It’s return of the King for band

groups upcoming Vicar Street performance.

“The main difference is they are usually our own gigs, so you have complete control,” the keyboard player said about the contrast between a venue and a festival.

“Vicar Street and the Cork Opera House on the Bank Holiday Weekend, they are big shows, whatever they are 1,000 — 1,200 people, and we can completely prepare, whereas you go to a festival like Electric Picnic, you have got half an hour of changeover to get the other band off and you on so there’s not really much separation, it is what it is.

“There is also the indoor atmosphere, there is something about an indoor gig on a cold evening where everyone is huddled together.”

The tour will see the band take their performance to Cork Opera House for the Cork Jazz Festival, their home town of Waterford, Puca Festival in Meath and Mayo — one county where King Kong Company has never graced the stage.

“We were offered the Friday night and we said: ‘Sure why not? We’ve never been there. Lets go and see what the Mayo crowd are like’,” Tom said.

While they ready themselves for their first Dublin show in two years, King Kong Company is right off the back of some stellar festival performances, including Electric Picnic and All Together Now, however, Tom said it was Spraoi festival in Waterford that was the most memorable of the summer.

“There was something nice about just playing in a town just on the street, that was really special this year to be honest.”

While emphasis is placed on live performances, they have been known to drop coveted releases from time to time.

Tom said: “We are working on new music, we took a bit of a break after after the festival season and we’re just kind of getting back into it now,”