The word has been filtering across internetland all day- The Pixies have confirmed a third date for the Olympia this September, this time for Wednesday the 30th. All three dates will feature the band performing their classic album Dolittle in its entirety.

As the last two dates were snapped up in seconds I'd highly recommend recruiting an army of computers in order to stand a chance of getting tickets for this one.

The battle commences at 9AM sharp tomorrow (so about 8.57 then). Might as well start refreshing the ticketmaster page now...

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Good news from the land of gig announcements: The Pixies are to play Dublin's Olympia Theatre for two nights, October 1st & 2nd. Shockingly, it's been twenty years since their classic album Doolittle was released (still sounds fresh...), and rather than buying a cake, they're celebrating by playing the album in its entirety INCLUDING all related B-sides.

This can't really be missed...

Tickets go on sale Friday July 3rd at 9 in the AM, and are priced €54.80 (standing, circle) and €44.20 (nosebleeds).

Here's my favourite Pixies track, which unsurprisingly comes from the album in question:

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