I've been a Sugababes fan since I first heard Overload way back in 2000. It was, and still is, a pop classic. Over the years, I managed to catch them live a couple of times. The first time I caught Sugababes live was way back at Creamfields 2002. Unfortunately Siobhan had left the band by then and been replaced by Heidi, so I never got to see the original lineup. Did it matter much at the time to me? No, not at all, I was just their to party! As a side note, post Sugababes, Siobhan went on to release two solo albums, Revolution in Me in 2003 and Ghosts in 2007. The next time I saw them was at Oxegen 2008, and by then Mutya had left the band and was replaced by Amelle, leaving Keisha as the only remaining original member. It was a tad strange seeing the band with only one remaining member, but again, it was a festival and all we were looking for was a good time, which we definitely got! Another side note, just like Siobhan, Mutya went on to release her own solo work, a gr
Vicar Street in Dublin has recently reopened after being closed due the the Covid Pandemic and, well, a small fire on the premises!
So this week I headed along to a double header featuring Cat Dowling and Brendan Tallon. I'd not heard of Cat before, but I knew of Brendan through Twitter and the fact that he was a member of Revelino, an Irish band from my youth!
So, first up was Cat and from the opening chords, I was hooked. What a fantastic show and it left me wondering just how the hell I hadn't heard of her before! A great rock n' roll show, definitely worth checking out her back catalogue and I'll be catching her live again!
Next up was Brendan Tallon who, as it turned out, was not only playing his debut album 'Love In These Times', live for the first time, but it was also his debut live solo performance!!
Brendan's set was a much more relaxed set than Cat's, that was until he was joined on stage by his brother Ciaran, also a member of Revelino, and they played a couple of old Revelino tracks that brought the house down!
Ciaran is also still in the music industry, check out his band Klubber Lang. They rock, I mean, they really, really rock!
That's it, now go buy all their latest music on Bandcamp!!!
Now for some more photos: