The best gigs, clubs & festivals in Dublin this week

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Monday June 10th

• Gunna @ The Academy (€25+)
  American MC signed to Young Thug’s 300 Records.

Tuesday June 11th

• Midnight Oil @ Olympia Theatre (€56+)
  Apparently, the bed is still burning.
• Backstreet Boys @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
  Boy band does a reunion tour.
• Ruby Sessions: Kehli, Seba Safe, Bairbre Anne, Ultan Conlan @ Doyle’s (9pm, €7+)
  Weekly singer-songwriter night in aid of the Simon Community.

Wednesday June 12th

• Elton John @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
  Rocketlad.

Thursday June 13th

• Elton John @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
  Rocketman night two.
• Fleetwood Mac @ RDS (Sold Out)
  No Lindsey Buckingham didn’t stop this gig from selling out in a flash.
• Plaid @ Whelan’s (€20)
  Warp electronic duo with Sunken Foal.
• Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts @ The Grand Social (€15+)
  Idiosyncratic American folk rock artist.
• Jonny Dillon  @ Bello Bar (€10)
  Automatic Tasty’s guitar jams are getting released on All City.
• Sophie Ellis Bextor @ Vicar Street (€46+)
  ‘Murder On The Dancefloor‘
•  Gang Starr Foundation @ Sugar Club (€22+)
  Jeru Tha Damaja and guests Group Home & Big Shug

Friday June 14th

• Mumford & Sons @ Malahide Castle (€69+)
  Plus AURORA, Wild Youth, Dermot Kennedy.
• Shalamar @ Vicar Street (€38+)
  Guaranteed to be a memorable night.
• Moot Tapes @ Bernard Shaw (Free)
  Alternative dance label hosts their residency gig.
• Naive Ted, Pentecostal Party @ The Sound House (€12+)
  The Unscene Collective’s top record spinner plays a Dublin date.
• Lawrence, Neil Flynn @ Hang Dai Chinese (10pm, €8+)
  ALS & Homebeat presents dancing vibes.
• Club Comfort: Baliboc @ TBA (10.30pm, €8+)
  The Welcome DJ heads up the next instalment of this Dublin club night.
• SPACER with Nialler9 @ Lost Lane (11pm, Free)
  A Nialler9 club night with music of a euphoric nature.
• Dancing Warriors @ Opium (11pm, €13+)
  Sold on the name alone.
• J Wax B2B Deejay Bloom @ 39/40 (11pm, €10+)
  Nit Two Record owner and signee for debut Dublin show.
• Melodic: Khen @ Tengu (11pm,€12+)
  Israeli melodic house DJ.
• OSLO: Fat Pablo @ The Workmans (11pm, Free)
  Fantastic Irish psych-rock outfit.

Saturday June 15th

• Cooks But We’re Chefs @ Jam Park (2pm, €10+)
  Damn fine groove.
• Junior Brother @ Lost Lane (€14+)
  Kerry’s finest folk artist.
• Post-Party, Strawman & The Jackdaws @ The Grand Social (€5+)
  Double headliner with two fine Irish alt-rock bands.
• Bon Jovi, Manic Street Preachers @ RDS (€70+)
  80s rock group turned anti-gentrification collective.
• Mumford & Sons @ Malahide Castle (€69+)
  Plus AURORA, Wild Youth, Dermot Kennedy.
• Greg Clifford @ The Cobblestone (9pm, €6+)
  Indie-pop from the idiom of classical guitar.
• Sam Wickens, Pine The Pilcrow @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
  Co. Down songwriter. ‘Falling’.
• Nialler9 @ The Big Romance (Free)
  Vinyl all-night with Lumo warmup vibes on Parnell Street.
• Lumo: Vinyl Love @ Tengu (10.30pm, €7+)
  It’s the 45th Lumo, that means vinyl.
• Not So Secret Roof Party: Cailín @ Opium (€12+)
  House music on a (hopefully) sunny rooftop.
• Easy Peelers: Calum Walker, Fresh & Low @ Tengu Upstairs (10pm, €10+)
  Techno upstairs.
• Grey Matter Entertainment: Big Fat Resident Party @ Button Factory (11pm, €5+)
  The third in this dance collective’s summer resident series.
• Distortion: Roza Terenzi @ Wigwam (11pm, €10+)
  ‘Mwah‘
• Overmono @ Index (11pm, €12+)
  Truss & Tessela teaming up to provide some UK powerhouse combination dance music.

Sunday June 16th

• Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds @ Malahide Castle (€51+)
  Grim.
• Bon Jovi- This House Is Not For Sale Tour @ RDS (€70+)
  80s rock group turned anti-gentrification collective.

Luke Sharkey