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Singular Artists presents
Zak Abelplus support
Sat 3rd Jun | Opium
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Tickets €20+bf from Whelanslive.com
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
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Foggy Notions & U:MACK proudly presents
MONO
plus support
Opium Live • Sun 04 June 2023 • 7:00pm
Takaakira ‘Taka’ Goto (Guitar) • Tamaki (Bass, Piano) • Yoda (Guitar) • Dahm (Drums)
The Tokyo, Japan based 4-piece Instrumental Rock band MONO was originally formed in 1999. Their unique approach of combining moving orchestral arrangements and shoegaze guitar noise is held in extremely high regard; so much so, that the band’s musicianship and the diverse musical palette has eclipsed the Rock genre and exists within its own realm. As British Musical Magazine NME once stated, “this is music for the Gods”.
Over the first decade, MONO rapidly established a well-acclaimed status, especially with their live performances. Through their annual world tour consisting of around 150 shows, visiting over 59 countries, both critics and fans of Rock music agree their sheer euphoric, dynamic resonance of performance make MONO one of the best live bands in existence. A particularly monumental early live memory was a special set of orchestra showsƒ celebrating the 10th anniversary in New York, Tokyo, London and Melbourne; which was later immortalised as the live album “Holy Ground”. MONO now also proudly holds the title of being one of the most internationally successful bands in Japan.
Outside of the studio and live music, MONO has also made its name as a film score composer. After releasing 10 successful albums including the live album with an orchestra, the band received the highly regarded award “The Marshall Hawkins Awards: Best Musical Score – Featurette” from the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema for their collaborative short film “Where We Begin” in 2015, and the band was also nominated for “Ariel Award for Best Original Music Score” for the feature film “The 4th Company” which was released in 2016.
In 2018, MONO began a new journey. After welcoming the new drummer Dahm, the band started to prepare for their second decade’s celebration and during this time, they received a special invitation to be one of the headliners of London’s Meltdown Festival, personally requested by the 2018’s curator Robert Smith of The Cure; an unforgettable gesture and honour for the band, from one of the band’s long-time inspirations. The stage was then shared with artists such as My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, Mogwai and Deftones.
The band’s 20th anniversary was welcomed in the following year. To commemorate this occasion, the 10th album “Nowhere Now Here” was released alongside a year-long world tour, consisting of 4 special orchestra shows in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and London, ending in March 2020. One of the orchestra events, held at the historic Barbican Hall in London, performed to a rapt sold-out audience of 2,000, was once again immortalised as a live album “Beyond the Past” as part of this celebration which charted at #2 on Billboard’s Classical Crossover Albums in the US.
Now MONO enters into the third decade. As the first creation of this decade, the new 11th album “Pilgrimage of the Soul” was released in September 2021, which was recorded and mixed — cautiously, anxiously, yet optimistically — during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020 with one of the band’s longtime partners, Steve Albini.
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€28 available online from Whelanslive.com
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
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Gayvents Presents
BUKKAKE
SUMMER SIZZLER
featuring
Main Room: PADDY SCAHILL, MOA MONTEIRO & SEAN RATCHFORD
Backroom PopBitch: STEPHEN DOWLING
Bukkake is a queer as F**k space.
Opium Live • Sun 04 June 2023 • Doors 11:00pm
Bukkake is back with a bang, the last few have been such amazing parties, and the party continues on SundayJkune 4th at Opium.
The bank holiday weekends, seem to be coming thick and fast these days, and we are dleighted to be back in Opium for the next one. As always our amazing and loyal residents will serve up a feast of dancin, in 2 rooms, and the amazing roof terrace is open as always.
Paddy Scahill,
Sean Ratchford
Moa Monteiro in the main room,
and
Stephen Dowling in the back lounge.
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€10-€15+bf available from Eventbrite.ie
Strictly Over 18s | R.O.A.R. | ID Required | Strictly No Refunds
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Enjoy Events presents
PARAZITII
plus support
DAN GEROSU | ALAN & KEPA
Opium Live • Sat 17 June 2023 • 7:30pm
Cheloo, Ombladon și Freakadadisk aka Paraziții te așteaptă la un mare concert la OPIUM LIVE.
“Din colțul blocului”, “Arde” sau “Poliția trece”, fredonăm împreună toate piesele consacrate marca Paraziții pe data de 17 iunie în Dublin!
Cu talentul lor incontestabil și prezența dinamică pe scenă, Paraziții va doborî cu siguranță casa și îi va lăsa pe fani să își dorească mai mult. Nu ratați șansa de a asista la acest grup emblematic în acțiune. Ia acum biletele pentru o noapte pe care nu o vei uita!
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€37.50 available online from Whelanslive.com
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
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DME Promotions presents
The Aristocrats
Mon 19th Jun 2023 | Opium
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“More fun than fusion has any right to be.” – Rhythm Magazine (UK)
Over the past decade, The Aristocrats – guitarist Guthrie Govan (Steven Wilson, Hans Zimmer, Asia/GPS), bassist Bryan Beller (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Dethklok), and drummer Marco Minnemann (Steven Wilson, Joe Satriani, Steve Hackett) – have established themselves as one of the most musically original, refreshingly irreverent, and astoundingly entertaining instrumental rock-fusion acts on the planet. Anyone who’s witnessed their live musical high-wire act – employing random amounts of rock, jazz, pop, metal, country, and anything in between – feels the spirit of a true band, one whose improvisational soul allows for anything to happen onstage at any moment…including the occasional Frank Zappa-influenced wink and nod at the audience.
