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You can indulge in a bit of afternoon delight, well rock and roll anyway this afternoon in Toner’s of Dublin. Call Girl play at 4pm. This evening, folk fusion outfit, The Moorings play the White Horse Ballincollig, Cork. Swedish dance duo Galantis will be all over Europe this summer but you can catch them in the Dublin’s Olympia tomorrow night. Morrissey‘s latest album is a definite return to form. The former Smiths frontman is in the 3Arena on Tuesday. Aberdeen punk types The Xcerts hit upstairs in Whelan’s in Dublin on Tuesday. Carole Nelson, one half of ground-breaking duo Zrazy, plays Dolan’s Limerick on Wednesday. If 20 million streams on Spotify already is a signifier of popularity, then Dermot Kennedy’s ascent to stardom is inevitable. The Dublin singer-songwriter is in the Olympia on Wednesday. The
Gathering trad music festival opens tonight in The Gleneagle Ballroom Killarney and runs until Sunday. The hugely talented Katie Laffan is upstairs in Whelan’s on Thursday. Check out her new single Aversion.
Hothouse Flowers play their hits in Dublin’s Vicar Street on Thursday. The excellent David Geraghty takes time away from Bell X1 to resurrect his Join The Pines project. Catch him in that guise in the White Horse Ballincollig on Thursday. Rap godfather Grandmaster Flash is in the Opium Rooms in Dublin on Thursday, while Electric Six will knock out their electroclash bangers in Belfast’s Limelight on Friday and Dublin’s Academy on Saturday. Aslan play the Cork Opera House on Friday and Saturday. Northern singer-songwriter,
Joshua Burnside is deserving of the attention. Get along to the Róisín Dubh in Galway on Friday. Finally evergreen Lancastrians Elbow hit the 3 Arena on Saturday.