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PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING :: Thurs 30th May Doors 9pm Tickets €10   PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING is the corduroy-clad brainchild of London-based J. Willgoose, Esq. who, along with his drumming companion, Wrigglesworth, is on a quest to inform, educate and entertain audiences around the globe. Through their uniquely spell-binding live AV Transmissions, audiences will witness the band weave samples from old public information films, archive footage, and propaganda material around live drums, guitar, banjo, and electronics, as they teach the lessons of the past through the music of the future - beaming our past back at us through vintage TV sets and state of the art modern video projection devices.

YOUNG GUNS :: Fri 31st May Doors 7pm Tickets €14 Ages 14+ Gig Over the course of the past few years, the London-based YOUNG GUNS have emerged as one of the UK's most electrifying new bands, garnering heavy radio play and UK chart success, while playing to packed-house crowds all across Europe, including a main stage performance at the Reading Festival, where they tore up the stage as part of a lineup that included Arcade Fire, Queens of the Stone Age, Guns N' Roses and Modest Mouse. New album BONES has already achieved critical acclaim overseas, with Q Magazine and Kerrang! each giving it four stars and the latter writing that the album sees the band 'giving themselves the best shot possible of taking on all comers and winning.' BONES and its title track were also nominated for 'Best Album' and 'Best Single' as part of 2012's Kerrang! Awards.

LAU :: Tues 4th June                           *****Best Group @ BBC Folk Awards 2013 Doors 8pm Tickets €15   Lau are modern folk music's most innovative band, brilliant musicians, thrilling performers and freethinking visionaries. Their new album 'Race The Loser' was recorded with American producer Tucker Martine (Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, R.E.M., Laura Veirs) in Scotland throughout the Spring of 2012. 'Race The Loser' pushes Lau’s complex, yet accessible sound, even further to the outer reaches of folk music whilst retaining all the strengths of the original acoustic trio (Kris Drever Vocals/Guitar, Martin Green Accordion, Aidan O’Rourke Fiddle). 'Lau are a remarkable band - the most musically adventurous trio in British folk - exquisite and hypnotic, musicianship at its best ' The Guardian ***** 'A classy, beguiling creation' Uncut 8/10 'Instrumental virtuosity blends easily with tasteful electronics 4/5' MOJO

SCOTT IAN - Speaking Words :: Thur 6th June Doors 8pm Tickets €17.50   In a career spanning three decades, Scott Ian, as the co-founding member of Anthrax, helped to create the 'New Wave of American Heavy Metal' or as it’s more commonly known, 'Thrash Metal' in the mid-80’s. Scott is widely known as the face of Anthrax, and for being a constant and extremely recognizable figure in the worlds of music, poker, comics, movies and television. In a rare outing Scott will do a spoken word performance. The show is very entertaining and funny, filled with stories from his 30+ years of travelling around the world. The night concludes with a Q and A where the audience gets to ask Scott what they want to know. Scott Ian’s ‘Speaking Words’ tour will be sponsored by Metal Hammer magazine.

CORK ROCKS FOR RORY :: Fri 7th & Sat 8th June Doors 8pm Tickets €12.50 per night / 20 weekend ticket   It’s nearly that time of year again, when Cork hero Rory Gallagher is saluted for his all incredible contribution to music. Cork Rocks for Rory will be happening on Friday, June 7 and Saturday, June 8 at Cyprus Avenue. Now in its ninth year, the annual tribute continues to go from strength to strength. Friday lineup: Dave McHugh Band Against The Grain + acoustic guests Saturday lineup: Jack Ahern Band Riki Massini and The Bonus Track Band + acoustic guests Also on the Saturday afternoon at 2pm in Cyprus Avenue there’ll be a jam taking place where youngsters can come along and play with the pros. More details can be found on the web site corkrocksforrory.com.

ORLA GARTLAND :: Tues 9th July Doors 2pm Tickets € 6 All-Ages Show Orla Gartland is an 18 year old, singer/songwriter from Dublin, Ireland. Known for her brilliantly original quirky folk pop, bursting with personality and catchy melodies. These songs all tied together by her distinctive, celtic-infused vocal and trademark animated live performance. Having racked up 8.5 million hits on youtube and building 40k likes on Facebook, Orla independently released her first single which reached top 10 iTunes placement in over 17 countries.

JANET DEVLIN :: Tues 1st Oct Doors 6.30pm Tickets €14.50 Ages 14+ 17 yr old Janet Devlin had very little singing experience before The X Factor. Janet had previously uploaded videos on to her Official channel on YouTube on a regular basis, which have now reached 10.5 Million total views Worldwide. Janet performed 'Your Song' by Elton John during the audition stage of the competition. Following an excellent run of live performances, week 8 saw Janet performing 'MMMBop' and 'Under The Bridge', which landed her in the bottom two against Misha B. Janet performed 'Chasing Cars' for survival, but was voted out of the competition by judges Tulisa and Louis Walsh. Rowland refused to vote, so the majority vote was used. At the end of the series, it was revealed that Janet had received the highest number of votes for the first Four weeks of the series, which was the highest consecutive public vote out of all the 2011 contestants. News stories soon began to break out that Janet was being offered recording contracts within 35 minutes of being eliminated from the show. Janet has been in the studio writing and recording her debut album with Grammy Award winning songwriter and producer Eliot Kennedy and his team. Heavily influenced by alternative artists such as City and Colour and Devendra Banhart, Janet has recently been co-writing new tracks for her debut album with Internationally acclaimed writers including Newton Faulkner, Joshua Radin and Jack Savoretti.