Some big gigs announced today.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds outdoors in Dublin
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds is to play an outdoor show at Malahide Castle next summer, on June 10th 2026. Tickets from €81.25 to €91.25 go on Sale this Friday 10 October at 10am from ticketmaster.ie
Cave is touring through Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic, Austria, Greece, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, France, UK, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Norway and Lithuania. The run concludes back in France at Rock en Seine festival on 28 August – with further dates to be announced in between.
On sale timings and ticket information is available at nickcave.com.
Nick Cave has been a vocal critic of the Israeli cultural boycott as we’ve covered before and he has yet to say anything about Israel’s genocide, and last week said he was neither left or right in politics “as he finds both sides “unrecognisable”’.
“I am essentially a liberal-leaning, spiritual conservative with a small ‘c’, which, to me, isn’t a political stance, rather it is a matter of temperament. I have a devotional nature, and I see the world as broken but beautiful, believing that it is our urgent and moral duty to repair it where we can and not to cause further harm, or worse, wilfully usher in its destruction.”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds live line up: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Colin Greenwood, Jim Sclavunos, George Vjestica,Larry Mullins, Carly Paradis.
2026 Summer Dates:
- Wednesday 10 June 2026 — Malahide Castle, Ireland
- Tuesday 16 June 2026 — Open Air an der Emslandarena, Germany
- Thursday 18 June 2026 — Heartland Festival, Denmark
- Saturday 20 June 2026 — Metronome, Czech Republic
- Sunday 21 June 2026 — Castle Clam, Austria
- Wednesday 24 June 2026 — Release Athens Festival, Greece
- Friday 26 June 2026 — La Prima Estate, Italy
- Sunday 28 June 2026 — Live is Live, Belgium
- Tuesday 30 June 2026 — Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany
- Monday 6 July 2026 — jazzopen, Germany
- Thursday 9 July 2026 — NOS Alive, Portugal
- Tuesday 14 July 2026 — Festival de Nîmes, Antique Theatre, France
- Wednesday 15 July 2026 — La Belle Soirée de Vienne, Antique Theatre, France
- Friday 17 July 2026 — Les Vieilles Charrues, France
- Friday 31 July 2026 — Preston Park, UK
- Sunday 2 August 2026 — Filmnächte am Elbufer, Germany
- Wednesday 5 August 2026 — Arena Pula, Croatia
- Friday 7 August 2026 — Donji grad Kalemegdan Fortress, Serbia
- Sunday 9 August 2026 — Summer Well Festival, Romania
- Thursday 13 August 2026 — Øyafestivalen, Norway
- Tuesday 18 August 2026 — Kalnai Park, Lithuania
- Friday 21 August 2026 — Cabaret Vert, France
- Sunday 23 August 2026 — Königsplatz, Germany
- Tuesday 25 August 2026 — Kunst!Rasen, Germany
- Friday 28 August 2026 — Rock En Seine, France
Dermot Kennedy @ the Aviva
Dermot Kennedy is playing the biggest Irish show of his career next summer, and one of the biggest shows of any Irish artists in recent memory with a gig at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium oon July 11th 2026.
Ticket presale begins at 10am on Wednesday October 8th with general sale from 10am Friday 10th.
Since taking control of his data, Dermot will be running the presale for the Aviva Stadium show through his own database for a better fan experience.
Fans will need to be signed up to his mailing list at this link and register for the presale before 10am local time (Ireland) on October 7th to be eligible. The presale will take place on Wednesday October 8th from 10am local time (Ireland) through to Thursday 9th at 10am.
General tickets will be on sale from 10am on Friday October 10th from here.
Ticket Details
Ticket prices: €81.25 / €91.25 / €101.25 / €111.25
Subject to 12.5% Ticketmaster service charge per ticket (max €10.50).
Event subject to licence.
Mastercard cardholders have special access to Mastercard Presale tickets for the Aviva Stadium, starting from 10am Thursday 9 October, until 10am Friday 10 October. Visit priceless.com/music to find out more and sign up to their newsletter for the latest announcements.
Tori Amos Dublin and Belfast shows
Tori Amos brings her In Times of Dragons tour to Dublin and Belfast next April.
Saturday 18 April @ Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Sunday 19th April 2026 @ Bord Gáis Energy Theatre , Dublin
Belfast:
Tickets available Friday at 10am from waterfront.co.uk & ticketmaster.ie
Dublin
Tickets €66.05/€71.05/€75.80 plus fees. On Sale Friday 10th October at 10AM From Ticketmaster.ie.
Since the release of her first, career-defining solo album Little Earthquakes, and her number 1 album Under The Pink Tori Amos has been one of the music industry’s most enduring and ingenious artists, with three top 10 albums and the Global smash hit single Professional Widow which remained in the Top 40 for an impressive 15 weeks, continuing to rock clubland for over a decade. Tori has transcended from commercial pop success to using her music to tackle serious issues around female gender, subsequently paving the way for a generation of young female activist popstars. From her visceral depiction of sexual assault in Me and a Gun & her post-9/11 album Scarlet’s Walk to her decidedly feminist stage musical The Light Princess, her work has never shied away from intermingling the personal with the political. Native Invader (2017) was formed out of her desire to prove that “We can out-create the destructiveness that is all around us” and her stunning top 40, 2021 album Ocean To Ocean addressed the feelings of lock down, isolation, family and grief, with a gentle euphoric approach to such potentially dark musings.
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.
