The XS Noize team review the latest live shows from bands/artists on tour.
The legendary former Mama Boy’s member, Pat McManus, opened the night. Performing tracks of his own and classic Mama’s Boys tracks. After numerous rescheduled, prog icons Magnum made their return to Belfast. Performing such classics […]
The Divine Comedy’s five-night residency at the Barbican was initially billed for October 2020 to celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary. The Irish chamber pop band would chronologically play their first ten LPs back to back. […]
Gary Lightbody, lead singer of Snow Patrol and the City of Bangor’s most famous son, was awarded the Freedom of the Borough by Ards and North Down Borough Council at a special civic ceremony at […]
All Points East opened with Gorillaz headlining. Eight days in XS Noize caught up with The National, who were joined on stage by Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold. XS Noize also returned with headliners Nick […]
All Points East only started in 2018, and in less than five years, it has become a ten-day festival catering to 40,000 music lovers daily. The first-day headliner was Gorillaz, where Alina Salihbekova captured some […]
“Chris Farren will perform soon,” read the enormous letters projected on to the side wall of Belfast’s Telegraph Building. Soon after, as he warned us he would, Chris Farren bounded out on to the stage, […]
British rock sensations Stereophonics returned to Belfast with a headline show at Custom House Square on Wednesday, 24th August 2022. The Welsh rockers played a fantastic set of hits and tracks from their new Number […]
Following their SOLD OUT Custom House Square show in 2019, Legendary NI Punks Stiff Little Fingers returned to Custom House Square in Belfast on Saturday 20th August 2022 alongside an all-star line-up of special guests […]
Gorillaz is one of the most extraordinary bands of all time. Damon Albarn’s songwriting talent and charisma and Jamie Hewlett’s vision and art style created this visual band with four fictional members: 2D, Noodle, Murdoc […]
If there ever was a gig that reminded you of the time and the place a gig was played, this Flogging Molly gig was one of them. Despite the record-breaking scorching summer heatwave, gig goers […]
Opening the night was Belfast’s own; Silent Running. It is incredible these guys supported Simple Minds during the ‘Sparkle In The Rain’ tour back in 1984. Scottish rock titans Simple Minds made their long-awaited return […]
It’s a slightly incongruous prospect, The Human League playing live at a racecourse – any racecourse, let alone one in “leafy” Surrey. At first glance, their presence might seem almost like a “bolt-on” to what […]
The new album Lies They Tell Our Children from Pittsburg’s punk-rock band Anti-Flag will be released on the 6th of January 2023. The band are now playing a string of headline shows in the UK. […]
Electronic dance music juggernauts The Prodigy returned on stage with a massive ground-shaking performance. After three years of Keith Flint not being with us, Liam Howlett and Maxim decided to keep the fire burning the […]
American punk rock band Social Distortion played their first Irish headline show in ten years at The Academy, Dublin, on 12th July. Clair McAllister was on hand to take these fantastic images. […]
Midnight Oil go back a long way, with a career spanning just shy of five decades. The Australian rock band played many London venues that are no more, including ZIG Zag Club, which closed its […]
Legendary Seattle grunge band Pearl Jam came to London to perform for two nights at BST Hyde Park. On Saturday, the 9th of July, Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready and Matt Cameron […]
Following a six year hiatus, Kula Shaker returned this year with their sixth album, 1st Congregational Church Of Eternal Love And Free Hugs, which is probably their best to date and fuelled excitement amongst fans […]
Jerry Cantrell is one of the founding members of the legendary grunge band Alice In Chains. On the 7th of July, he visited London with his solo project. The setlist was a mix of his […]
2022 is a year of poignant anniversaries for the Rolling Stones. This Hyde Park gig, their second of 2022, occurred exactly 53 years after the Rolling Stones founder and guitarist Brian Jones died, and July […]