2019-10-29 Midge Ure - Olympia Theatre Dublin

Ever since I missed out on seeing James Brown at Oxegen, I decided that anytime I have a chance to catch a legend playing, I'll take it.

This means I've seen the likes of Lionel Richie, Jimmy Somerville, Christina Aguilera, The Sugarhill Gang and many others. Not exactly my normal taste in music, but all were great gigs.

Anyway, this time it was the turn of Midge Ure and he was definitely my style of music! Earlier in the summer, he'd annouced he was playing the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, so I obviously booked a ticket!

On the night, he played tracks from his Visage, Ultravox and his solo careers. All sounded brilliant live. Oh and in a class move, he started the night with a nod to Phil Lynott cover, Yellow Pearl. You may or may not be aware, but he played with Thin Lizzy for a short spell!

Check out the set list below.

Yellow Pearl
Visage
Blocks on Blocks
The Dancer
In The Year 2525
Mind of a Toy
Glorious
Fade to Grey
Astradyne
New Europeans
Private Lives
Passing Strangers
Sleepwalk
Mr. X
Western Promise
Vienna
All Stood Still
Passionate Reply
Dancing With Tears in My Eyes
The Voice
Hymn

Last night was the end of this leg of his tour, but there are morfe European dates coming up and I'd really recommend catching him live.

Check out the photos below:

2022-03-26 Buskers on Grafton Street, Dublin

I took a walk around Dublin today, thought I'd check out the buskers on Grafton Street. There's a fine history of busking in Dublin, acts like Hothouse Flowers , The Frames , Rodrigo y Gabriela , Damien Rice , Paddy Casey , Kodaline and a host of others all cut their teeth on and around Grafton Street. It stands to reason that some of those busking today will be successful in the future! So, who did I get to see today? Well, check out the photos below: Zoe Clarke Allie Sherlock Paul Jenkinson

Interview with King Kong Company

Originally published 10/09/2013 on Chunk.ie So, there I was, wandering around the Electric Picnic wondering who I was going to watch next. One of the lads said he had heard good things about King Kong Company and that we should check them out, so off we headed to the Body and Soul Arena to do just that. As I mentioned in my review of the Electric Picnic, the gig was epic. I figured we just had to interview them here on CHUNK.ie, and here it is! First things first, congratulations on a storming gig at the Electric Picnic. It completely blew me away. Was this your first Picnic experience? We’ve been to many Electric Picnics over the years but just as punters, and it’s always been a great festival, so it was a fantastic experience to play at its 10 year anniversary. King Kong Company is a rather interesting name for a band, where or how did you come up with it? The name is taken from the film Taxi Driver. If you look closely, Travis Bickle is wearing a badge which says King

2023-08-26 The Playing Fields Festival - Clane GAA

It's The Playing Fields Festival time again! TPFF23, it's third outing, is back and it's the same, but a little different also. For the first time, it's not just an Irish affair. The legendary Basement Jaxx headlined the Sunday night. Also, for the first time, it's under canvas. Not a big circus type tent, a more low rise, stretched canvas affair, as per TribFest a few weeks back. Given the state of the Irish summer, it was a great decision. The final difference was that I was only there for Day Two as I'd already arranged to bring my niece to see The Vamps , and that clashed with Day One. So, along with Basement Jaxx , who else was playing Day Two of TPFF? Well, we had: The Flavours Altered Lines Diversion Raging Sons Spring Break Roisin O and CamrinWatsin I think we can agree, that's a pretty good mix of rock n' roll, party time and dance music! Even under canvas, the stage was pretty big and sounded good

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