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MOVED FROM WHELAN’S, ORIGINAL TICKETS STILL VALID
DME Promotions proudly presents
PENTAGRAM
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Opium Live • Sun 06 July 2025 • 7:00pm
You can try if you want – you wouldn’t be the first – but Pentagram are undeniable. More than 50 years on from the first incarnation of the band, through decades of tumult, hard wins and tough losses, the band has cast an influence across doom the likes of which few have ever attained, and as with Candlemass, or Saint Vitus, Trouble or any other ‘legendary’ name you want to drop, modern doom cannot not take the shape it has without them.
The singular presence of frontman Bobby Liebling has been the consistent driving factor keeping them going against odds, gods, and, sometimes, better judgment, and Pentagram’s history is known almost as much for drama and scandal, the comings and goings of members, sometimes acrimonious, as it is for classic songs like “All Your Sins,” “Be Forewarned” or “Forever My Queen.” In 2011, the documentary Last Days Here let Liebling tell part of the story, from the earliest demos to a flirtation with major-label stardom to the depths of addiction and obscurity. Unflinching and powerful, the film ended with a new incarnation of Pentagram on stage, reviving the band to a new generation of listeners hungry for what in the interim had become a classic, distinctive sound.
Pentagram’s most recent studio album was 2015’s Curious Volume, a follow-up to the record that started the resurgence, 2009’s Last Rites. Their catalog is replete with collected singles, different versions of LPs, and so on, but records like 1985’s Pentagram, 1987’s Day of Reckoning, the arrival of Relentless in 1993 or of the early-works compilation First Daze Here (The Vintage Collection) in 2002 are classics. They’ve inspired countless others not only in the band’s home in the Doom Capitol (Washington D.C./Maryland) region, but around the world, and ready definitions for the term ‘lifer’ are rarely so forthcoming. With a miles-long trail of burned bridges behind them, Pentagram may yet outlive us all.
The list of players who’ve helped shape this legacy is long, from guitarists like Geof O’Keefe (Macabre), Victor Griffin (Death Row, Place of Skulls) and Kelly Carmichael (Internal Void) to bassists like Kayt Vigil (Sonic Wolves), Adam Heinzmann (Internal Void, Foghound), and Greg Turley (Place of Skulls) and drummers like Gary Isom (Spirit Caravan, ex-Wretched), Joe Hasselvander (Raven, The Hounds of Hasselvander), Sean Saley (Satan’s Satyrs) and Pete Campbell (The Mighty Nimbus, Sixty Watt Shaman). That is a fraction of the full list. It is a family tree unmatched in doom, and it hasn’t always been pretty going from one incarnation of the band to the next, but anyone who’s ever counted them out or said, “oh that’s it they’re done,” has only thus far ever sounded foolish in hindsight.
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€32.50 available online from Whelanslive.com
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Popaganda proudly presents
ERASURED
The Ultimate Tribute to 40 Years of Erasure
Opium Live • Sat 26 July 2025 • 7:00pm
“ERASURED are hitting OPIUM live Dublin. for an unforgettable Irish debut on Saturday 26th July This is not just another tribute act – this is THE tribute to the iconic duo Erasure, celebrating 40 years of their legendary hits, unforgettable synths, and unrelenting energy.”
In 1995 Mark appeared on ITV’s “Stars In Their Eyes” (and again for the 1995 Christmas Special) as Erasure’s Andy Bell, to universal acclaim.
He met Pete in 1996 and the pair began writing original material together and at the same time launched Erasured, with which they toured the circuit for over ten years. The magic eventually waned, but the pair stayed the closest of friends.
Then in 2018 Mark and Pete were invited to recreate the recent arena gigs Robbie Williams had done with Erasure. They agreed to do the gig as a ‘one-off’ for nostalgia’s sake. The show was a huge success and they again found their passion for Erasure music, and started touring again, with new technology and new outfits!
erasured are:
“Andy Bell” – Vocals – Mark Rodway
”Vince Clarke” – Keyboards – Pete FaintGrab your tickets and prepare for a night of timeless tunes and pure nostalgia.
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