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| Airbourne The band was formed in 2003 by the brothers Joel and Ryan O'Keeffe. Joel picked up his first guitar at the age of 11 and Ryan had his first drum kit at the same age with Joel being 15 at the time. It would take the brothers several years to find like minded mu ....  |  |
| Alessi’s Ark Supporting Laura Marling Alessi Laurent-Marke AKA Alessi’s Ark is perhaps curiously out of step with her British roots. It was Bright Eyes/Monsters of Folk guitarist/producer Mike Mogis that initially took her vivid daydream imagery and helped .... |  |
| Ashanti Once upon a time, in the not too distant past, one band led the charge in the N.I. Rock scene. Brandishing an uncompromising collection of some of the most powerful and hook laden songs ever penned, coupled with a live delivery saturated with passion and inten .... |  |
| Auntie Annies 11th Birthday ALL DRINKS AT OPENING DAY PRICES – MARCH 1999 On Friday 12th of March Auntie Annie’s Porterhouse celebrates her 11th birthday. A long established refuge on Belfast’s royal mile, Auntie Annie’s has established a reputation based on the cor .... |  |
| Blood Red Shoes ‘Fire Like This’ is both a progression and a paring down, a record that sees Blood Red Shoes – vocalist/guitarist Laura-Mary Carter and vocalist/drummer Steven Ansell – getting back to their DIY/punk roots. Like its predecessor, 2008’s bright, prop .... |  |
| Bolt Thrower BOLT THROWER were formed at a punk gig in a Coventry pub in 1986, following a conversation between friends guitarist Barry Thomson and bassist Gavin Ward. Inspired at that time by bands such as Sacrilege, Discharge, Candlemass & Slayer, they decided to form a .... |  |
| Boyce Avenue Over 14's show - No Alcohol served Boyce Avenue, a Florida-based band popular for its strong acoustic roots and melodic rock sound, consists of the three brothers Alejandro, Fabian, and Daniel Manzano. The band first came together in 2000, when A .... |  |
| Brandi Carlile "So many stories of where I've been and how I got to where I am" On her new album, The Story, Brandi Carlile opens up her heart, soul, and psyche in a series of memorable songs that invite you into her world. To her growing community of fans, it's Carliles .... |  |
| Brian Jonestown Massacre Brian Jonestown Massacre have been active since 1990 and were the subject of the controversial 2004 film DiG! Their sound has drawn comparisons to My Bloody Valentine and Spacemen 3, while their influence is clear in acts like BRMC and A Place To Bury Strange .... |  |
| Cat Empire THE CAT EMPIRE are one of Australia’s biggest and best known international touring bands. Since 2001 these guys have amassed a huge worldwide following - selling multi-platinum albums, celebrating number 1 debuts, winning a whole load of awards, and perform .... |  |
| Cathedral To celebrate the release of their latest album 'The Guessing Game' Cathedral have announced 6 live shows in late April / early May 2010. Taking in England, Scotland and borth Southern and Northern Ireland these dates will represent the band's first headlining .... |  |
| Cathy Davey Cathy Davey’s latest album Tales Of Silversleeve’ was a huge critical success and was awarded the ‘Album of the Year’ accolade by virtually all reviewers. The first single, ‘Reuben’, was embraced by radio and went to #1 in the National radio charts .... |  |
| Deep Purple Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorise themselves as .... |  |
| Desecration Welsh death metal bastards Desecration have been causing mayhem and controversy with their brutal yet catchy sound since the mid-nineties. In 1995 copies of their 'Gore and Perversion' album were infamously seized and incinerated by the Gwent Constabulary for .... |  |
| Distortion Project 10th Birthday The Distortion Project's 10th birthday A DECADE OF AGGRESSION The gig of gigs - celebrating 10 years of the Distortion Project Spring & Airbrake - Katy Dalys - The Limelight 20 bands - 10 years - 5 stalls - 3 rooms - 2 C .... |  |
| Dj Yoda Q Magazine - one of ‘The 10 DJs you must see before you die’ Hip-Hop Connection magazine - ‘One of the Top Three DJs in the World’ DJ Yoda is one of Britain’s most admired, original club DJs and an AV pioneer who is constantly .... |  |
| Dropkick Murphys Dropkick Murphy's formed in 1996 in Boston and was originally just a bunch of friends looking to play music for fun. They started playing in the basement of a friend’s barbershop and their goal was to blend the musical influences they had grown u .... |  |
