Irish Punk News

We will be giving away two tickets to see yet another legendary punk band. This time you have a chance to win a pair of tickets to see The Damned, live May 25 at The Academy Dublin Ireland. For rules and how to, go to our contest page.

If you're in Dublin you wont want to miss this. We will be giving away a pair of tickets to see the Buzzcocks live Friday May 11th at The Academy in Dublin. For details on the contest, and how to enter click here

A big congratulations to The Mahones for winning best punk album form the 11th Independent Music Awards. The judges were Tom Waits, Keith Richards, Tori Amos and Ozzy Osborne. This is no surprise for us here at Irish punk, as we gave The Black Irish album an an incredibly rare 10/10 rating. be sure to check out our review here. The Mahones are not slowing down, they have also begun recording their new album titled Angles And Devils which as of now, is scheduled for a 2012 release.

This year will be a milestone for the Punk scene in Ireland. It will mark the 35th anniversary of The Radiators from Space being the first punk band to make it into the top 20 with their song Television Screen. The Radiators, consisting of Philip Chevron (The Pogues) Pete Holidai, Jimmy Crashe, Steve Rapid, and Mark Megaray formed in Dublin 1975. The event will feature a debut documentary screening on Irish punk rock by Steve Murray, a photography exhibition and from 7pm to 11pm performances by, Loose Nut, Pulled Apart, Crows, Stick Around, and Boardwalk. The event will take place at The Twisted Pepper 54 Middle Abbey St, in Dublin Ireland on  April 14th from 6:30pm till 2:30am.