Date: 31st October
Time: 19.30
Tickets: €24.50 & €28
One of the most influential and versatile creative talents alive - this world class producer, songwriter, DJ, multi-instrumentalist, orchestral composer, and cultural pioneer has become a latter-day Renaissance man.

 

GRANDMASTER FLASH
Date: 31st October
Time: 23.30
Tickets: €20
The first DJ to make turntables an instrument, Flash is the pioneer of hip-hop DJing, mixing and cutting technique which has become known as scratching.

LAMBCHOP
Date: 1st November
Time: 19.30
Tickets: €24.50 & €32.50 / 7.30pm
Remarkable alt-country outfit fronted by Kurt Wagner from Nashville, Tennessee.

 

THE MANU KATCHE GROUP
Date: 2nd November
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €30
Manu Katche's reputation as drummer of choice for Peter Gabriel, Sting and ECM stable mate Jan Garbarek has been overtaken by his accomplishments as bandleader, following two hit ECM recordings, Neighbourhood and Playground. He makes his Irish debut with a stunning group featuring two new names in ECM's pantheon of Nordic talent, saxophonist Trygve Seim and trumpeter Mathias Eick. One of the strongest jazz line-ups to appear in Ireland this year, The Manu Katche Group offer a view of the future of European jazz and the next generation of ECM greats.

THE KILLS                                                                              
Date: 3rd November
Time: 19.30
Tickets: €22.50
Following a support to Iggy and the Stooges and an Electric Picnic slot, The Kills (Jamie Hince and his musical partner Alison Mosshart) return for a headline Dublin show. Midnight Boom is their critically acclaimed third album.

 

NEON NEON, with Yo Majesty
Date: 4th November
Time: 19.30
Tickets: €24.50 & €28
Debut Irish show by the new group from Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals and Boom Bip.

 

PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS
Date: 8th November
Time: 19.30
Tickets: €18 & €21
Celebrating ten years, or a dickade, as the boys live to call it, Puppetry of the Penis returns to Dublin with their genital origami extravaganza.
WARNING: Puppetry of the Penis is a non-sexual show featuring full frontal male nudity.

 

 

STEREOLAB
Date: 13th December
Time: 19.30
Tickets: €25
Often dubbed one of the first post-rock outfits, Stereolab's sound has encompassed everything from krautrock to pop and experimental sounds.

 

Date: 15th December
Time: 19.30
Tickets: €25 & €28
There ain't no band out there like Alabama 3 and there sure ain't no show out there like an Alabama 3 show. If You Woke Up Last Morning, you'll probably find it a lot harder to do so the morning after this.

 

THE DANDY WARHOLS                                                                      
Date: 17th December
Time: 19.30
Tickets: €28 & €35.50
The Portland, Oregon outfit fronted by Courtney Taylor-Taylor perform their first headline Dublin show in many years. They released their sixth album 'Earth to the Dandy Warhols' this summer.                                               

POD Concerts in association with Rap Ireland presents

D12   with  Obie Trice & Royce 5'9"        
Date: 21st December
Time: 19.30
Tickets: €25 & €30
Detriot hip-hop collective including Eninem. D12 shot to fame with their debut 'Devil's Night' and the follow up D12 World.

 

CATHY DAVEY
Date: 22nd December
Time: 19.30
Tickets: €24.50 & €28
The wonderous singer and songwriter of dreamtime pop music rounds off a fantastic year with a Christmas show in Tripod. 'Tales of Silversleeve' brought her to the masses but how many know what a Silversleeve is? Reply for the answer.