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Gigs & Festivals
Irish showcase to take place in London
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 26 February 2010
The fifth in a series of showcase gigs that show off the best in new talent from Ireland is to take place at The Luminaire in Kilburn, north London next month, with promoters confident that the country’s next big thing will be amongst the line-up, which features A Plastic Rose, Readers Wives and Kyle John Suckling.
Jay Mistry, who is organising the event, says that many Irish acts find it difficult to get noticed by the wider music industry, but points to acts such as U2, Divine Comedy, Therapy?, Westlife, Van Morrison, Ash and Damien Rice as reasons for people to take a more close interest.
He is quoted in Music Week thus: “The quality is still there: Director, Delerantos, Hybrasil, Kudos, Class Of 84 to name just a few. It’s just that these musicians have to either go to Dublin or Belfast in the vain hope of getting noticed or they have to relocate to London. We put on shows in London and invite a myriad of music industry people, so that they can get a good idea of the quality of current Irish music. Because we target key individuals, there is a much better chance of our bands getting that elusive deal. The intention is to bring Mohammad to the mountain. We do everything except play on the night – which is a good thing”.
The gig takes place on 11 Mar, more info here.
