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Gig guide: Live music for the week ahead

Lisa Hannigan launches new album At Swim with an acoustic gig at HMV Belfast this evening
Lisa Hannigan launches new album At Swim with an acoustic gig at HMV Belfast this evening

Today

Safire, Electric Vultures, Rusty Taste Of Sweetness etc – McHugh’s, Belfast.

Andrew Weatherall – Voodoo, Belfast.

Medlar – Bar Sub, QUBSU, Belfast.

Saturday August 20

Madness – Belsonic, Titanic Belfast.

Nick Lowe – EastSide Arts Festival, St Patrick’s Church, Ballymacarrett, Belfast.

Deathbus etc – Warzone Centre, Belfast.

Gascan Ruckus, Empty Lungs, Hot Cops etc – Gascan Ruckus Summer BBQ, Mandela Hall, QUBSU, Belfast, 2pm.

Defects, Old Firm Casuals, Hardcase etc – Keep The Faith Festival, Voodoo, Belfast, 4pm.

Andrew Weatherall – The Glassworks, Derry.

Sunday August 21

Blood or Whiskey, Buck Eejit, Stiff Little Busker etc – Keep The Faith Festival, Voodoo, Belfast, 4pm.

Martin Simpson – Space Theatre, Bangor.

Tuesday August 23

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds etc – Belsonic, Titanic Belfast.

Wednesday August 24

Airbourne, Trucker Diablo – The Limelight, Belfast.

Disclosure etc – Belsonic, Titanic Belfast.

Mike Scott – Talking Musical Revolutions, Space Theatre, Bangor.

Thursday August 25

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cage The Elephant, Labrinth etc – Vital, Boucher Road Playing Fields, Belfast.

Glen Hansard, Brendan Begley and the crew of Naomhoig na Tinte – Camino Na Saile, The Ulster Museum, Belfast.

Charlie Parr – Bennigan's, Derry.

Friday August 26

Avicii, Jess Glynne, Galantis etc – Vital, Boucher Road Playing Fields, Belfast.

Charlie Parr – Voodoo, Belfast, free.

Midnight Force, Donum Dei etc – The Eglantine, Belfast.

The Pipes, The Pipes – The Black Box, Belfast.

Rackhouse Pilfer, The Emerald Armada, David C Clements etc – Hilden Beer & Music Fest, Hilden Brewery, Lisburn.

Stop Stop Start Again – The Atlantic Bar, Portrush.

Saturday August 27

Extreme Noise Terror, Desecration, Unyielding Love – Voodoo, Belfast.

Fatboy Slim, Flight Facilities – Belsonic, Titanic Belfast.

Maverick, Stereo Nasty – The­ Limelight 2, Belfast, 7pm.

Altan – An Droichead, Belfast.

The Damned – Marine Court Hotel, Bangor.

Cara Dillon – Queen's Parade Church, Bangor.

Suggs – Talking Musical Revolutions, Space Theatre, Bangor.

Gozer The Traveller, Chief Keef & The Roddymen etc – Stanfest, Arthur's Bar, Keady, 1pm.

Ports, Making Monsters, Touts etc – Bennigan's Block Party, Bennigan's, Derry.

Sven Vath, Josh Wink, Dana Ruh etc – Cocoon, Ebrington Square, Derry.