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November 28:
Gomez (The Academy)
[sold out, apparently]

November 27:
Monotonix + House Of Dolls (Psychotic Reaction @ Crawdaddy) new

December 4:
Gemma Hayes (Crawdaddy)*

December 19:
David Gray + Regina Spektor (The O2)**

December 20:
Paul McCartney (The O2)**

December 22:
Republic Of Loose (The Academy)*

December 30:
The Mighty Stef (Twisted Pepper) new

____________________________________________________
* = got ticket for
____________________________________________________


May 2, 2006:
Rats Of The Shining Path / The Mighty Stef (solo) (Eamonn Doran's)

May 4:
The Mighty Stef (full band) (Spirit)

May 15:
Brian Jonestown Massacre / The Things (Vicar Street)*

May 22:
Bic Runga (The Village)*

May 26:
Stagger Lee / etc (IMRO showcase) (Crawdaddy)*

May 28:
Goodtime John / The Mighty Stef (Whelan's)
{horrible night, had to give this one a miss}

June 3:
The Wedding Present (Temple Bar Music Centre)*

June 7:
Republic Of Loose / Mainline / Stagger Lee / etc (MySpace festival) (Temple Bar Music Centre)*

June 8:
The Mighty Stef, Jape, etc (Arthur Lee benefit night) (The Hub)

June 17:
Mainline (Temple Bar Music Centre)

June 20:
Jim Reid (Jesus & Mary Chain) / Mainline (Whelan's)*

June 21:
Sonic Boom (Crawdaddy)*

June 22:
Rats Of The Shining Path, The Mighty Stef (Whelan's Band Room

June 23:
The Things (single launch, instore in Tower Records)

June 24:
The Things / Humanzi / Mainline / The Mighty Stef / Stagger Lee / etc (Psycho Fest 2) (Voodoo)

June 28th:
The Who (Ashton Gate, Bristol)*

June 30:
The Mighty Stef (The Hub)
[couldn't make it, mostly thanks to the Aprs Match live show]

July 1:
Mainline (Crawdaddy)

July 6:
Humanzi (Eamonn Doran's, 3.30pm, admission free, 'all ages' gig)

July 6:
Gemma Hayes (The Village)*

July 8 and 9:
Oxegen festival (Punchestown, Co. Kildare)*

July 14:
Mainline (headliner, Whelan's)

July 21:
Humanzi (HMV, Grafton Street, 1pm)
[Was unable to make it in the end, sadly]

July 28:
Republic Of Loose (on The River Liffey beside the Millennium Bridge)

August 12:
Rats Of The Shining Path (Whelan's)
[wasn't sure if they were headlining, so didn't feel like it in the end]

August 23:
Pearl Jam (The Point)*

August 24:
Humanzi (Crawdaddy) [after midnight last night]

August 24:
Radiohead / Beck (Marlay Park)*

August 27:
Bic Runga (The Olympia)*

September 9:
Republic Of Loose (Voodoo)
[correction: this is a "strictly under-18s" gig. Suffice to say, that's me out of the running]

September 9:
The Things (Crawdaddy)

September 18:
The Things, Stagger Lee (Speigeltent) [Dublin Fringe Festival]**

September 22:
The Mighty Stef (Tower Records, Wicklow Street instore) / The Mighty Stef (Voodoo Lounge album launch with support from Band On An Island)
[oh well, I didn't miss my plane to France, so I did miss these]

September 22:
Bic Runga (Le Nouveau Casino, Paris)*

September 27:
The Bluetones (The Village [venue changed from Crawdaddy])**

October 6:
The Mighty Stef (Water Rats, King's Cross, London)

October 7:
The Mighty Stef (Pleasure Unit, Bethnal Green Road, London)

October 8:
bravecaptain (The Luminaire, Kilburn High Road, London)*
["last ever show"]

October 11:
The Mighty Stef (Crawdaddy) [Antics Indie Night]
(my first, and last time to go to an 'Antics' night. Stef and co. were great, though)

October 14:
The Mighty Stef (Spirit)
{didn't go}

October 15:
The Things (Meeting House Square, Temple Bar)
{didn't go}

October 19:
Humanzi (Voodoo Lounge)

October 27:
Humanzi (Tower Records instore, 1pm)
{didn't make it in time}

October 27:
The Things (The Hub)

