XYLOURIS WHITE
XYLOURIS WHITE
(DRAG CITY) plus support TEATRO SIN FIN w/ CHEYENNE MIZE _ Main Venue _ Xylouris White is firmly rooted in the past and future. Playing Cretan music of original and traditional composition, the band consists of Georgios Xylouris on Cretan laouto and vocals and Jim White on drum kit.AIMÉE
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DUE TO THE ONGOING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK THIS GIG HAS BEEN
RESCHEDULED
IT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON
WED 7th OCT
ORIGINAL TICKETS STILL VALID OR REFUNDS FROM POINT OF SALE
SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED
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Statement from the promoter MCD:
COVID-19 STATEMENT Effective Immediately from 1800hrs today 12th March 2020 Covid-19 Government Directive issued to cancel all public events until Sunday 29th March of a capacity of 100 people and over. Following today’s (12th March 2020) Irish Government directive to cancel all events of over 100 capacity (indoor) and 500 capacity (outdoor) due to take place between now and 29th March MCD Productions has now postponed all affected shows. MCD Productions is currently working with artists and venues to reschedule all dates. Original tickets purchased for all affected events will remain valid for rescheduled dates which will be notified to patrons on confirmation. MCD Productions wish to thank all our customers and staff for their continued co-operation and understanding during this unprecedented time in the interests of health and welfare of all. For updates please visit www.MCD.ie — — — — — MCD proudly presentsAIMÉE
plus support
_ Main Venue _
Following her sold-out Grand Social show, Aimee announces headline 2020 gig at Whelan’s
BROOKE BENTHAM
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THIS GIG HAS BEEN
CANCELLED
REFUNDS FROM POINT OF SALE
SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED
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Aiken Promotions presentsBROOKE BENTHAM
plus support
_ Main Venue _
Debut album Everyday Nothing for February 28th & New single “Perform For You”
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Aiken Promotions proudly presents Brooke Bentham live at Whelans, 14th March 2020.
Brooke also announced her debut album Everyday Nothing is set for release on AllPoints on the 28th of February.
She also shares a second single, ‘Perform For You’, a melancholy meditation on the power dynamics in toxic relationships. Inspired by novels that Brooke was reading at the time. She probes beneath the surface of a doomed romance from the get-go. “It’s like surrendering to something, even though you know it’s never going to work, realising you’re so dependent on someone and knowing your presence in that relationship. It’s love in the worst way.” she says.
“‘Perform For You’ is probably my favourite, because it reminds me of lots of the music I love. Once we’d recorded that, I knew we were making an album. Musically it was exactly where I wanted to be.”
Everyday Nothing follows two EPs of music shored up by intense reflection, which has earned the 23 year old many admirers and a rapidly growing fanbase.
Brooke writes sharp and eloquent songs about her experiences as she understands them, using words and music to resolve and record the tensions of young adulthood. Confronted with the mundanities of life and caught between two jobs in London, she finds intense lyricism in the struggle for purpose and direction.
The album is, in her words, “in part an ode to the little moments in life, the frustration of being young and unaware of what you want, but getting older and realising you still don’t know. It’s an album I searched for myself in, filled with questions I asked myself.”
Written entirely by Brooke, with a few contributions from producer Bill Ryder-Jones (who’s own album Yawn was showered with 4 and 5 star reviews last year), Everyday Nothing documents a fast-rising 23-year-old looking to make sense of her existence.
So impressed was Ryder-Jones with Brooke’s observational lyricism that he said: “I’ve worked with some amazing songwriters in my career. I think Brooke at 23 is well on her way to being up there with Alex (Turner), Saint Saviour, Mick (Head) and James (Skelly). Her lyric writing will be overlooked because of her voice but it is her words that will set her apart from others.”
“Perform For You” follows “All My Friends Are Drunk” released early October which was the first taster of Everyday Nothing. A looser indie rock sound than her previous EPs pitched somewhere between Mazzy Star, Yo La Tengo, Sparklehorse and early Angel Olsen and nods to the ‘90s rock bands she was listening to leading up to the album being written, notably Low, Yo La Tengo and Broadcast.
