2004 has been good for us...but hell it’s just got
better.....
The long established Heineken Green Energy Festival is back again and this year
takes place in Dublin over the course of the June Bank Holiday taking in Dublin
Castle, the Olympia Theatre and various venues across Dublin.
This year's line-up features our very own (ours as in collectively Independent
Record’s) Josh Ritter, Morrissey, Iggy Pop and The Stooges and The Streets all
playing Dublin Castle. The details are as follows (whatever you read elsewhere,
the tickets for Josh’s show are 29.50, that’s 10 Euro cheaper than two of
the other shows);
JOSH RITTER
FRIDAY 4th JUNE
DUBLIN CASTLE
Very special guests to be announced.
Following his sell out shows in Galway, Dublin and Cork this February Ritter
returns. Idaho-born Josh Ritter has been adopted as one of our own. A mature,
thoughtful songwriter, Ritter is a purveyor of good, old-fashioned, guitar-based
songs about ordinary life. Josh Ritter has a wonderfully evocative, raw voice
that echoes with rock n' roll’s past, and a savvy lyrical sense that enriches
its present. Josh’s second album, Hello Starling, released in 2003, shot
straight into the Irish Album Charts at No 2 and was a worthy follow up to
‘Golden Age Of Radio’ which introduced him to Irish audiences.
Tickets priced from €29.50 including booking fee will go on sale on
Saturday 20 March from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide. Telephone 24 hrs 0818
719 300 (N. Ireland & UK; 0870 243 4455) or log onto www.ticketmaster.ie
JOSH RITTER also plays solo Irish acoustic shows in May at
Monday 17th May Town
Hall, Dundalk
Wednesday 19th May An Giraniann, Letter kenny
Thursday 20th May Hawkswell,
Sligo
Friday 21st May
Glor,
Ennis
Saturday 22nd May Dolans Warehouse, Limerick
Sunday 23rd May Watergate
Theatre, Kilkenny
MARK GEARY APRIL DATES
Well, the theory is Mark’s new album is pretty much in the can by now and
after he returns from the U.S. he makes a quick jaunt around Ireland.
Saturday 17th April T2, Ennis
Ph: 065 6843103
Sunday 18th April
Rosin Dubh, Galway
Ph : 091 586540
Monday 19th April
Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh
Ph:021 481 3790
Tuesday 20th April
Cleeres, Kilkenny
Ph:056 62573
Wednesday 21st April
The Lobby, Cork
Ph:021 4311113
Thursday 22nd April - off
Friday 23rd April
Whelan’s, Dublin
Tickets : Road Records / Soundcellar & Ticketmaster
Saturday 24th April
Spirit Store, Dundalk
Ph: 042 935 2697
Sunday 25th April
Auntie Annies, Belfast
Ph:028 9050 1660
Monday 26th April
Sardinos, Derry
Ph:028 7130 9297
Tuesday 27th April
Mcgarrigles, Sligo
Ph: 071 41667
Wednesday 28th April
The Boathouse, Limerick
THE HANDSOME FAMILY
And last but never least, our favourite Gothic Americanna husband and wife duo
Brett and Rennie Sparks (who were helping pay our bills long before we had a
gold record on the wall....or ready to go on the wall) have a track ‘the
Forgotten Lake’ included on the latest Other Voices compilation album. It will
hopefully breathe new life into the beautiful ‘Singing Bones’ album (from
whence the original comes) and we’re trying to get them to Ireland during the
summer.
www.independentrecs.com
(Still copies of Whipping Boy’s heartworm for sale on the site store)