November 1:
Mainline (Crawdaddy)

November 2:
The Mighty Stef / Stagger Lee (The Hub)

November 3:
John Power / The Mighty Stef (Crawdaddy)*

November 10:
Primal Scream (Olympia)*

November 10:
The Mighty Stef (Voodoo Lounge)
(missed this due to going to see Primal Scream)

November 10:
The Cobbs / The Things (The Hub)
(missed The Things because of Primal Scream, but saw The Cobbs)

November 11:
Primal Scream DJ set (Guinness Storehouse)**
(didn't make it - couldn't face another night of Budweiser so soon)

November 12:
The Brian Jonestown Massacre / Mainline (The Ambassador)*
{The Cobbs played for a bit before Mainline but I missed them}

November 16:
Rats Of The Shining Path (Voodoo Lounge)
[didn't make it]

November 24:
Republic Of Loose / Chicks (Olympia)*

November 28:
Gomez (The Ambassador)**

December 1:
The Mighty Stef / The Distractors / Band On An Island / Spiderbaby DC (Eamonn Doran's)

December 2:
The Things / Boys Of Brazil (Crawdaddy)
[didn't make it]

December 7:
Mainline / Rats Of The Shining Path / The Star Department / Band On An Island (in The Hub)
[Club NME]

December 8:
Party Weirdo / Stagger Lee / The Skuts / Zing (Boom Boom Room)
[Magical Girl Promotions night]
{didn't make it}

December 13:
Humanzi / Channel One / The Rivals (The Village)*
[rescheduled Levi's 'One To Watch' gig]
{couldn't make it}

December 14:
The Charlatans (The Ambassador)**

December 15:
MC5 / David Holmes / The Things / Mainline (The Village)*
[moved from The Ambassador]
{and then cancelled, hmph}

December 31:
Humanzi and friends / Stagger Lee / etc (The Hub)
[Humanzi & co. to play Joy Division, Stooges, Roxy Music and David Bowie covers]

January 12, 2007:
Stagger Lee, etc (Temple Bar Music Centre)

February 7:
Nina Nastasia (Trinity College)*

February 10:
The Bluetones (Temple Bar Music Centre)**
+
The Things (Crawdaddy)

February 23:
The Mighty Stef (The Hub)

February 24:
The Things (Voodoo Lounge)

February 26:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club / Mainline (The Village)*

February 27:
Stagger Lee (Eamonn Doran's)
[didn't make it]

February 28:
Republic Of Loose (The Village) [Childline Rocks gig]*
AND
The Mighty Stef (Antics, Crawdaddy)
{Didn't get to see TMS}

March 1:
The Things (Temple Bar Music Centre)

March 10:
Mainline (Tower Records, 2pm)
[decided not to go]

March 10:
Mainline (headliner in Whelan's)

March 10:
Stagger Lee, etc (Eamonn Doran's)
[missed due to a clash with the Mainline gig]

March 14:
Mainline (Antics, Crawdaddy)

March 20:
Howling Bells + Mainline (Whelan's)*

March 22:
The Things (Temple Bar Music Centre)
[cancelled, new date tba]

March 30:
The Things (The Hub)
[couldn't attend]

March 31:
Gruff Rhys (Vicar Street)**

April 11:
The Mighty Stef [acoustic show] (The Shaw)
{was unable to make it}

April 13:
Stagger Lee (Tower Records instore, 6pm)
{was unable to make it}

April 13:
Humanzi + The Mighty Stef (The Hub)

April 14:
Stagger Lee (Crawdaddy)
['Bad Shoes' single launch]

April 23:
John Power (Crawdaddy)*

April 27:
Republic Of Loose (The Village)
{didn't go}

April 28:
Republic Of Loose (The Village) [afternoon show]
{didn't go}

April 28:
Republic Of Loose (The Village) [night show]
{didn't go}

April 28:
The Mighty Stef (Voodoo Lounge)

May 10:
Cat Power (Tripod)*

May 12:
Pink Grease / The Things (Crawdaddy - Psychotic Reaction)

May 19:
Mainline (The Tivoli)
[supported by Sickboy and Waiting To Explode]

