The neo-grunge four-piece announce their biggest Irish headliner to date for Sunday April 25th 2027, alongside new single ‘Tourniquet’, a full 2027 tour and the title of their debut album Bleed.
Bleech 9:3 play Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre on Sunday April 25th 2027, their biggest Irish headline show to date, along with a second Belfast date on Monday April 26th at The Limelight.
The show comes alongside new single ‘Tourniquet’, premiered as a Hottest Record in the World on BBC Radio 1, a full run of 2027 tour dates including London’s O2 Kentish Town Forum, and confirmation that their debut album is titled Bleed.
‘Tourniquet’ is produced by Dan Carey (Fontaines D.C., Wet Leg) and mixed by Rich Costey (Bruce Springsteen, Arctic Monkeys). A limited edition version of the album is available until Tuesday October 6th via the band’s store.
Dublin Tickets are €27.50/€31.50 including booking fee and venue restoration levy, on sale Friday October 9th at 10am via Ticketmaster.ie, subject to a 12.5% service charge per ticket (max €10.50).
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Belfast tickets via The Limelight. Presale: Thur 8th October @ 10am
General sale: Fri 9th October @ 10am
Bleech 9:3 Tour Dates
November 2026
7th – Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik, IS
27th – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff (SOLD OUT)
28th – Joiners, Southampton (SOLD OUT)
30th – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (SOLD OUT)
December 2026
1st – Electric Ballroom, London (SOLD OUT)
3rd – Thekla, Bristol (SOLD OUT)
4th – Academy 2, Manchester (SOLD OUT)
5th – Arts Club Theatre, Liverpool (SOLD OUT)
6th – Foundry, Sheffield (SOLD OUT)
8th – Cluny, Newcastle (SOLD OUT)
9th – The Garage, Glasgow (SOLD OUT)
10th – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (SOLD OUT)
11th – O2 Institute 2, Birmingham (SOLD OUT)
15th – Limelight 2, Belfast (SOLD OUT)
16th – Academy, Dublin (SOLD OUT)
17th – Cyprus Ave, Cork (SOLD OUT)
January 2027
14th – Eurosonic, NL
15th – Trix, Antwerp, Bel
21st – Mercury Lounge, New York, NY, USA
February 2027
3rd – The Echo, Los Angeles, CA, USA
12th – Laneway, Sydney, Aus
13th – Laneway, Gold Coast, Aus
19th – Laneway, Melbourne, Aus
21st – Laneway, Auckland, Aus
April 2027
21st – Chalk, Brighton, UK
22nd – Tramshed, Cardiff, UK
23rd – Academy, Liverpool, UK
25th – 3Olympia, Dublin, Ireland
26th – Limelight, Belfast, UK
28th – SWG3, Glasgow, UK
29th – Queens Hall, Edinburgh, UK
30th – Boiler Shop, Newcastle, UK
May 2027
2nd – O₂ Ritz, Manchester, UK
4th – Stylus, Leeds, UK
5th – O₂ Academy, Bristol, UK
6th – O₂ Academy, Oxford, UK
8th – O₂ Institute, Birmingham, UK
9th – 1865, Southampton, UK
11th – Junction, Cambridge, UK
12th – O₂ Kentish Town Forum, London, UK
18th – Trabendo, Paris, France
20th – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
22nd – Lido, Berlin, Germany
About Bleech 9:3
Bleech 9:3 began when songwriters and guitarists Barry Quinlan and Sam Duffy met at a 12-step recovery programme in their early twenties, after years of living parallel lives gigging around Dublin while each dealing separately with addiction. Barry became Sam’s sponsor, and the pair soon found themselves writing together in secret, building the foundations of the band out of that shared recovery. Completed by James Quinlan (bass) and Luke O’Neill (drums), the four-piece relocated together to London in 2024 and 2025, finding community with the city’s Irish diaspora and a creative home around post-punk venue The Windmill in Brixton.
Debut single ‘Ceiling’, written about the loss of a friend from Barry’s recovery journey, set the tone for a sound that moves between sharp melody and heavy distortion, pulling from Radiohead, Deftones and Nirvana alongside more contemporary touchstones like Fontaines D.C. and Sleep Token. Breakthrough single ‘Jacky’, an unflinching look at addiction’s destructive pull, arrived with a video inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal, part of a wider visual language the band draw from arthouse cinema, including David Lynch, Paris, Texas and Blade Runner.
Since opening for Keo and Shame in 2025 and building a word-of-mouth following through a string of sold-out headline shows, including a three-night residency at London’s Blue Basement, Bleech 9:3 have become one of the most talked-about new bands around, regulars on BBC Radio 1 and tipped widely as a band to watch going into 2027. Their autumn headline tour, including London’s Electric Ballroom, is already sold out.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