| Ellie Goulding Signed to Polydor Records in September 2009, her debut single 'Under the Sheets' was released on independent label Neon Gold Records rather than Polydor so that she would not be put under too much pressure. Premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 30 September 2009, it has .... |  |
| Eye Hate God EYEHATE GOD BIO They've been called doomcore, sludge and stoner rock, survived line-up shuffles, label hassles and a short-lived split. And after more than a decade of creating some of the most corrosive, vile music known to man, EyeHateGod sti .... |  |
| Glamour Of The Kill Glamour Of The Kill: Metalcore outfit Glamour Of The Kill are currently in between touring with Dragonforce and in the studio recording their debut album 'The Summoning' which is due for release in early spring. In support of the album release Glamour Of The .... |  |
| HED p.e. Hed PE performs a style of music which they have referred to as "G-punk", a phrase inspired by the term used to describe the style known as "G-funk", itself a reference to the P-Funk collective. Hed PE's music is a fusion of styles ranging from hip hop and reg .... |  |
| I.m.r.o. Showcase 2010 I.M.R.O. Showcase 2010 Seven acts will be showcasing this year Alan Mx Uber Glitteratti Ed Zealous Strait Laces Craig mcConkey Heliopause The good Fight Nakatomi Towers .... |  |
| Islands "We are very sorry to say that Islands have had to cancel and postpone their UK Tour. They have had a family bereavement which has made the tour impossible. The band plan to make it up at a later stage and play to all their fans in the UK". .... |  |
| Kila 'Somehow you get the feeling Kila lit the fuse for the big bang' - Bono 'Softly spoken off stage and complete lunatics on it, Kila have torn up the rulebook with their wantonly eclectic mix of styles, Brilliant!' - Hot Press Music Magazine.. |  |
| Laura Marling Laura Marling has announced a return to Belfast’s Limelight. 'Alas I Cannot Swim' Laura's debut album, is produced by Noah And The Whale main man Charlie Fink, and besides its warm, sweet arrangements for guitar, trumpet, brushed drums and even a male choir, .... |  |
| Lightning Seeds As if he’s never been away Ian Broudie returns this spring with a new Lightning Seeds album, the first for ten years, featuring ten new songs written and produced by Broudie. Wrapped in melody and full of the kind of timeless emotional depth we†.... |  |
| Local Natives ‘Arguably the most intriguing and enduring debut of the year.’ State Silver Lake five piece Local Natives have recently released their highly acclaimed debut album. The album titled Gorilla Manor features 12 tracks that successfully .... |  |
| Mr Hudson Mr Hudson (formerly Mr Hudson & The Library) is a band based in London, UK whose members hail from both that city and Birmingham. This duality was the inspiration for the title of their debut album A Tale of Two Cities, which was released on 5 March 2007. They .... |  |
| Mumford & Sons Gentlemen of the road, British folk rockers Mumford & Sons are pleased to announce details of a new UK tour for next year. The shows in March will be the band’s biggest headline shows to date, and includes a night at The Spring & Airbrake in Belfast. < .... |  |
| Nerina Pallot More than three years after the gold-selling 'Fires', Nerina Pallot has shaken up her sound, shrugged off the spectre of singer/songwriter and produced an album of clever, classy pop. The Graduate has piano-driven songs high on happy pills, woozy e .... |  |
| Nine Below Zero & Glen Tilbrook Nine Below Zero (also known as 9 Below Zero) are a blues band based in the United Kingdom, who have a cult following throughout Europe. The band was originally formed in South London in 1977, by guitarist Dennis Greaves. Taking bassist Peter Clark .... |  |
| OneRepublic OneRepublic were nominated for a Grammy in 2008 for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Tedder, plus guitarists Zach Filkins and Drew Brown, bassist/cellist Brent Kutzle and drummer Eddie Fisher have sold almost 2 million albums and 8 million s .... |  |
| Ozzmium OZZMIUM - the Worse Than Ever Video Launch! After a destroyed cottage, lots of sweat, some broken fingers, blown ear drums, broken bottles and a domestic dispute.. the 'Worse Than Ever' music video is finished! To celebrate we're having a launch part .... |  |
| Scouting For Girls Two years ago, British pop band Scouting For Girls stole our hearts and jetted off to the stars with them. The trio, fronted by the exuberant showman, Roy Stride, arrived with a clutch of contagious hits (She’s So Lovely, It’s Not About You, Elvis Ain’t .... |  |
| Shag Pre Paddy Party SHAG Pre St Paddys Day Celebration, Lots of giveaways & promos. Shag started in 1991 and has developed into Belfasts biggest student night growing into three rooms of music. Each room has its own in particular style : The Limelight-Guitar base .... |  |
