MUSIC Putting fresh shine on some pop classics
Black Box, Belfast Tonight, 9pm
The 13th Out to Lunch Arts Festival continues with three weeks’ worth of live music, comedy and theatre at venues across Belfast.
Tonight’s show is headlined by the New Orleans-inspired, eightpiece ensemble Booka Brass Band, featuring members from all over Ireland.
Since getting together in late 2012, they have played regular shows at many Dublin venues and have entertained festival crowds at Electric Picnic, Sea Sessions and Longitude.
Expect to hear brassed-up versions of pop tunes from the likes of Beyonce, as well as a few of their own stomping compositions.
There will also be selections from the band’s recent debut album, Chilled Milk, which features nine self-penned tunes and a raucous cover of Jason Derulo’s Talk Dirty.
For details, visit www.cqaf.com/ booka-brass-band.
Empire Music Hall, Belfast Tonight, 8.30pm
The former singer with heavy metal band Queensryche, Geoff Tate brings his world tour marking the 30th anniversary of the release of album Operation Mindcrime to Belfast.
During his 35 year-long career, Tate has released 17 studio albums as the original singer of Queensryche and as a solo artist.
He has also released several live albums, been nominated for a Grammy four times, sold over 25 million records and performed in almost 50 countries.
Expect to hear standout tracks from his extensive songbook, as well as some material from his upcoming release, The New Reality, which is the final part of a trilogy comprising a story following the lead character called ‘H’ through an epic journey accompanied by the heavy progressive music that Tate is best known for.
For more details, visit www. thebelfastempire.com.
Mandela Hall, Belfast Monday, 6pm
US Metalcore band Motionless in White hit Belfast next week as part of their current UK and Irish tour marking the release of their recent album Graveyard Shift.
Only vocalist and guitarist Chris ‘Motionless’ Cerulli survives from the original line-up, which formed in Scranton, Pennsylvania back in 2005.
MIW have four studio albums to their credit and their musical style has been described as a mixture of gothic, metalcore and industrial metal.
Support at the 14-plus show is provided by MIW’s former Fearless Records labelmates Ice Nine Kills, who are a metalcore quartet from Boston.
Tickets are on sale at www. ticketmaster.ie.
For further details on the show you can also log on to www. mandelahall.com.
Patric Baird