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One of the great iconic Irish acts of the last 25 years, Whipping Boy, have announced a Kilkenny gig this Christmas, as part of the group’s return to the Irish live scene.

THEY have been a going concern since 1981 and their fans include Sonic Youth and Nirvana. They are Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife and they play Galway next week.

“MOGWAI STILL sound like the future, their five-strong core membership still the coolest gang in town.” So wrote Scottish crime fiction author Ian Rankin of the band that make their Galway debut on St Valentine’s Day.

“NIRVANA MAY have put an entire generation in flannel, and Pearl Jam and Soundgarden both sold a lot more records, but Mudhoney were truly the band that made the ‘90s grunge rock movement possible.”

Pavement

DINOSAUR JR, the definitive US alternative rock band, will be making their third journey to Galway to play a ‘Róisín Dubh presents...’ concert at The Black Box Theatre on Monday May 10.

Sonic and the Black Knight

THE FUNERAL Suits, currently riding high on Steve Lamacq’s Top 60 records of the moment on BBC Radio 1, play Substance in Cuba* on Sunday.

PRIMAL SCREAM guitarist Andrew Innes is ready for Galway. “When you get on stage you realise it’s all worth it,” he says. “When people are cheering you on it’s hard to beat that and you think, ‘It’s great to be in a band’.”