you more news as soon as we have it.
That’s right folks, Tickets There’s moment to shine has finally arrived. The grand, wonderful and glorious band that is Guns N Roses have formally announced dates for both Belfast & Dublin this August / September.
The legendary hard rock group will hit Belfast’s Odyssey Arena on August 31st before bringing the awesome Chinese Democracy World Tour to Dublin’s O2 Arena on September 1st. Tickets go on Sale next Friday, June 11th @ 09:00.
Tickets from €65.70 and £49 will go on sale Friday 11 June at 9.00am.
Click here to Visit MCD’s officicial Blurb, The Ticketmaster.ie Page and… MCD’s Live Guide with the Gunners at the top 😀
**Updated – 04/06/2010**
Hotpress had added the story. Visit by Clicking Here.
Goldenplec.com, Herald.ie, GNRDaily.com and State.ie have now added the story.
** Updated – 09/06/2010 **
Check out todays Evening Hearld and Irish Indo for GN’R Adds like the one below,
Also, here’s the set-list from Russia (June 8th). I saw a few people searching for songs the band are likely to play and this is pretty reflective of the tour set-list so far. (Chinese Democracy songs are in Italics)
01. Chinese Democracy
02. Welcome to the Jungle
03. It’s So Easy
04. Mr. Brownstone
05. Sorry
06. Richard Fortus Guitar Solo: James Bond Theme
07. Live and Let Die
08. This I Love
09. Rocket Queen
10. Dizzy Reed Piano Solo
11. Street of Dreams
12. You Could Be Mine
13. DJ Ashba Guitar Solo
14. Sweet Child O’ Mine
15. Another Brick in the Wall Part II
16. Axl Rose Piano Solo
17. November Rain
18. Bumblefoot Guitar Solo: Pink Panther Theme
19. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
20. Nightrain
Encore:
21. Madagascar
22. Better
23. Paradise City
** UPDATED – 01/06/2010 **
Guns have just finished in Norway. No account of how the show went but reliable TT’s found the set-list. Seems shorter than previous shows on the tour.
1. Chinese Democracy
2. Welcome To The Jungle
3. It’s So Easy
4. Mr. Brownstone
5. Live And Let Die (Paul McCartney cover)
6. Sorry
7. This I Love
8. Rocket Queen
9. Street Of Dreams
10. You Could Be Mine
11. Sweet Child O’ Mine
12. November Rain
13. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan cover)
14. Nightrain
Encore:
15. Madagascar
16. Better
17. Paradise City
** Original Article **
Once again, a Guns N’ Roses tour is about to begin and few outside their die-hard fan-base are aware. Currently The Most dangerous band in the world are set to play a shocking 9 gigs over the next three months. How they plan to meet this grueling, intensive schedule boggles both the mind and physics. The logistics of trying to get from Denmark to the UK in 1.5 months is beyond human possibility. Learn our limitations Axl, damn it! We’re only people for fecks sake.
Sarcasm aside, Tickets There stands by Axl and the guys and we’re confident there’s more dates on the cards for us Europeans. Norway, Russia, Sweden and Finland are odd choices but maybe Axl’s sick of the rest of Europe’s bitching….and he’d be right to! Anywho, if more dates come out, we’ll announce em but for now, this is the full list of Euro 2010 shows.
May 31 – Bergen, Norway
June 2 – Oslo, Norway
June 5 – Helsinki, Finland
June 6 – St. Petersburg, Russia
June 8 – Moscow, Russia
June 12 – Norje, Sweden
June 14 – Aalborg, Denmark
August 27 – Reading, UK
August 29 – Leeds, UK
Tickets There would like to wish the Guns the best of luck for tonights show, hope everything goes well!!
** Updated – May 31st **
The Memorial went off without a hitch and the Westboro Bastard Church didn’t manage to spoil anything, coming across ridiculous as usual. Ronnie’s memory was preserved and the metal community has once again proven it’s tolerance and peaceful nature in the face of twisted provokers.
Click Here to read the full account of the memorial on Blabbermouth
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Ronnie James Dio’s Memorial Service is taking place today I Los Angeles. Out of respect for, Tickets There is displaying a special remembrance banner for the rest of the day.
Rest In Peace Dio.
There will be a public memorial service for Ronnie James Dio on Sunday, May 30 at 2:00 p.m. at The Hall Of Liberty located at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90068. This will be a celebration of the life and music of Ronnie James Dio and is open to all of his friends and fans from around the world.
According to NME.com, one of Americas forefront groups of hate are planning on picketing and consequently disrupting the Public Memorial for the legendary Ronnie James Dio on Sunday, May 30 in Los Angeles.