May 24:
Stagger Lee (4 Dame Lane) [free gig]
{didn't go}

May 25:
The Things / twiNkranes (Radio City)
{didn't go}

May 25:
Stagger Lee (Carnival) [free gig]
{didn't go}

May 29:
The Things, Band On An Island, etc (The Hub)
[benefit gig for The Mighty Stef]

June 15:
Mainline (The Hub)

June 28:
The Things (Tower Records @ 6pm)
{only got there during the 2nd last song}

June 28:
Rats Of The Shining Path, etc (Anseo)
{didn't go, wasn't sure if they were first or last of three acts}

June 29:
The Who (Marlay Park)
{got a free ticket on the day}

June 30:
The Things (Voodoo Lounge, EP launch)

July 4:
The Mighty Stef (downstairs in The Village)
[first of a free weekly night, named Acoustic Nightmares, featuring a different theme each week, with films, guest performers, etc.]
*gig was cancelled/postponed*

July 5:
Mainline (4 Dame Lane)
{free gig}

July 6:
The Revellions + Sweet Jane (Eamonn Doran's)
{Sweet Jane's debut live performance}

July 11:
Daniel Johnston (Vicar Street)*

July 14:
The Mighty Stef (Psychotic Reaction @ Crawdaddy)

July 27:
Sweet Jane (The Hub)
{"Sweet Jane play with Dry County"}
[I missed half of it, bah]

July 31:
The Things, The Mighty Stef, etc (The Bernard Shaw Pub, Portobello)
{live performances/punk covers after screening of film, Ghost On A Highway - "the story of Jeffery Lee Pierce and The Gun Club"}
[the Ghost seems to have vanished, event was cancelled again, I think]

August 4:
The Distractors + Sweet Jane (Crawdaddy)
{"Sweet Jane support The Distractors"}

August 7:
Sweet Jane (Eamonn Doran's)
{"Sweet Jane with support from 15 Minutes and Sons Of Now"}
[gig cancelled due to illness]

August 8:
The Mighty Stef & friends (Acoustic Nightmares, The Village)
[the first of a series, kicking off with a night of Johnny Cash covers. Admission is free]

August 15:
The Mighty Stef (Acoustic Nightmares night #2, The Village [downstairs, free in])
{a set of Jesus & Mary Chain covers this time, as well as a set of Stef's own stuff}

August 17:
Stagger Lee, Sweet Jane, etc. (Eamonn Doran's)
{"Sweet Jane play with Stagger Lee and Cataon"}

August 18:
Sweet Jane (The Boom Boom Room)
{"Sweet Jane play with Estel & Das Wanderlust (Magical Girl Promotions)"}
[Sweet Jane cancelled]

August 21:
The Mighty Stef (Ruby Sessions, Doyle's)
{didn't make it to this one}

August 22:
Foo Fighters + Nine Inch Nails + Silversun Pickups (Marlay Park)**
/
August 22:
The Mighty Stef & guests (Acoustic Nightmares #3, downstairs in The Village)
[Lee Hazlewood tribute night. Free in]

August 24:
The Mighty Stef (Phantasm @ The Sugar Club)

August 29:
The Spikes + Sweet Jane (Crawdaddy)
{"Sweet Jane support The Spikes"}
+
The Mighty Stef & guests The Real Junk (Acoustic Nightmares #4, downstairs in The Village)
[a night of the music of Detroit (Stooges & MC5) plus a seperate set of TMS originals. Free in]

August 30:
Regina Spektor (Tripod)*

September 5:
The Mighty Stef & guests (Acoustic Nightmares #5, downstairs in The Village)
[includes two sets by TMS; originals and Planxty covers. Free in]
{didn't go}

September 7:
Carina Round (Chicago)
{didn't go}

September 16:
Carina Round (Sound Fix)
{didn't go}

September 21:
Gruff Rhys (Hiro Ballroom)*

September 26 at 10pm:
The Mighty Stef (Bewley's Cafe)
{didn't make it}

September 26 at 11pm:
The Mighty Stef & guests (Acoustic Nightmares #8, downstairs in The Village)
[includes two sets by TMS; originals and Rolling Stones covers. Free in]
{didn't make it}

