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... WATERFORD’S Shane Barry and the Distractions bring their cheeky boogie to Baker Place this Wednesday, December 10 to celebrate the release of their new single ‘Stop’. ...

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... LEGENDARY Limerick band The Hitchers are dusting down their guitars and warming up their amps for their annual Christmas reunion gig in their native city. ...

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...BALLET Ireland presents the beautiful Swan Lake at the University Concert Hall on Thursday December 18. ...

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... LIMERICK Live 95FM’s Irish rock show Green and Live will get into the festive spirit with a special Christmas Party Show in Dolan’s Warehouse on Thursday December 18 featuring Black Da...

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... TRINITY Rooms’ Schnitzel Comedy Club presents effortless and standup comedian Tony Law in his debut Limerick show this Wednesday, December 10. ...

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...ONE of the UK’s best rock outfits, The Enemy, have just confirmed that they will play Limerick in 2009 as part of their biggest headline tour to date. The 22-date UK and Irish tour will stop...

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... WITH an exotic frontwoman that oozes sex appeal, confidence and charisma combined with a knack for penning catchy punk-pop anthems, it really is no wonder that Dublin band Dirty Epics is being hai...

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... THE University of Limerick Orchestra will get in the festive spirit on Saturday December 6 when it presents ‘A Classic Christmas’ at the University Concert Hall. For its annual Christ...

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... JINX LENNON has the punk cred, but can he withstand a grilling from Alan Jacques? Punk poet Jinx Lennon, described as “a brilliant soul singer and a cross between Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer...

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... Tedium rules on the ’babes new release Sugababes ‘Catfights and Spotlights’ (Island) ...

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... MULTI-platium award-winning singer Liam Lawton will perform a special concert in aid of Children First at the University Concert Hall on Thursday December 4. As a performer Liam has attracted s...

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...THE lunchtime lecture in The Hunt Museum on Tuesday December 2 at 1pm is by Fr Seán Ó’Duinn OSB, Glenstal Abbey, a renowned Celtic scholar, who will speak on ...

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... LIMERICK Printmakers Studio and Gallery’s ninth annual members winter show opens this Thursday, November 27 and runs until December 23. The annual winter show in Limerick Printmakers is a ...

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... SCHNITZEL Comedy Club presents ‘clever and controversial’ Canadian stand-up Tom Stade at Trinity Rooms this Wednesday, November 26. A versatile and naturally gifted performer Stade qui...

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... DUBLIN Gospel Choir, an act that can boast having shared the stage with Rod Stewart, James Brown, The Chieftains and Damien Rice, will take to the stage at Dolan’s Warehouse on Friday Dece...

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...LIMERICK band Seneca are currently in the middle of a whirlwind tour of America’s West Coast to promote their first album ‘Sweeter Than Bourbon’. Since the release of the quartet&...

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... THE hottest girl band of 2008 — Electrovamp ¬— will make their first ever Irish performance at Limerick’s Trinity Rooms this Friday, November 28 as part of the superclub&rs...

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... ENGLISH post-punk four-piece The Futureheads visit Dolan’s Warehouse on Tuesday December 17, following an impressive performance at Kilkee’s Cois Fharraige festival back in September...

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... IRISH songstress Gemma Hayes will dazzle a Limerick audience with her intimate and understated sound during a special acoustic performance at Dolan’s Warehouse this Sunday, November 30. ...

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...IRELAND’S loudest and most kickass rock combo, Limerick’s very own Giveamanakick, return home from a rip-roaring jaunt to New York to tear up Dolan’s Warehouse this weekend. Compri...

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...ALABAMA 3 roll into Limerick this Christmas with their Southern-fried blend of gospel, punk, blues, pop and country techno for a very special acoustic and unplugged gig at Trinity Rooms on December 28...

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...  EMERGING young Irish talent Laura Sheeran will bring her compelling, vibrant and unique sound to Baker Place this Friday, November 14. Originally from Galway, Laura is a phenomenal performer w...

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...RTE National Symphony Orchestra and violinist Elizabeth Cooney will perform at the University Concert Hall on Wednesday November 19. The concert programme will include Tchaikovsky’s powerful &l...

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...THE stars of the worldwide hit comedy show ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ are set to bring their amazing improvisation show to the Limerick stage for the first time ever. From wowing audience...

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...HAM Sandwich, one of Ireland’s hottest new bands, will show their support to Amnesty International by playing their ‘Small Places Tour’, which stops off in Dolan’s Warehouse on...

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