A quiet day, so we thought we’d have a look at the gigs on the horizon. Tinariwen (NCH) and the Art of Song: David Bowie are the two I’m most excited about. See what you spot from the full list below.
The Art of Song: David Bowie – Featuring Lisa Hannigan, Duke Special, Jape, Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh – @ NCH – Saturday 26th July, 8pm – Prices: €25
| 10 June 2014 | Snoop Dogg | Academy | Tuesday |
| 11 June 2014 | Dolly Parton | O2 | Wednesday |
| 14 June 2014 | You Bloom Festival | Various | Saturday |
| 14 June 2014 | Wye Oak | Sugar Club | Saturday |
| 14 June 2014 | Wayne Shorter Quartet | NCH | Saturday |
| 17 June 2014 | Bob Dylan | O2 | Tuesday |
| 17 June 2014 | Jurassic 5 | Vicar Street | Tuesday |
| 18 June 2014 | Bryan Ferry | NCH | Wednesday |
| 18 June 2014 | Leaders of Men | Whelans | Wednesday |
| 18 June 2014 | Imelda May | Vicar Street | Wednesday |
| 19 June 2014 | Bryan Ferry | NCH | Thursday |
| 20-22/06/2014 | Body and Soul | Ballinlough Castle | Fri-Sunday |
| 20 June 2014 | Seam Millar | Grand Social | Friday |
| 20 June 2014 | Birdy | Iveagh Gardens | Friday |
| 22 June 2014 | Sharon Shannon | Whelans | Sunday |
| 24 June 2014 | Rodrigo y Gabriela | NCH | Tuesday |
| 26 June 2014 | Paul Weller | Kilmainham | Thursday |
| 25 June 2014 | Elbow | Kilmainham | Wednesday |
| 26 June 2014 | Jack White | Kilmainham | Thursday |
| 27 June 2014 | Glasser | Button Factory | Friday |
| 27-29/06/2014 | Sea Sessions | Bundoran | Fri- Sun |
| 27 June 2014 | The Coronas | Kilmainham | Friday |
| 28 June 2014 | Biffy Clyro | Kilmainham | Saturday |
| 29 June 2014 | Arcade Fire and Pixies | Marlay Park | Sunday |
| 01 July 2014 | Tinariwen | NCH | Tuesday |
| 01 July 2014 | Slayer | Academy | Tuesday |
| 01 July 2014 | Eels | Olympia | Tuesday |
| 02 July 2014 | Eels | Olympia | Wednesday |
| 02 July 2014 | Kanye West and Pharrell | Marlay Park | Wednesday |
| 02 July 2014 | Anthrax | Academy | Wednesday |
| 03 July 2014 | Ham Sandwich | Leopardstown Live | Thursday |
| 03 July 2014 | Walking on Cars | Academy | Thursday |
| 04 July 2014 | Kings of Leon | Marlay Park | Friday |
| 05 July 2014 | Ryan Elliott | Button Factory | Saturday |
| 08 July 2014 | Ben Folds | NCH | Tuesday |
| 10 July 2014 | Macklemore/ Ryan Lewis | Marlay Park | Thursday |
| 10 July 2014 | Peter Hook | Leopardstown Live | Thursday |
| 11 July 2014 | Christie Moore | Iveagh Gardens | Friday |
| 12 July 2014 | Arctic Monkeys | Marlay Park | Saturday |
| 12 July 2014 | Little Green Cars | Iveagh Gardens | Saturday |
| 15 July 2014 | Daryl Hall and John Oates | Olympia | Tuesday |
| 16 July 2014 | Cat Power | Olympia | Wednesday |
| 17 July 2014 | Leaders of Men | Whelans | Thursday |
| 17 July 2014 | The Stunning | Leopardstown Live | Thursday |
| 17 July 2014 | Theo Parrish | Sugar Club | Thursday |
| 18-20/07/2014 | Longitude 2014 | Marlay Park | Friday |
| 18-20/07/2014 | The National | Iveagh Gardens | Friday/ Sat |
| 19 July 2014 | Altan | NCH | Saturday |
| 20 July 2014 | Owen Pallett | Whelans | Sunday |
| 23 July 2014 | Tycho | Button Factory | Wednesday |
| 24 July 2014 | Sharon Shannon | Leopardstown Live | Thursday |
| 26 July 2014 | The Art of the Song: Bowie | NCH | Saturday |
| 27 July 2014 | Nashville Comes to Dublin | Sugar Club/ Whelans | Sunday |
| 31 July 2014 | The Chills | Button Factory | Thursday |
| 01 August 2014 | Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill | NCH | Friday |
| 01 August 2014 | Alabama 3 | Whelans | Friday |