September 27:
The Mighty Stef (Voodoo, CPU night)
{didn't make it}

September 29:
Stagger Lee, etc. (Gypsy Hotel @ Voodoo Lounge)
{didn't make it}

October 3:
The Mighty Stef & guests (Acoustic Nightmares #9, downstairs in The Village)
[includes two sets by TMS; originals and Tim Hardin covers. Free in]
{didn't make it}

October 5:
The Misfits + The Things (Temple Bar Music Centre)
[maybe]
/
Stagger Lee + The Violets (Kennedy's)
[maybe]
{didn't make it to either}

October 10:
The Mighty Stef & guests, incl. Stagger Lee (Acoustic Nightmares #10, downstairs in The Village)
[includes two sets by TMS; originals and Nick Cave covers. Free in]

October 16:
Super Furry Animals (Vicar Street)**

October 17:
The Mighty Stef & guests, incl. The Things (Acoustic Nightmares #11, downstairs in The Village)
[Ramones covers night. Free in]
{didn't make it}

October 19:
Mainline + Sweet Jane (The Hub)

October 27:
Stagger Lee (Voodoo Lounge)
[didn't make it]

October 29:
Amiina (Temple Bar Music Centre)**
[didn't go]

October 31:
The Mighty Stef & guests (Acoustic Nightmares [Hallowe'en special], downstairs in The Village)
[Misfits covers night. Free in]
{had to give it a miss}

November 2:
Stagger Lee (Temple Bar Music Centre)
[headliner]
{went in, got there too late, hmph}

November 4:
The Black Lips + The Things + The Mighty Stef (Crawdaddy)

November 7:
The Mighty Stef (The Village)
[Acoustic Nightmares; The Things present: The Gun Cub]
{decided against going}

November 10:
The Skuts (Fibbers)

November 14:
The Mighty Stef & guests (Acoustic Nightmares, downstairs in The Village)
[David Bowie tribute night. Free in]
{missed it}

November 21:
The Mighty Stef & guests (Acoustic Nightmares, downstairs in The Village)
[Leonard Cohen tribute night. Free in]
{didn't go}

November 23:
Republic Of Loose* (Temple Bar Music Centre)

November 24:
The Mighty Stef (Merchanstville @ Eamonn Doran's)
[didn't make it]
+
November 24:
The Things + The Mighty Stef (Lower Deck, Portobello)
[ended up not going]

November 28:
The Mighty Stef & guests, Band On An Island (Acoustic Nightmares, downstairs in The Village)
[Arcade Fire tribute night with performers' original songs played too. Free in]

November 30:
The Devastations + Stagger Lee (Lower Deck, Portobello)
[didn't go]

December 5:
The Mighty Stef & guests (Acoustic Nightmares, downstairs in The Village)
[Oasis tribute night. Free in]

December 6:
Ash (The Ambassador)**

December 6:
The Mighty Stef, etc (Acoustic Disco @ Karma/Handels)
[missed it coz of Ash]

December 12:
The Mighty Stef & guests (Acoustic Nightmares, downstairs in The Village)
[Tom Waits tribute night. Free in]
{didn't go}

December 13:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club + Mainline (Ambassador)*

December 14:
The Warlocks (The Village)*

December 15:
TwiNkranes + Dae Kim + Sweet Jane (Radio City)

December 19:
The Mighty Stef & guests (Acoustic Nightmares, downstairs in The Village)
[The Pogues tribute night. Free in]
{didn't go}

December 20:
The Mighty Stef (The Globe)
[acoustic set]
{didn't go}

December 22:
The Mighty Stef (Rumble Club @ Thomas Reads, Smithfield)
{didn't go}
+
The Real Junk (Voodoo)
[Joe Strummer tribute night]
{didn't go}

December 28:
The Mighty Stef & guests (Acoustic Nightmares, downstairs in The Village)
[The Best Of 2007. Free in]
{didn't go}

December 31:
The Mighty Stef, Hassle Merchants, Band On An Island, etc (Eamonn Doran's)
/
Republic Of Loose (Temple Bar Music Centre)
{didn't go to either}

January 4, 2008:
The Mighty Stef, Mainline/Sweet Jane, The Zealots, Hassle Merchants (The Hub)
[a benefit night for Adrian from The Hot Sprockets]
{Stef had to pull out, and I missed Mainline/Sweet Jane, but The Hot Sprockets were really good}[/font]

January 10:
Sweet Jane (Temple Bar Music Centre)
[didn't go]