Brooke heads out on Sam Fender’s sold out UK tour on the 22nd November as his main support with Bill joining her live band.
For three years she busked and played pubs and open-mic nights around Newcastle, often sharing a stage with her friend Fender, who stole her version of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing In the Dark’. He will finally repay the favour by taking Brooke on tour starting at Manchester Academy with two Brixton Academy dates.
Everyday Nothing soundtracks the reality for many young people today. One in which hopes and dreams play out in a haze of confusion and frustration. Brooke captures this existential vulnerability, the baffling day to day-ness of a young life in the most relatable, poetic and compelling of works. “A lot of life is boring and predictable, but I hope this album is a way of saying that with some charm.”
Everyday Nothing comes out on February 28th on AllPoints and “Perform For You” is out now.
Pre-order Everyday Nothing here
TICKETS – CANCELLED
AFTER THE GIG
Whelan’s Indie Club w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue – Free Entry via front door until 10:30pm | Drinks PromosGER STAUNTON
BRIGHT CLUB ft. DEIRDRE O’KANE
EMMO
HAYSEED DIXIE
MAN FOREVER (ONEIDA) + MAGIC POCKETS
MAN FOREVER
(KID MILLIONS, ONEIDA) plus support MAGIC POCKETS ^ Upstairs ^ Following the release of his sophomore album with Greg Fox (Liturgy, Guardian Alien) Biting Through earlier this year, visionary composer and multi-instrumentalist John Colpitts (Kid Millions, Oneida)MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ TBC
MIDNIGHT HOUR
presentsTBC
plus support Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:45pm, Sign up for GUEST LIST Whelanslive.com are proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland & beyond.MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ TBC
MIDNIGHT HOUR
presentsTBC
plus support Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:45pm, Sign up for GUEST LIST Whelanslive.com are proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland & beyond.MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ TBC
MIDNIGHT HOUR
presentsTBC
plus support Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:45pm, Sign up for GUEST LIST Whelanslive.com are proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland & beyond.MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ DEAD HORSE JIVE + VULTURE CASINO
MIDNIGHT HOUR
presentsDEAD HORSE JIVE
plus supportVULTURE CASINO
Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:45pm, Sign up for GUEST LIST Whelanslive.com are proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland & beyond.MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ WITCH TRIALS + HUNTINGS
MIDNIGHT HOUR
presentsWITCH TRIALS
plus supportHUNTINGS
Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:45pm, Sign up for GUEST LIST Whelanslive.com are proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland & beyond.MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ EMPTHY
MIDNIGHT HOUR
presentsEMPTHY
plus supportSTRANGERS WITH GUNS
Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:45pm, Sign up for GUEST LIST Whelanslive.com are proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland & beyond.MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ SLIM TIN FOX
MIDNIGHT HOUR
presentsSLIM TIN FOX
plus support Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:45pm, Sign up for GUEST LIST Whelanslive.com are proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland & beyond.MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ TAYNE + HOPE IS NOISE
MIDNIGHT HOUR
presentsTAYNE
plus supportHOPE IS NOISE
Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:45pm, Sign up for GUEST LIST Whelanslive.com are proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland & beyond.MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ VALHALLA + LORAINE CLUB
MIDNIGHT HOUR
presentsVALHALLA
plus supportLORAINE CLUB
Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:45pm, Sign up for GUEST LIST Whelanslive.com are proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland & beyond.MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ JAKE REGAN & THE LOVERBOYS
MIDNIGHT HOUR
presentsJAKE REGAN & THE LOVERBOYS
plus supportECHO’S BONES
Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:45pm, Sign up for GUEST LIST Whelanslive.com are proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland & beyond.MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ CITRUS 47 + FIGS
MIDNIGHT HOUR
presentsCITRUS 47
plusFIGS
Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:45pm, Sign up for GUEST LIST Whelanslive.com are proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland & beyond.ROLL WITH IT
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DUE TO THE ONGOING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK THIS GIG HAS BEEN
POSTPONED
WE’RE WORKING ON A NEW DATE, PLEASE BEAR WITH US
ORIGINAL TICKETS STILL VALID
SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED
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The Ultimate Oasis ExperienceROLL WITH IT
Morning Glory 25th Anniversary
_ Main Venue _
TICKETS – POSTPONED
MAKINGS
MAKINGS
plus support EMBRACE THE CRISIS STUCK ON REPEAT ^ Upstairs ^ Makings are a six-piece outfit with a unique sound that weaves between electro, rock & rap. In the first half of 2019 they performed at Whelan’s Ones To Watch, Vantastival, Youbloom @ Bloom In The Park, Oakfest, Midnight City, toured Germany and UK and launched an EP.DARWIN DEEZ
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DUE TO THE ONGOING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK THIS GIG HAS BEEN
RESCHEDULED
IT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON
19th MAR, 2021
ORIGINAL TICKETS STILL VALID OR REFUNDS FROM POINT OF SALE
SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED
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MCD proudly presentsDARWIN DEEZ
PLAYING HIS SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM IN FULL
plus support
_ Main Venue _
Darwin Deez announces headline February 2020 show at Whelan’s
Born in North Carolina to Maher Baba disciples, Darwin grew up on a diet of Weezer, Nirvana and Toto, and started his first band with friends at age 12.