| 01 August 2014 | Indiependence 2014 | Mitchelstown, Co. Cork | Fri – Sun |
| 02 August 2014 | Orquesta Buena Vista | NCH | Saturday |
| 07 August 2014 | Johnny Marr | Leopardstown Live | Thursday |
| 10 August 2014 | Damien Dempsey | NCH | Sunday |
| 14 August 2014 | The Charlatans | Leopardstown Live | Thursday |
| 15 August 2014 | Dial M for Murder | NCH | Friday |
| 16 August 2014 | Sinead O’Connor | NCH | Saturday |
| 29 August 2014 | Music of John Williams | NCH | Friday |
| 29 August 2014 | Bonnie Prince Billy | Pavilion Theatre, Dun L | Friday |
| 05 September 2014 | Marissa Nadler | Button Factory | Friday |
| 06 September 2014 | Nik Kershaw | Pavilion Theatre, Dun L | Saturday |
| 12 September 2014 | Tony Bennett | Bord Gais Energy | Friday |
| 14 September 2014 | We were Promised Jetpacks | Whelans | Sunday |
| 18 September 2014 | First Aid Kit | Olympia | Thursday |
| 23 September 2014 | James Taylor | O2 | Tuesday |
| 23 September 2014 | Woods | Button Factory | Tuesday |
| 24 September 2014 | Jungle Brothers | Sugar Club | Wednesday |
| 24 September 2014 | Joan Baez | Vicar Street | Wednesday |
| 26 September 2014 | Julie Feeney | Vicar Street | Friday |
| 27 September 2014 | Nana Mouskouri | NCH | Saturday |
| 29-31/09/2014 | Electric Picnic | Stradbally Estate | Fri-Sunday |
| 29 September 2014 | Nana Mouskouri | NCH | Saturday |
| 30 September 2014 | Michael Nesmith | Vicar Street | Saturday |
| 30 September 2014 | Llyod Cole | Pavilion Theatre, Dun L | Saturday |
| 03 October 2014 | Strand of Oaks | Whelans | Wednesday |
| 05 October 2014 | Abi Buffalo | Whelans | Friday |
| 05 October 2014 | Andy Irvine & Donal Lunny | Vicar Street | Friday |
| 11 October 2014 | Grant Lee Philips/ Howe Gelb | Whelans | Saturday |
| 11 October 2014 | Declan O’Rourke | Vicar Street | Saturday |
| 12 October 2014 | Sage Francis | Sugar Club | Sunday |
| 13 October 2014 | Kid Ink | Vicar Street | Monday |
| 16 October 2014 | Elvis Costello | Bord Gais Energy | Thursday |
| 17 October 2014 | Jools Holland | Bord Gais Energy | Friday |
| 18 October 2014 | Hold Steady | Academy | Saturday |
| 20 October 2014 | Old Crow Medicine Show | Vicar Street | Monday |
| 22 October 2014 | Real Estate | Academy | Wednesday |
| 25 October 2014 | Lee Fields and the Expressions | Sugar Club | Saturday |
| 29 October 2014 | Asking Alexandria | Olympia | Wednesday |
| 30 October 2014 | The Antlers | Olympia | Thursday |
| 03 November 2014 | The Specials | Olympia | Monday |
| 04 November 2014 | Mo | Academy | Tuesday |
| 08 November 2014 | Paper Aeroplanes | Whelans | Saturday |
| 08 November 2014 | Kylie Minogue | O2 | Saturday |
| 08 November 2014 | Wedding Present | Button Factory | Saturday |
| 09 November 2014 | Erasure | Olympia | Sunday |
| 10 November 2014 | Erasure | Olympia | Monday |
| 10 November 2014 | Slash | O2 | Monday |
| 14 November 2014 | Andrea Bocelli | O2 | Friday |
| 20 November 2014 | La Roux | Academy | Thursday |
| 22 November 2014 | Passenger | O2 | Saturday |
| 29 November 2014 | Electric Six | Academy | Saturday |
| 06 December 2014 | Chris Rea | Olympia | Saturday |
| 09 December 2014 | Elton John | O2 | Tuesday |
| 10 December 2014 | Peter Gabriel | O2 | Wednesday |
| 16 December 2014 | Madnress | O2 | Tuesday |
| 19 December 2014 | Imelda May | O2 | Friday |
| 20 December 2014 | Imelda May | O3 | Sunday |
| 07 March 2015 | Joan Armatrading | Vicar Street | Saturday |
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