January 11:
Stagger Lee (Stomping Ground Club, Temple Bar Music Centre)
[didn't go]

January 12:
The Things, The Mighty Stef, Stagger Lee, Mainline, Sickboy, Twinkranes, etc. (Temple Bar Music Centre)
['A night of music in memory of Davy Walshe' ~ Fundraiser in aid of Beaumont Hospital Department of Medicine/RCSI]

January 16:
The Mighty Stef + house band consisiting of Dan & Steve from The Last Tycoons (Acoustic Nightmares @ The Village)
[loads of covers and originals. Free in]

January 23:
The Mighty Stef (Acoustic Nightmares @ The Village)
[didn't make it despite my best attempts]

January 25:
Stagger Lee (Radio City)
[supporting The Straglers for their single launch]
+
Blood Red Shoes (The Hub)
+
Mainline (Karma)

January 26:
The Revellions + Sweet Jane (Eamonn Doran's)
[didn't go]

January 31:
The Skuts (Voodoo)
[didn't go]

February 1:
Sweet Jane, Mainline, etc (Electric Avenue, Waterford)
[the 'last ever Mainline gig' ...didn't go]

February 2:
The Mighty Stef (Crawdaddy, Psychotic Reaction)

February 8:
Stagger Lee (Kennedy's)
[headliner]
{didn't go}

February 13:
The Mighty Stef (Whelan's)

February 14:
Sweet Jane (NCAD's annual Valentine's Night Ball @ the IFI)

February 15:
The Skuts (Radio City)
[couldn't go]

February 16:
Sweet Jane + The Urges (Eamonn Doran's)
[gig was cancelled]

February 17:
The Von Bondies + Stagger Lee (The Village)
[didn't go]

February 20:
Band Of Horses (Tripod)*

February 21:
Sweet Jane (The Hub)
[cancelled; venue problems]

March 6:
Stagger Lee (Crawdaddy)

March 8:
The Brothers Movement (Crawdaddy)

March 26:
Sweet Jane (The Academy)

March 28:
The Things (Tower Records instore)
[didn't make it]

March 29:
The Things (Psychotic Reaction @ Crawdaddy)
["Tiger" single launch party]

April 3:
Stagger Lee, Cathy Davey, etc (Murphy's Live semi-final, Whelan's)*

April 4:
Sweet Jane (IMRO showcase, The Sugar Club)*

April 11:
Republic Of Loose (The Academy)**

April 18:
The Brothers Movement (IMRO showcase, The Sugar Club)

April 20:
Joe Chester ft Gemma Hayes & Ann Scott (upstairs in Whelan's)*

April 25:
The Brothers Movement (The Best Of IMRO Tour, The Village)

April 25:
Republic Of Loose, The Mighty Stef, etc (Republic Of Loose album launch @ The Academy)**
[missed Stef, except for his appearance in the ROL encore]

April 25:
The Things + The Mighty Stef (The Hub)
[unable to attend]

April 26:
The Josephs + The Mighty Stef (Crawdaddy)
+
Stagger Lee (Psychotic Reaction, Crawdaddy)
[SL no longer playing a full show due to an illness to their drummer]
{decided against going out two nights in a row}

April 29:
The Mighty Stef (Death Threats video premiere, The Button Factory)
[couldn't make it]

April 29:
Gemma Hayes + Ann Scott (Tripod)*

April 30:
Stagger Lee (Frantics, The Bernard Shaw)
[postponed until late May - new date TBA]

May 3:
Republic Of Loose (acoustic instore, HMV on Grafton St @ 5pm)
[didn't make it, boo]

May 3:
The Black Lips + The Things + The Mighty Stef (Crawdaddy)*

May 7:
The Mighty Stef (Acoustic Nightmares, The Village)
[didn't make it]

May 10:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (The Ambassador)*
/
Sweet Jane (The Button Factory)
/
Jonathan Richman + The Mighty Stef (Whelan's)
[Sweet Jane ended up playing their own show, but I couldn't make it to anything other than BRMC as they started at about 8.50pm]

May 12:
Ben Ottewell solo (Crawdaddy)*

May 14:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club + The Brothers Movement (The Academy)*

May 17:
Sweet Jane (Crawdaddy)

May 21:
Stagger Lee (Frantics @ the Bernard Shaw)
[gig time is right after the CL final]

May 21:
The Mighty Stef (Acoustic Nightmares, The Village)

May 23:
The Mighty Stef ("Death Threats" EP launch @ secret location)

May 24:
The Mighty Stef (Road Records instore @ 2pm)

May 25:
The Mighty Stef (free show in The Academy)
[didn't make it]
+
May 25:
Republic Of Loose & Sinead O'Connor (@ Africa Day)
[didn't make it]
+
May 25:
Gemma Hayes (acoustic gig, Whelan's upstairs)*
[did make it!]

