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Moving and singing like a Gen Z Britney Spears, few other artists make putting on a show for your fans feel like such uncomplicated fun

‘My dream is to see a CMAT show,’ the singer tells the 20,000 or more people in front of her in Dublin. The crowd are thrilled to be seeing this one

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At Vicar Street, Brian and Michael D’Addario narrow the gap between 2026 and 1966 to the point where it’s hard to spot the difference

Review: Slick, brisk Dublin concert features Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) and Ride Like the Wind, among other yacht-rock classics

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Like a great conductor, Simon steers his incredible band around songs that speak to his layered career

Doja Cat proves herself a magnetic performer, dancing almost nonstop in Dublin’s 3Arena

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Psychedelic sounds and dazzling light show create sense of digital disorientation in 3Arena

May 2026 releases include Good as Gold, Waiting on the World, The House Must Win and Man on a Bridge

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Two-hour extravaganza is packed with songs that are all infectious as hell

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Adrienne Lenker and her bandmates provide a night of highs, lows and heartbreaking digressions

You’d call it an old-school night were it not for all the young people in the 3Arena crowd and for the slick production

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Game of Thrones vibe adds sense of the epic to Amos’s stark warning about tyrants in our midst

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April 2026 releases include Wet Work, Pagan, Comfort in the Knowing, Forever and Birds in Winter

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At the 3Olympia, the Scottish band insult Trump, quote Churchill and serve up winning qualities of nostalgia in charming anniversary concert

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From Mark E Smith to Idles frontman Joe Talbot, it wouldn’t be a Gorillaz show without a rotating cast of guests

The musician Cormac Breatnach unites artists in renewed call for State apology and inquiry into wrongful conviction of his brother Osgur, Nick Kelly and Brian McNally

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At the 3Olympia, what’s most striking is the way the rapper pushes himself into difficult territory yet retains astonishing speed and precision

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The influential singer is now so much more than a party girl – but, goodness, does she still know how to have a good party

March 2026 releases include Love in the Time of the State, Crystalpunk, How I Became a Wave, Time of Fallow and Ages & Ages

Theatrical set features a superb 13-piece band, exquisite choreography and perpetual kinetic energy

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Laufey brings an old-school sound thrillingly up to date during an evening of jazz-tinged joy

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The star seems to shrink 3Arena in a chatty and cathartic night showcasing her genre-hopping talent

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Franz Ferdinand may be arty, and a little arch, but Alex Kapranos and co are certainly not aloof

Laconic frontwoman Laetitia Sadier and her bandmates put on a clever and wondrous Dublin show with danceable grooves and art-rock jams

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There is a strain of energy throughout this work that has an almost surprising urgency. It doesn’t all work, but there is power and tenderness

Sacramento band attracts mix of seasoned metal-heads and Gen Z moshers 38 years after forming

February 2026 releases include Doomsday..., Pulling All the Clouds Apart, Girl on the Edge of the World, Wintering and Sleeping with the Light On

Stellar performance walks the line between confidence and vulnerability, dismay and wonder

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Musicians, comedians and writers come together at 3Arena in Dublin to celebrate half a century of the music magazine

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