Madonna

Madonna played and we all got soaked. That’s about the gist of it. She, on the other hand, had an alter boy carrying an umbrella for her. NikonD4, 400mm (we were about 60meters away) and rain hood!

Kanye West & Jay Z

Watch The Throne tour in Dublin’s O2 June 9th 2012. Shot with a very stretched 200mm lens & Nikon D800.

 

Maverick Sabre

In the Academy… with his blankey.

 

Snow Patrol

in the O2, Dublin. Awful lights, awful awful lights. Eww. Bit of a photo challenge I must admit, but at least it makes a change from the normal white light in the O2!

David Kitt

Kittser, the big romantic. Playing the album right through in Vicar Street. Heartwarming stuff there. 10 years of picnic’s in the pav with The Big Romance… time really does fly.

Friendly Fires

At the Olympia, Dublin. Man, that boy can move.

 

The Darkness

They believe in a thing called love…. and you know what? So do I… so do I.

Olympia Theatre, Dublin, 2011.

The Airborne Toxic Event

Absolutely fucking incredible night. One of the greatest gigs I have been to in a very long time. Encapsulating atmosphere created by such powerful songs. Their stage presence has come on leaps and bounds since I last saw them in Electric Picnic 2010(?) and it’s getting really easy to love this band more and more with each gig and album.

The photos, I’ll admit, are a bit shit. Seemed like all the lights got turned on after we left the pit.

Also, check our Mikel climbing the mezz for an entire song. Heart.In.Mouth.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Holy good Jesus the Chilies rocked it last night in the O2. They put on the definition of Arena Rock. The lights, the set list, the visuals… couldn’t fault it in the slightest. They even lit the stage. The actual floor of the stage was made of lights. Such a great consideration for the fans in the seats, I mean who wants to look at a sea of rank duct tape (you hearing this Britney?).

There was a great mix of old & new tunes. Plenty of heartfelt banter to make us feel all special n loved and Flea’s bass playing skills could keep you mesmerised for years.

Amazeballs review to follow in HotPress later by Celina Murphy x

I’m off to dig out my copy of Blood Sugar….

Britney Spears

Britney raunched it up in the O2 last night.

Noel Gallagher

Probably one of the hardest gig’s I’ve snapped due to the impossible restrictions and my complete lack of God given height.

Shot with a 200mm from waaaaaay back behind the crowd.

Deus

Deus in The Academy with a warm nostalgic vibe.

Ghostpoet

Ghostpoet live in Whelans last night supported by the babyfaced but brilliant MOTHS.

Pugwash

Ah awesome! Pugwash are back! Now in fairness, I was a mere tweeny bop when they were first on the Irish music scene in 1999. When I finally realised what decent tunage was all I had were tales of greatness from my elders about a hard working band called Pugwash. This time around I’ll be up front and loving every gig. Check out the album on iTunes and snippets here http://www.pugwashtheband.com

Lovely lads, lovely lads indeed.

House Of Dolls

 Here’s a band called House Of Dolls. Me likey. Listen here.

Shots taken in a Graveyard somewhere out by the M50 (I should really pay more attention to where boys bring me after dark). Used some very low apertures with some very high ISO’s. A tree stump for a tripod and a piece of orange plastic for a filter.

Castlepalooza ….Marry Me!

I work at  go to just about every Irish festival, big and small. Castlepalooza is the best. End Of.

 

 

 

The bands shown are in no particular order.  Adebisi Shank, Maud In Cahoots, Naughty By Nature, No Monster Club, Tupelo, Squarehead, CODES, Steve Reddy, Tarentella Fall, The Minutes, The Dying Seconds.

 

Raging I missed Le Galaxie, Scared Animals, Jape and more due to insane intoxication and general giggles. I’ll make to up to you x

 

Joanna Newsom

Another fabulously intimate gig by the crooning harpist. It seems that no matter the space (this time a giant tent) her voice will travel and make those hairs on your neck stand on end.  More JoJo pix from her Grand Canal Gig here!

Body & Soul

Another amazingly fruity festival from Bulmers. Extremely quaint with a squishy vibe. More Hippy than Hipster which was a pleasant surprise, though I did feel a tad guilty for getting tipsy with so many toddlers about.  Full review in Hot Press next week featuring Holy Fuck, Lisa Hannigan, Lamb and loads more!

Roger Waters

Here’s looking at you Roger Waters, you are the original king of crazy ass visuals. Aphex Twin, ain’t no one looking at you.

Queens Of The Stone Age

The hottest tickets in town apparently. A bit wasted on me in fairness as I can’t claim to own any of their albums (I just heard you all scoff with disdain). We were made shoot from the very side of the stage in front of the 1700 foot tall speakers which blew my wee ears away. I’m now 98% deaf and I’m sure that pleases the giant ginger lord.

*some slight exaggerations may be present in the above blog.