May 26:
Gemma Hayes (acoustic gig, Whelan's upstairs)*

May 28:
Spiritualized (Tripod)*

May 29:
The Things (Kennedy's)
[was cancelled]

June 7:
Radiohead (Malahide Castle)*

June 14:
Fleet Foxes (Whelan's)
[didn't go]

June 18:
Sweet Jane (Antics, Crawdaddy)
[didn't go]

June 21:
Republic Of Loose (The Ambassador)*

June 23:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club + The Brothers Movement (Amsterdam)

June 24:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club + The Brothers Movement (Groningen)

June 28:
The Brothers Movement (McGruder's)

June 28:
The Urges + House Of Dolls (Psychotic Reaction @ Crawdaddy)

June 30:
Sweet Jane (Whelan's)
[didn't go]

July 5:
Sweet Jane (Whelan's)

July 11-13:
The Brothers Movement, Republic Of Loose, The Verve, REM, Interpol, etc (Oxegen festival, Punchestown)*

July 17:
The Mighty Stef (Whelan's upstairs)*
[1st night of a 3-night residency]

July 19:
Humanzi (Whelan's upstairs)

July 24:
The Mighty Stef (Whelan's upstairs)*
[2nd night of a 3-night residency]

July 24:
The Brothers Movement (Club NME @ The Button Factory)
[couldn't make it to both shows in the end]

July 25:
The Brothers Movement, The Mighty Stef, etc (Knockanstockan festival, Wicklow)*

July 26:
Sweet Jane, The Hot Sprockets, etc (Knockanstockan festival, Wicklow)*

July 27:
Daniel Johnston & friends (Whelan's)*

July 31:
The Mighty Stef (Whelan's upstairs)*
[3rd night of a 3-night residency]

August 1st:
Gemma Hayes (Indie-pendence festival, Cork)
[didn't go]

August 2nd:
The Things + The Brothers Movement (Whelan's upstairs)

August 3rd:
Sweet Jane (Indie-pendence festival, Cork)
[didn't go]

August 6:
The Brothers Movement (Frantics @ The Bernard Shaw)
[cancelled]

August 17:
The Brothers Movement + The Mighty Stef + Republic Of Loose (Solas Festival, Carlow)
[didn't go]

August 21:
The Things (Urban Outfitters Instore)

August 22:
Sweet Jane (Transformer @ Thomas Read's)
[acoustic set]

September 11:
Humanzi + The Things + The Mighty Stef + The Dagger Lees (Psycho Fest, in the Speigeltent @ The Dublin Fringe Festival)

September 12:
The Brothers Movement (Hard Working Class Heroes festival, Temple Bar area)*
[missed them due to the stupid organisers of HWCH]

September 13:
The Dagger Lees (Hard Working Class Heroes festival, Temple Bar area)*

September 14:
Sweet Jane (Hard Working Class Heroes festival, Temple Bar area)*
[missed them, partially coz of it being scheduled for outdoors and coz of the rain, although I heard (too late) that it was switched to Eamonn Doran's]

September 17:
Dead Meadow + The Brothers Movement (Whelan's)
[couldn't go]

September 18:
Lisa Hannigan (Road Records instore @ 1pm)
(not gonna make it)

September 25:
Republic Of Loose (The Academy)*

September 27:
Cathy Davey + The Brothers Movement (@ Dead Club, Bray)
[there was no Cathy Davey in the end, although I saw some of The Pocket Aces]

October 11:
Psychotic Reaction presents... House Of Dolls (Bernard Shaw)
[free gig]

October 15:
The Mighty Stef's Acoustic Nightmares (The Village)
['Britpop' night (free in, as always)]

October 17:
Sweet Jane (Tower Records instore @ 5pm)