The buzz from their supposedly one-off debut gig at the Anaheim NAMM show in 2011 led to The Aristocrats self-titled debut album. Tracked in just eight days, The Aristocrats [2011] was hailed as an instant classic in leading music publications worldwide, appearing on many of that year’s top ten lists. Over the next decade, The Aristocrats proceeded to make three more critically acclaimed studio albums, two of which landed in the Billboard Top 10 Jazz Chart (jazz? ok, sure). Several world tours resulted in three live albums, the most recent of which – FREEZE! Live In Europe 2020 – was a poignant document of the band peaking on the You Know What…? tour, captured just two weeks before the COVID era began.
The Aristocrats will make their long-awaited return to the stages of North America this summer, for the ten-week, 50-show DEFROST tour. Audiences starved for some trademark Aristocratic musical mayhem will be treated to a debut of select new material not yet released on any album, as well as a carefully curated collection of fan favorites and deep cuts. They’ll also be promoting their first-ever orchestral collaboration. The Aristocrats With Primuz Chamber Orchestra, a lush and lavish musical reimagination and sonic reinvention of songs from throughout the band’s storied four-album catalog, will release in June, just before the tour begins.
The ultra-power-trio issued a joint statement to mark the occasion: “We’re beyond thrilled to get back out there and do what we do best – playing together, live and loud, in the same room – for our amazing fans who’ve been so generous with their support of what we do as a band. Even though modern technology is great, we wanted to wait until we were physically together before playing any new material, because that’s just how we do it. That’s finally going to happen right before we head out on the road, so it will be really fresh and exciting. We can’t wait!”
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Doors 7pm // Over 18’s
Tickets €35 on sale Wed 7th Sept, 10am from Ticketmaster, tickets.ie, Whelanslive.com & Sound Cellar.
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
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DME proudly presents
BRITISH LION
plus support
Opium Live • Fri 23 Jun 2023 • 7:00pm
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€26 available online from Whelanslive.com & Ticketmaster.ie
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
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Gayvents Presents
BUKKAKE
DUBLIN PRIDE SPECIAL
FULL VENUE TAKEOVER
featuring
PADDY SCAHILL
SEAN RATCHFORD
MAO MONTEIRO
SLEEPLESS BEAUTY
EDDIE KAY
DJ RUTH
AUDIO PILOTS
LUKE DONEGANBukkake is a queer as F**k space.
Opium Live • Sat 24 June 2023 • Doors 10:30pm
It’s that time of the year once more, and we are super excited to say that we will be having a full venue takeover of Opium for Dublin Pride 2023, which now includes the totally gorgeous Botanical Garden.
Over 10 DJ’s, 3 rooms, and YOU! .. What a night it’s going to be.
Expect the house full signs going up fairly quickly on this one, so grab tickets as soon as you can.
We have a killer line up, for the Main Room, The Back Lounge and The Botanical Garden, with a few surprises thrown in for extra measure also. More deets soon..
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€13-€23+bf from Eventbrite.ie
Strictly Over 18s | ROAR | ID Required | Strictly No Refunds
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DUDA BEAT
plus support
Opium Live • Sun 25 June 2023 • 7:30pm
Creamy synthesizers, vibrant bass, passionate beats and a lot of “sofrência” (Brazilian slang for heartbreaking songs): all these ingredients are wrapped up in “Sinto Muito”, the debut album by singer-songwriter Duda Beat.
Like a journal filled with acid outbursts, Duda Beat’s lyrics give voice to a romantic young woman who can not adapt to the fluidity of nowadays relationships. Anyone who thinks the album is apologetic for bitterness is completely deceived. The sorrow-turned-into-art is the way to overcoming and empowering.
The mix of musical genres such as Tecnobrega, Pop, Axé and Dub result in an album with personality, which comes to give the final blow and closes the door in the face of those who deserve it. As the artist says about her previous love affairs:
“My music was a way to heal myself and to overflow it. By the end of the process I found out that my lyrics could speak to all people who are lovesick, who love and are rejected and who do not fit into the modern world of liquid relationships. I want other people to feel inspired by it in some way.”
Duda has performing at various venues in Brazil and worldwide since the beginning of her career. She has been featured in the line-ups of numerous mainstream festivals and undertook a remarkably successful European tour in 2021, wherein her performances were completely sold out across Portugal, Spain, France, England, Ireland, and Germany.
With the release of her second album, “Te Amo Lá Fora”, to great critical acclaim in 2021, Duda is set to embark on another tour of Europe during the summer of 2023.
Since her career launch, Duda has performed in many venues in Brazil and around the world. She was part of the Lollapalooza Brazil 2019 edition line-up and, in 2019, toured for the first time in the US and Europe, including sold out concerts in Portugal, Spain and Germany.
With her second and already acclaimed album, “Te Amo Lá Fora”, released in 2021, Duda is preparing her return to Europe for 2022, with plans to perform in Portugal, France, Germany, Spain, UK and more.
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€32.50 available online from Whelanslive.com
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
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