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  • irishtimes.com - Posted: March 11, 2010 @ 5:10 pm

    The 4 o’clock news headlines

    Jim Carroll

    Bong! R Kelly on his belly! The “controversial” r’n'b dude has yanked his entire European tour, including a Dublin date at the swanky Grand Canal Theatre, due to “nodules on his vocal cords”. All dates to be rescheduled.

    Bong! Yakking! Billed as a “conversation for the nation”, Mindfield takes place at Dublin’s POD complex over the May Bank Holiday weekend. Brought to you by the folks behind the Leviathan events, Mindfield will feature debates and discussions on sport, economics, politics, architecture, media, art and much more with such guests as Gil Scott-Heron (who also plays Tripod on May 2), Alastair Campbell, Jon Snow, Robert Fisk, Simon Napier-Bell, Howard Marks (yawn – do you really want to hear more dope tales from this eejit?), John Cooper Clarke, DBC Pierre and many more. Full details here.

    Bong! Bob’s back (again)! Bob Dylan plays Limerick’s Thomond Park on July 4 to make even more shekels for the pension plan.

    Bong! Beat(yard) on the brat with a baseball bat! Beatyard takes over Dublin’s Twisted Pepper (Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1) on Saturday with live gigs, a music fair, Banter talks, film screenings and more. Admission is free and full details are here.

    Bong! Gigmania! Full details have been announced of the IMRO Showcase Tour for 2010. Gigs will be held from March 25 to May 1 in Belfast, Dublin, Cork, Dundalk, Derry, Kildare and Limerick featuring such acts as Nakatomi Towers, Not Squares, Strait Laces, The Cast of Cheers, We Cut Corners, Brian Deady, The Ambience Affair and tons more. Full details here.

    Bong! And finally….

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    • 6 Comments

    1.
    March 11, 2010
    5:31 pm

    Brilliant line-up so far for Mindfield.So much for those rumours of it being held at Kilmainham or that Festival of the Fires thing near Mullingar. Thankfully, they’ve gone for the far more more sensible option. I wonder will Jon Snow come face-to-face with Alastair Campbell at it, who famously barged into the Channel 4 news studios and demanded an impromptu and unannounced interview with Snow live on air…

    True – Howard Marks has been dining out on his druggy past for far too long now.

    Comment by Quint
    2.
    March 11, 2010
    5:40 pm

    is it May 11th yet?! new national song = awesome, so incredibly awesome…it gave me goosebumps…i can not WAIT to see this live…if they don’t announce an irish date this year I don’t know what I’ll do but I’ll whatever it is, I’ll do it with alot of anger..one reviewer on youtube wrote it gave them an “eargasm”

    Comment by caroline
    3.
    March 11, 2010
    5:41 pm

    Quint – Lovely vibe for this and well done to Naoise Nunn @ Leviathan for putting it together. Those debates at the Electric Picnic are always good fun – well, the ones I’ve been on anyway! – so this should be cool. Unfortunately, there is no sign of an official Snow v Campbell rerun but, given the impromptu nature of the first encounter, we could be in luck.

    And I’m so glad someone else agrees with me about Howard Bloody Marks. Fairy tales for dopeheads, students and Hot Press readers.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    4.
    March 11, 2010
    5:50 pm

    Loving The National song. Bodes well for the new alnum.

    Comment by derek m
    5.
    March 11, 2010
    7:37 pm

    Regarding for Dylan, considering my fear was that it would be the black eyed peas, i really can’t complain about the outcome. never seen him before and is definitely on the see them before they…. for me.
    According to the world exclusive on the limerick leader there’ll be 4 support acts, 3 of which will be “well known”…. (i guess they don’t mean the hitchers?)
    Anyway, whatever else about it, it’ll be good for the city.

    Comment by Ger W
    6.
    March 11, 2010
    8:50 pm

    Regarding the GS-H show in Tripod … Its says doors at 8, but also it lists the Black Eyed Peas aftershow party (shudders) in the same venue at 10.30 … That would mean Gil would have to be off about 10o’c. yes/no ?

    Comment by Mully

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