Gigs

The three day event will take place in 15 venues across the city in June

Your handy guide to Ireland’s top live music events for the year ahead

The singer is playing a major outdoor gig in Dublin this summer with Primal Scream and Happy Mondays

COMEDIAN Tommy Tiernan has spoken of why he is banning mobile phones from his gigs.

BELFAST is set for an epic sing-along next year as pop heavyweights The Killers have announced a major gig at Boucher Road Playing Fields.

BRUCE Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced a string of tour dates, including two gigs in Dublin next year.

The Arena Resilience Alliance proposes the creation of an advisory body to guide and instruct for an effective return of live events.

Robert Fitzpatrick, chief executive of the Odyssey Trust and co-founder of the Arena Resilience Alliance, said they hope it will prove a game-changer.

Back to live: an at-a-glance guide to this year's post-lockdown concerts 

Today Hands Off Gretel – Voodoo, Belfast The Bonny Men – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast Saturday February 15 Arborist – Strange Victory Records, Belfast, 4pm Black Midi, Ill Japonia – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast The Hu – The Limelight 1, Belfast Steel Panther, Wayward Sons – The Ulster Hall, Belfast Shanti Celeste, Peach, Call Super – The Palm House, Belfast Úna Monaghan – The Black Box, Belfast Sunday February 16 New Rules – Oh Yeah, Belfast Monday February 17 Supergrass, Hunkpapa – The Ulster Hall, Belfast Palaye Royale – Oh Yeah, Belfast Tuesday February 18 Buck & Evans – Voodoo, Belfast Thursday February 20 Richard Dawson – The Empire, Belfast The Bell Diver Spiders, The Fake Flirtations, Eva – Voodoo, Belfast Friday February 21 Reverend & The Makers – The Limelight 2, Belfast Wild Heat, Safire, Steven McKnight etc – The Pavilion, Belfast Maya Patterson, Sad Tomorrow, Recovery etc – Atlantic Bar, Portrush Saturday February 22 The Gold Tips – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast The Long Tall Texans – The Empire, Belfast Eddi Reader – Market Place Theatre, Armagh Dea Matrona – The Anchor, Newcastle Scribe – The Atlantic, Portrush The Gold Tips – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast Monday February 24 The Strokes – The Waterfront Hall, Belfast Wednesday February 26 Happy Out, Ghost Office, Gender Chores – The American, Belfast Thursday February 27 Junk Drawer, Problem Patterns, Chris Ryan (Robocobra Quartet) – Strange Victory Records Damien Jurado – The Ulster Sports Club, Belfast Daddy Long Legs – The Black Box, Belfast Example – The Limelight 1, Belfast Francesco Turrisi – Sonic Lab, SARC, Belfast Aftertheflood, Vale Band, Susi Pagel etc – Voodoo, Belfast Enola Gay, Baroda, Cu Culann etc – The Art Department, Belfast Friday February 28 Arborist, Buí, Aaron Shanley – The Menagerie, Belfast Dinosaur (not Jr) – The Black Box, Belfast Peter Mulvey – The American Bar, Belfast Daddy Long Legs – Sandinos, Derry Saturday February 29 Clannad – The Waterfront Hall, Belfast Wood River – The Black Box, Belfast Holly Lester – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast Dana Masters – Ranfurly House, Dungannon Electric Vultures etc – Cream of the Crop, The Atlantic, Portrush .