October 17:
The Mighty Stef (Captain America's, Tallaght)

October 19:
Spiritualized (Vicar Street)*

October 28:
Port O'Brien + The Mighty Stef (Crawdaddy)
[didn't go]

October 31:
Crayonsmith + Talulah Does The Hula (Whelan's)
[didn't go]

November 2:
House Of Dolls (McGruder's)
[didn't go]

November 3:
The Kills + Sweet Jane (Tripod)
[didn't go]

November 4:
Neon Neon + Yo! Majesty (Tripod)*

November 7:
The Hot Sprockets + The Mighty Stef + [a band with no name] (Button Factory)
[Hot Sprockets EP launch]
{didn't make it}

November 7:
Fleet Foxes (Vicar Street)*

November 13:
White Lies + House Of Dolls (Whelans)

November 16:
Jay Reatard + The Urges (Whelan's Upstairs)*
[gig cancelled]

November 17:
Primal Scream (The Olympia)*

November 19:
The Mighty Stef (Acoustic Nightmares @ The Village)
[Reggae night]

November 29:
The Peacocks + The Mighty Stef (Whelan's Upstairs)
[didn't make it]

November 29:
The Brothers Movement + The Hot Sprockets (Crawdaddy)
[TBM single launch @ Psychotic Reaction]

December 3:
A Place To Bury Strangers + Sweet Jane (Andrew's Lane Theatre)

December 5:
The Brothers Movement (The Stables, Mullingar)
[didn't go]

December 6:
Gemma Hayes (Tripod)*

December 9:
The Wedding Present (Andrew's Lane Theatre)

Decmember 17:
The Dandy Warhols + The Brothers Movement (Tripod)*

December 18:
Jape (Tripod)
[didn't go]

December 20:
Sickboy + House Of Dolls + more (SXSW fundraiser, Whelan's Upstairs)
[didn't go]

December 23:
Republic Of Loose (The Academy)*

December 23:
Howlin' Dowlin' + House Of Dolls + The Mighty Stef (acoustic) (Eamonn Doran's)
[didn't make it]

December 27:
The Real Junk + House Of Dolls (Psychotic Reaction @ Crawdaddy)

December 28:
Republic Of Loose (The Rustic Inn, Longford)
[didn't go]

December 30:
The Mighty Stef + special guests (Whelan's Upstairs)

December 31:
Humanzi + members of The Brothers Movement, The Mighty Stef and The Things (Crawdaddy)

January 15:
Sweet Jane (The Button Factory)

January 28:
The Mighty Stef (Acoustic Nightmares, The Village)

January 30:
House Of Dolls (Eamonn Doran's)

January 30:
The Brothers Movement (No Disko @ The Academy)
[DJ set, I think]
{caught the very tail end of it... No Disko is rubbish}

January 31:
Howlin Dowlin (Handel's Bar / Karma)
[cancelled]

February 5:
Sweet Jane (Odessa Club)
[cancelled]

February 13:
The Brothers Movement (secret gig)

February 14:
The Mighty Stef + Howlin' Dowlin + Cheap Freaks (Crawdaddy)

February 20:
The Brothers Movement + Cheap Freaks + House Of Dolls (Psycho Fest @ Electric Avenue, Waterford)
[didn't go]

February 21:
Howlin' Dowlin (The Oak)
[supporting Hassle Merchants]
{Howlin' Dowlin are no longer playing this - therefore, I won't be attending, even if it's still going ahead}

February 24:
The View + The Brothers Movement (The Academy)
[couldn't attend]

February 26:
The Brothers Movement (The Academy 2)

February 27:
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster + House of Dolls + Cheap Freaks (Crawdaddy)
[didn't go]

February 28:
Sweet Jane + Talulah Does The Hula (Psychotic Reaction @ Crawdaddy)
[rescheduled for March 27]

March 6:
The Brothers Movement (Invasion @ Captain America's, Tallaght)

March 11:
Emiliana Torrini (The Academy)**

March 20:
Jape, etc (Road Records benefit gig, Andrew's Lane Theatre)
OR
Crayonsmith (Whelan's)
[didn't make either gig]

March 27:
Sweet Jane + Talulah Does The Hula (Psychotic Reaction @ Crawdaddy)