SEAN McCONNELL
SEAN McCONNELL
plus support _ Main Venue _TICKETS
€19.50 available online from WAV Tickets or Lo-Call 01 4780766 (9:30am-7pm M-F) – 50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings. Final ticket price may be higher from other outlets. Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.AFTER THE GIG
Whelan’s Silent Disco from 10:30pm – 2 DJs, just pick the one you like best [Free Entry] plus Late Bar.BANG BANG ROMEO
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN
CANCELLED
AS A RESULT OF THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
REFUNDS WILL BE POSTED AUTOMATICALLY & CUSTOMERS NOTIFIED BY EMAIL
SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED
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Statement from the promoter MCD: COVID-19 STATEMENT Effective Immediately from 1800hrs today 12th March 2020 Covid-19 Government Directive issued to cancel all public events until Sunday 29th March of a capacity of 100 people and over. Following today’s (12th March 2020) Irish Government directive to cancel all events of over 100 capacity (indoor) and 500 capacity (outdoor) due to take place between now and 29th March MCD Productions has now postponed all affected shows. MCD Productions is currently working with artists and venues to reschedule all dates. Original tickets purchased for all affected events will remain valid for rescheduled dates which will be notified to patrons on confirmation. MCD Productions wish to thank all our customers and staff for their continued co-operation and understanding during this unprecedented time in the interests of health and welfare of all. For updates please visit www.MCD.ie — — — — — MCD proudly presentsBANG BANG ROMEO
plus support
LYDIA FORD
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DUE TO THE ONGOING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK THIS GIG HAS BEEN
RESCHEDULED
IT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON
FRI 2nd OCT
ORIGINAL TICKETS STILL VALID OR REFUNDS FROM POINT OF SALE
SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED
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MCD proudly presentsLYDIA FORD
plus guest
^ Upstairs ^
Lydia Ford is a pop artist originally from Mayo, Ireland. She writes dreamy and sincere pop songs that balance light, airy musicality with deeper and more introspective lyrics.
