Eight new acts have been announced for this year’s BBC Biggest Weekend in Belfast which takes place from May 25th to 26th.
Acts added include:
Orbital
Young Fathers
The Breeders
Ash
First Aid Kit
Franz Ferdinand
Little Dragon
Goldie
They will be joined by Beck, Courtney Barnett, Manic Street Preachers and Public Service Broadcasting.
Four-weekend shows in four UK and NI cities of Perth (Scotland), Swansea (Wales), Coventry (England) and Belfast (Northern Ireland) from May 25 – 28th this year under The Biggest Weekend.
Tickets for Belfast go on sale on Monday February 12th at 10am and are available from Ticketmaster.
How to enter ticket comp – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 1pm latest for weekend gigs.
Night: Hilary Woods @ Smock Alley Theatre Boys School (€13/€11) [Fringe Festival] Former JJ72 bassist delves into her new multimedia song project. Til Saturday.
First Aid Kit @ Olympia Theatre (€25) [Folk] Swedish sisters display their harmonic folk pop.
Culture Night @ all over Dublin [Special Events] See the music highlights including No Way Back, Clu, Delorentos, Chequerboard, I Have A Tribe and more.
Maud in Cahoots in Concert @ Smock Alley Theatre (€15) [Fringe Festival] Theatrical alt-pop to Dublin’s oldest theatre to launch their new single.
Kevin Herm Connolly @ Anseo (€5, 7pm) [Launch] Launch of new single Shotgun. Joining him will be Bennie Reilly and Leslie Keye.
BlueFire Street Fest 2014 @ Smithfield Square (Noon – 8pm, Free) [Festival] Celebration of diversity with Mutefish, Dublin Afrobeat Ensemble, North Strand Kontra Band, Justine Nantale, Gyp~y Rebel Rabble, Manden Express, Tig Linn, Markas Carcas (Mark Flynn), Aztec Jackal and Leading Armies.
I’ve a soft spot for these gals ever since I saw them at SXSW and this performance. They are currently on tour with Lykke Li and Bright Eyes in the US. The video was shot in a national park outside Stockholm where the sisters grew up. A new album produced by Mike Mogis and recorded in Omaha, Nebraska drops in January. http://thisisfirstaidkit.com
First Aid Kit recently performed at the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm. Patti Smith was in the audience. The band played her song ‘Dancing Barefoot’ and Patti Smith reacts. CRAI.
First Aid Kit have a new album out in January. Hear the first single ‘The Lion’s Roar’.
Catch these Swedish girls in Body and Soul on Sunday morning. This is their new single out on Wichita in October. I highly recommend their Drunken Trees EP. This tune has a real Fleet Foxes-sounding chorus towards the end which is fitting.
First Aid Kit, those two cute Swedish girls who covered Fleet Foxes last year are at it again. They are asking people via their Twitter profile for suggestions for songs to cover. This is the first one, a cover of Buffy-Sainte Marie and it’s pretty stunning.
Their Drunken Trees EP is out now and is quite good. Here’s the opening track from it:
