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JARLATH REGAN, one of the most popular and successful new Irish comedians plays Comedy Comedy upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 8pm.

JAPANESE METAL, Swedish fun, English cool, and Irish brilliance are on the cards over the next few months with a host of brilliant acts set to play the Róisín Dubh.

When you are an up and coming band it doesn’t usually hurt to have your first single played during a televised ad campaign. It especially doesn’t hurt when that ad is a national campaign for one of the biggest sporting events of the year. Such is the life of Sickboy, the Dublin-based band whose debut single ‘The A Tune’ made waves last year by becoming the theme tune for the 6 Nations Rugby adverts across the country. Add to this that it was the most requested song on Phantom FM and you have to admit that they are doing pretty well at getting their name out there. And next week their name comes to Galway city with shows at the Roisin Dubh (August 14) and Sally Long’s (August 15).

At this year’s Electric Picnic, Jape - the solo alter ego of Redneck Manifesto bassist Richie Egan - played ‘Put ‘Em Under Pressure’, the Irish soccer team’s anthem for Italia 90. It brought the house down!

THE SPIRIT and the extraordinary music of the late, great, and much missed Rory Gallagher will be heard loud and clear when Sinnerboy play the Róisín Dubh.

AFTER THE Beatles, there are few English bands that have cast as large or as long a shadow, or wielded greater influence on all areas of rock music than Pink Floyd.

DESPITE BEING named after a type of cricket match, none of the members of the highly promising Irish band One Day International is actually interested in cricket.