M.I.A and Blaqstarr putting there own twist on that Wire theme song or Tom Waits Way Down in The Hole

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Bloody hell, what's happening with cancellations? Now M.I.A. has cancelled her Dublin show, but has had the decency of axing the rest of her European tour too.

Refunds available from point of purchase as per usual. Support act The Cool Kids will carry on regardless, having scheduled a midnight show in Crawdaddy for the same night (June 27th). Tickets for this one are 15 blips.

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The gigs continue to amass, and we've got to a point that justifies another roundup.

So here we go...



First up is one for this weekend- the excellent Devotchka play Crawdaddy on Saturday. Tickets are €15.

Super Extra Bonus Party & Grand Pocket Orchestra play Whelans on Saturday April 12th. Tickets are €10.

(Best live act in Ireland?) Jape play Crawdaddy on Monday April 21st.

A Hawk and a Hacksaw will hit Crawdaddy on Sunday May 11th, with tickets at €15.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club play the Academy on Wednesday 14 May (and also play the Trinity Ball, if you're in a position to swing tickets). Academy tickets are €30 a pop.

Sunday the 25th May sees Public Enemy, The Bomb Squad, and the amazing Cadence Weapon play Tripod with tickets at €29.50 or €34.00
Tapes N Tapes, Sons & Daughters & Port O'Brien hit Tripod on Tuesday May 27th. Tickets range from €17 to €22.50.

Tripod also sees Spiritualized play on Wednesday May 28th. Tickets from €22 to €26.

Strangely, Queens of the Stone Age play the RDS Arena on 22 June as a warm up act for Linkin Park. Weird.

M.I.A plays Tripod on Friday June 27th. Tickets from €27.50 to €32.50.

Lastly for now, The Killers & Bloc Party play Marlay Park on Thursday 21st of August. I can see that as actually being a pretty good show, if the weather holds up.

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Nominees for the 2007 the Shortlist Prize (kinda like a US version of the Mercury Prize) have been announced today. They are:

* Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
* Burial - Untrue
* Feist - The Reminder
* Justice - †
* LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
* M.I.A. - Kala
* Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
* Robert Pollard - Standard Gargoyle Decisions
* Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War
* Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
* Working For A Nuclear Free City - Businessmen & Ghosts

No Beirut? Damn shame. My money's on Feist, but will have to check out Robert Pollard, Working For A Nuclear Free City & the new Stars. The winner is announced at some undetermined point in February.

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