The good, bible abiding folks from Westboro Baptist Church have taken it upon themselves to claim Dio is currently in Hell and they need to preach the good name of Jesus to mourners attending the memorial. Did we say good folk? Maybe everyone should check out their websites, Godhatesfags.com, GodHatesAmerica.com and oddly enough, GodHatesIRELAND.com and see what good folks they actually are.
These sadistic, warped, bigoted, mindless American cults are well known and lampooned far and wide by the rest of the world but the members of Westboro Baptist Church seem to be in a league of their own. They’ve taken medieval views of the world and gone to town with what can only be described as campaigns of pure, misguided hatred. Maybe the phrases Love Thy Neighbor and Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged never registered with them, who knows? Or maybe this is what happens when you do drink the Kool Aid.
Anyone attending the memorial should make their greatest, non-violent and example setting efforts to ‘persuade’ these protesters it’s in their best interest to get as far away from LA as possible and never ever attempt and denounce or attack the great Ronnie James Dio at his own Memorial service. Show these ‘religious’ hate groups how civilized the metal community can be, even when it’s being attacked by sick, vile hate mongers with no other purpose than to introduce more pain and anger into the world.
In case anyone has reservations about this groups intention, be sure to check out some of their previous protests against US soldiers killed in action and victims of violent attacks.
Tickets There sympathies remain with Ronnie’s wife, Wendy Dio and we hope these fanatics don’t have any impact on next weeks memorial. Read Wendy’s comments about the protest by Clicking Here (Blabbermouth).
Join The Facebook Campaign to Stop these Hate Mongers from protesting at Dio’s Memmorial and hopefully get them banned from protesting at a funeral or sad occasion ever again!CLICK HERE.
Rest in Peace Dio \,,/
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Seems there’s a new festival down ion Tickets There’s neck of the woods. With the Sligo Live festival turning a tad stale, we must look to new blood to liven things up…no pun intended. Temple House seem to be the guys to do it and today’s Line Up Announcement is sure to send a few thrills through the music scene.
The Undertones, The Stunning & The Walls (Apparently….awesome), Peter Hook, New Young Pony Club, 202s, Exit Calm, Ronan O Snodaigh, Donal Dineen, Davide Swarup and John Conneely, Arveene & Misk (Live), Barry Redsetta, Clampdown DJs, Motion control, The Whiteliars and Maser….whoever most of them are.
Now, many names on the line-up are totally unknown to us and normally a Sligo festival for €59 would be pushing it…but three days, camping included and the incredible Steve Wall performing with both The Stunning and The Walls! Well, that’s hard to refuse. On top of that you get the legendary Undertones and a DJ set from Peter Hook!! Our advice, use this festival to finally visit Sligo, something most people always put off doing.
Tickets are priced €59 for adults and there’s going to be heaps of markets and arts stuff going on so should be great craic and yes, even Tickets There will leave the confines of cozy Laoghaire to visit our homeland….especially if Steve ‘The Legend’ Wall is going.
Visit their Official Website for full detials about the line-up, extra events, tickets, camping..etc, etc.
Very sad that this is our first post of the week. Legendary Rainbow / Black Sabbath (Heaven and Hell) singer, Ronnie James Dio, has passed away. After rumors about the singers death were proven to be false just this morning, it’s now been confirmed the Holy Diver singer has passed on.
Rest In Peace DIO.
Enjoy Folks, Tickets There will 🙂
One more day folks, that’s all we have to wait through before experiencing rock n roll’s finest live offspring. There’s gig and then there’s KISS. Anyone who has money, lives close to Dublin and hasn’t bought a ticket seriously needs to re-examine their lives and ask themselves so fairly invasive questions.
As if the storm wasn’t building enough, KISS have been chosen as Golden Plec’s Gig of the Week!!
Get your ticket, it’s not too late and see something very special hit Dublin tomorrow night. Dublin Rock City too much of a cliché?? Yes, that’s why KISS say Detroit 😉
In what world is a KISS show not sold out two days before it’s due to happen?? Ireland, that’s where. We try our best to prove we’re not slow minded like the rest of the world wants to suggest but we keep shooting ourselves in the foot. Folks, Tickets There is here to help save our national dignity and encourage you all to attend this show, experience the greatest live band that’s ever existed and for once in yer recession dominated lives, enjoy yourselves.
It’s getting closer folks, the hottest band in the world are only 2 days away from what we believe is their very first show on Irish soil. That’s right, they mighty KISS have stormed their way through the opening shows of their European tour and Ireland is in for a treat as the band have brought an all new stage show an all greatest hits set-list and a hell-of-alot of pyro!!!
Here’s a taste of things to come from KISS-Online.com
You may even get to meet Tickets There 🙂
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