WHAT’S ON

Christ’s man on Earth is in the Phoenix Park today and Johnny Rotten/Lydon who sang ‘I am an anti-Christ’ is with PiL in Vicar Street tonight. Go to both, I am! HamsandwicH, Mundy, Ailbhe

Reddy and a host of others play the Carrickmacross Arts Festival tonight. The Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival continues in the Waterford town today. US female metallers

Thunderpussy play The Academy, Dublin, tomorrow evening while GZA is in the Sugar Club. Michael English is back in the INEC Killarney at about the same time. Brendan Shine will sing of washed lobbies there on Tuesday. Cult garage punk band

Shannon and the Clams leave Oakland for a date in Whelan’s of Dublin on Wednesday. Public demand led to a quick return to the Seaview Sessions in Booterstown on Thursday for

Freddie White while Keith McDonald plays Killarney INEC on Thursday. The Sonic Furs play The Workman’s Club in Dublin.

The Electric Picnic opens on Friday and runs until Sunday. See www.electricpicnic.ie for latest news of stage times. See you down there! Lisdoonvarna was the proto-Electric Picnic but you can attend a Country Festival there come Friday. Lisa

McHugh, Declan Nerney and Gerry Guthrie are among those playing over the weekend. Jimmy

Buckley is in the Drumcoura City venue in Leitrim on Saturday and Passenger rock up to Vicar Street on Saturday evening too.