CHERRY COMEDY
CHERRY COMEDY
Every Monday Upstairs at Whelan’s ■■■ LINE-UP ■■■ Don’t miss our SURPRISE GUEST • One of Ireland’s Biggest Comedy Stars Headliner ALAN HURLEY • RTÉ New Comedy Awards Featuring AIDAN GREENE • Edinburgh Fringe Festival & ASHLEE BENTLEY • Funny Women Supported by MAI NGHIA Hosted by DUANE DOOGAN • Vodafone Comedy Festival ^ Upstairs ^ Cherry Comedy bring you a truly electric night in Whelan’s every Monday – This is stand-up comedy brought to you by young, new and emerging talent on the Irish comedy scene.CHERRY COMEDY
CHERRY COMEDY
CHERRY COMEDY
CHERRY COMEDY
CHERRY COMEDY – 5th Birthday Special
CHERRY COMEDY
Every Monday Upstairs at Whelan’s featuring DAMIAN CLARK, FIONA FRAWLEY, KEVIN O’SULLIVAN, AIDAN GREENE, EMILY ASHMORE Hosted by DUANE DOOGAN ^ Upstairs ^ Cherry Comedy bring you a truly electric night in Whelan’s every Monday – This is stand-up comedy brought to you by young, new and emerging talent on the Irish comedy scene.MIDNIGHT CITY
MIDNIGHT CITY
presents
TBC
plus resident DJ
MICHAEL POPE (Le Galaxie)
Upstairs@Whelan’s
Thursdays // 11pm // FREE ENTRY
Midnight City bring you Ireland’s most exciting electronic acts every Thursday from 11pm Upstairs in Whelan’s. Admission is Free.MIDNIGHT CITY
MIDNIGHT CITY
presents
TBC
plus resident DJ
MICHAEL POPE (Le Galaxie)
Upstairs@Whelan’s
Thursdays // 11pm // FREE ENTRY
Midnight City bring you Ireland’s most exciting electronic acts every Thursday from 11pm Upstairs in Whelan’s. Admission is Free.MIDNIGHT CITY w/ KRISDEBERG
Jameson ‘Seen & Heard’
MIDNIGHT CITY
presents
KRISDEBERG
plus resident DJ
MICHAEL POPE (Le Galaxie)
Upstairs@Whelan’s
Thursdays // 11pm // FREE ENTRY
Midnight City bring you Ireland’s most exciting electronic acts every Thursday from 11pm Upstairs in Whelan’s. Admission is Free.MIDNIGHT CITY w/ PROPER MICRO NV
Jameson ‘Seen & Heard’
MIDNIGHT CITY
presents
PROPER MICRO NV
plus resident DJ
MICHAEL POPE (Le Galaxie)
Upstairs@Whelan’s
Thursdays // 11pm // FREE ENTRY
Midnight City bring you Ireland’s most exciting electronic acts every Thursday from 11pm Upstairs in Whelan’s. Admission is Free.MIDNIGHT CITY w/ FUTURE WEST
Jameson ‘Seen & Heard’
MIDNIGHT CITY
presents
FUTURE WEST
plus resident DJ
MICHAEL POPE (Le Galaxie)
Upstairs@Whelan’s
Thursdays // 11pm // FREE ENTRY
Midnight City bring you Ireland’s most exciting electronic acts every Thursday from 11pm Upstairs in Whelan’s. Admission is Free.MIDNIGHT CITY w/ ARACHIDONIC
MIDNIGHT CITY
presents
ARACHIDONIC
plus resident DJ
MICHAEL POPE (Le Galaxie)
Upstairs@Whelan’s
Thursdays // 11pm // FREE ENTRY
Midnight City bring you Ireland’s most exciting electronic acts every Thursday from 11pm Upstairs in Whelan’s. Admission is Free.LUAN PARLE
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DUE TO THE ONGOING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK THIS GIG HAS BEEN
RESCHEDULED
IT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON
FRI 19th JUN
ORIGINAL TICKETS STILL VALID OR REFUNDS FROM POINT OF SALE
SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED
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LUAN PARLE
plus guests
_ Upstairs _
Luan Parle New Album Release February 7th 2020
Meteor & Tatler Award winner Luan Parle has had numerous hits & accolades including Meteor Award for Best Irish Female.
FIONN REGAN (Extra Date)
FIONN REGAN
plus guestMARTIN McDONNELL (MOVE TO MAIN VENUE)
SUN SHAKERS
DREAMGUN FILM READS: THE LION KING
DREAMGUN FILM READS: THE LION KING
ELKAE
THE LONE BELLOW
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THIS GIG HAS BEEN
CANCELLED
DUE TO THE ONGOING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
REFUNDS FROM POINT OF SALE
SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED
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Statement from the band: It’s with heavy hearts that we must cancel our EU/UK #halfmoonlighttour dates. To our fans across the pond, I promise we will find our way there after this all passes. In the meantime, wash your hands, love on your families, and check on your neighbors. We love you and will see you soon! — — — — — Aiken Promotions presents