WHAT’S ON
Latino pop superstar Enrique Iglesias is in the 3 Arena this evening and get in early for Tullamore’s Chasing Abbey in support. Get teenage kicks and more with The Undertones in the Spiegeltent, Galway tonight. Tomorrow evening punk powerhouse IDLES are in Dublin’s Button Factory in what could be the gig of the year. London indie icons Bloc Party play the 3Arena. First Aid Kit are in Belfast’s Telegraph Building ahead of a show in the Olympia Theatre, Dublin on Tuesday. Dermot Kennedy plays Vicar Street Monday and Tuesday.
Nerina Pallot can be found upstairs in Whelan’s, Dublin on Tuesday or catch the fast-rising
Grace Carter in the Sugar Club Dublin. Lost Without You singer Freya Ridings is in the Limelight Belfast on Tuesday and the Tivoli Dublin on Wednesday. The legendary David Byrne is in the 3Arena on Wednesday while Johnny Brady is in the Tuad Arts Centre Moate, Westmeath. Jeff Lynne brings ELO to the 3Arena on Thursday. Paul Brady is in the Wexford Spiegeltent at 7.30 and The Academic are there at 10 while a host of artists including Christy Moore and Eleanor McEvoy perform at the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards in Vicar Street. The Wolfe Tones will raise the rafters in the Villa Rose in Ballybofey, Co. Donegal on Friday. You can catch Ryan Sheridan in the Venue in Cork. Counting Crows are in the 3Arena on Saturday. Lisa O’Neill is in Vicar Street while the Irish Soundsystem Gathering takes place next Saturday and Sunday in Leisureland, Salthill, Galway.