March 31:
A Place To Bury Strangers + Sweet Jane, etc (Whelan's)
[didn't make it]

April 3:
House Of Dolls (Thomas House)
[didn't go]

April 9:
House Of Dolls (IMRO showcase, Sugar Club)
/
Sweet Jane (The Odessa)

April 11:
Cheap Freaks + House Of Dolls (Toners, Dublin)

April 17:
Sweet Jane (Invasion @ Captain America's)

April 20:
Doves + The Brothers Movement (The Olympia)*

April 24:
The Weakends + Howlin' Dowlin, etc (Psychotic Reaction @ Crawdaddy)

April 29:
Sweet Jane (RTE's The Raw Session launch, the Sugar Club)
[didn't go]

April 30:
Gomez (The Academy)**
+
The Mighty Stef (Odessa Club)

May 2:
Cheap Freaks (Twisted Pepper, Mezz Bar)
[didn't go]

May 9:
Humanzi (live) + Lovefoxxx (CSS) DJ set (The Button Factory)*

May 22:
The Black Lips (Crawdaddy)
[had to be somewhere else]

May 24:
Republic Of Loose (Africa Day @ Iveagh Gardens)

May 31:
Sweet Jane (live) + BP Fallon / Bonehead [ex-Oasis] DJs (Death Disco @ Buck Whaley's, Dublin)
[maybe]

June 5:
Cheap Freaks (Captain Americas)

June 13:
Psycho Fest: Humanzi + The Mighty Stef + The Brothers Movement + Cheap Freaks + House Of Dolls + Sickboy + The Hot Sprockets + Howlin' Dowlin' [etc.] (Twisted Pepper)

June 19:
House Of Dolls (Captain Americas, Tallaght)
[was cancelled]

June 26:
White Denim + The Brothers Movement (Academy 2)
[was sold out, missed TBM, although could hear from outside, got in for the headliners]

July 14:
Michael Jackson (The O2, London)**
[moved to March 6, 2010]
[cancelled. Rest in well-deserved peace, MJ]

July 10-12:
The Mighty Stef, Regina Spektor, Republic Of Loose, Glasvegas, Blur, etc (Oxegen festival, Punchestown)
[not going]
[update: went on the Friday afterall - see below]

July 10:
The Mighty Stef, Republic Of Loose, Blur (Oxegen festival)*

July 27:
The Mighty Stef (Acoustic Nightmares, Whelan's)

July 31:
Sickboy + House Of Dolls (Whelan's)

August 3:
The Mighty Stef (Acoustic Nightmares, Whelan's)
[didn't go]

August 21:
The Brothers Movement + The Mighty Stef (Eamonn Doran's)

August 28:
The Mighty Stef (Captain Americas)

August 30:
Howlin' Dowlin' (Whelan's Upstairs)

September 7:
Fleet Foxes (Vicar Street)**

September 11:
House Of Dolls (Captain Americas)
[didn't make it]

September 18:
Sweet Jane (Purty Loft)
[acoustic set for Love Music Hate Racism benefit]
{didn't go}

September 19:
House Of Dolls (Twisted Pepper)

September 19:
The Brothers Movement + Cheap Freaks (Twisted Pepper)

September 25:
Howlin' Dowlin' (Crawdaddy)

October 4:
Republic Of Loose, Gemma Hayes, etc (The Music Show @ the RDS)
[didn't go]

October 16:
The Brothers Movement (Hard Working Class Heroes festival @ The Button Factory)*

October 16:
Mark Morriss (Whelan's Upstairs)*

October 17:
Sweet Jane (Road Records instore)
[couldn't go]

October 17:
Sweet Jane (Hard Working Class Heroes festival @ Andrews Lane Theatre)
[couldn't go]

October 24:
Sweet Jane (Twisted Pepper)
[support slot]

October 28:
Michael Jackson's This Is It (local cinema)**

October 30:
House Of Dolls (Pravda)
[didn't make it]

October 30:
Twinkranes (The Button Factory)**

November 6:
The Bootleg Beatles (The Academy)**

November 7:
The Josephs (Thomas House)

November 16:
Jay Reatard + Cheap Freaks

November 16:
Bren Dempsey + Aoife (Whelan's bar)
[Acoustic Nightmares, filling in for The Mighty Stef]

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