| Shamrock & Shenanigans Saint Patricks day celebrations - ShamRock & shenanigans in the Limelight. Loads of giveaways & promo's. Classic alternative anthems plus hits from U2 - Thin Lizzy - The Pogues - The Script Two Door Cinema Club - General Fiasco - Van Morrison - Snow .... |  |
| Skindred Following the success of their recently sold out UK tour Skindred have announced a full European tour including a second round of UK dates to promote their recently released and much acclaimed album "Shark Bites and Dog Fights". Arya G from the ban .... |  |
| Skool Disco Skool Disco at Limelight runs 2nd Thursday of every month. The monthly mix of 'behind the bike sheds-based shenanigans' launched on St Valentine's Night in 2002 and has since become one of Belfast's most popular midweek club nights. .... |  |
| St Patrick's Day Alt Pub Quiz Faith and begorrah! On Monday 15th March the Alternative Pub Quiz will be officailly kicking off your St Paddy's Day celebrations (yes, we have that kind of power) with a special Irish themed quiz! Along with the usual brilliant quiz we' .... |  |
| Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Steve began his singing career "floor-spotting" (singing for free as a member of the audience) in London folk clubs in 1971/72. He sang at LES COUSINS, BUNJIE'S and THE TROUBADOUR on nights featuring JOHN MARTIN, RALPH McTELL, MARTIN CARTHY and JULIE FELIX, al .... |  |
| The Duke & The King The Duke & The King are a soul-folk-glam ensemble from the sticks of New York founded, produced, and created by Simone Felice and Robert Bird Burke, featuring the sensational Simi Stone and Reverend Loveday, and like any traveling theatre troupe there's bound .... |  |
| The Ocean Silhouettes, their backlit bodies moving frenetically in front of the monstrous LED lighting rigs, flashing synchronized to every little change in the music: watching THE OCEAN perform live is an experience. The videos, the lighting and more than anything, the .... |  |
| The Shoos One Republic have announced 'The Shoos' as support during their Irish dates! The Shoos are a four piece band from Dublin. They are the most unlikely set of musicians to be thrown together in any room…… They consist of a Sports wear designer, a Suit, a .... |  |
| The Stone Roses Experience MADCHESTER REVIVAL CLUB NIGHT The Stone Roses Experience are regarded as being the most precise and justified Stone Roses tribute band to date. The band have been playing live together since 2001, and pride themselves on replicating the authentic li .... |  |
| These Charming Men These Charming Men have been playing the music of The Smiths for over ten years now. With uncanny similarities and superb live performances the Dublin four piece has gone from strength to strength, playing sell-out gigs throughout Ireland and headlining The Sm .... |  |
| Tinn Lizzy SHAMROCK 'N' ROLL Presents TINN LIZZY TINN LIZZY came about as a labour of love of two members of the band, Speedo Wilson and Willie Byrne. 'THIN LIZZY'S' music was an integral part of our upbringing' said Wilson. 'In fact, when we were growing up and .... |  |
| Tom McRae Rescheduled Show The son of two Church of England vicars he grew up in Chelmsford. McRae sang in the church choir and as a teen would borrow his mother\'s guitar. Initially trying to emulate his heroes, Billy Bragg, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, .... |  |
| Winger Winger is an American glam metal band formed in New York City that gained popularity during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's two platinum albums, Winger and In the Heart of the Young, along with charting singles "Seventeen", "Headed for a Heartbreak" .... |  |
| Yashin YASHIN to support to Glamour Of The Kill Late 2006 saw the formation of Glasgow band Yashin. Drawing influence from bands of the time, such as Funeral for a Friend and Enter Shikari, the band set off on a journey that now sees them as one of the most ex .... |  |
| Yellow Brick Road - Elton John Tribute Yellow Brick Road (a tribute to the music of ELTON JOHN) The best testament to the popularity of tribute band Yellow Brick Road isn't the Bud Light-and-Marlboro crowd spilling out of the showroom at the Suncoast. It isn't the dance floor packed ass-to-a .... |  |
| Yes Cadets Northern Irelands best kept secret, Yes Cadets have released their first Self Titled EP ‘Yes Cadets‘ today (October 26th 2009). The four piece outfit hailing from Belfast have been causing a bit of a stir recently since releasing their debut sing .... |  |
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