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On 4th January 1986, the world lost, arguably Ireland's most celebrated musician, poet, and icon. Phil Lynott's passing may have occurred four decades ago, but the Dublin man's legacy looms large, and in the city's 3Arena exactly forty years after the event, friends, colleagues, band mates and fans came together to celebrate his life and work for a special show dubbed 'The Dedication'. 
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Drink the Sea, the collective featuring band leader Barret Martin, R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Queens of the Stone Age collaborator Alain Johannes, and multi instrumentalist Duke Garwood, arrived in Dublin on Sunday night [14 December 2025] for an intimate show at Temple Bar's Button Factory. Featuring a crammed two hours of music, the augmented six-piece proved captivating at their debut Irish show.  Photo; Adrian Hextall Mindhex Media Ricky Warwick might have been born in Northern Ireland, but his band The Almighty haven't played in Belfast since they went over the f**kin' edge at Queen's University in 1993. That all changed on Saturday night [22nd November 2025] when the band hit the stage at the fabled Ulster Hall.  Breaking through in 1992 with their smash hit third album 'Connected', Stereo MC's burned brightly, scoring a brace of BRIT Awrds in the process. Back with their 'True to Life' tour, they were in Hamburg's Markthalle on Tuesday night [18 November 2025] for their first gig in the city in fourteen years.  Orange County Punks The Offspring landed in Ireland on Wednesday night [12 November 2025] bringing their 'Supercharged - Worldwide in '25' tour to Dublin's 3Arena. Taking with them a 'Gorilla Guy', fan cam, and a mountain of hit songs, it proved one of the most fun nights of the year.  Dexter Holland at Copenhell 2024. Photo; Adrian Hextall Mindhex Media Saxon rewound to 1980 in Dublin on Wednesday night [5th November 2025], performing their breakthrough 'Wheels of Steel' album in full at the city's ornate Olympia Theatre. They brought with them Dirkschneider featuring a brace of Accept originals, who performed the band's 'Balls to the Wall' masterwork in full, making it a night fuelled by nostalgia.  Photo; Darren McLoughlin Receiving its first ever double vinyl release, comes Mr. Bungle's 'California', as part of Rhino Records' 'Rocktober release schedule. Originally released in 1999, Mike Patton and co confounded expectations once more, with what is arguably their most accessible release.  They may have just announced their pending demise, but Megadeth were still alive and well in Dublin on Wednesday night (22nd October 2025). Opening up for Disturbed, Dave Mustaine and co pummelled their way through an hour-long set, cramming in as many of their best known songs and dispensing with the pleasantries.  Dave Mustaine onstage at Dublin's 3Arena, October 2025. German power metal pioneers Helloween celebrated four decades as a band at London's Evetim Apollo in Hammersmith on Monday night [20th October 2025], with a musical and visual spectacle that was simply out of this world. The extended show took in tracks from right across their career; from their 1985 debut 'Walls of Jericho', to this year's 'Giants and Monsters'.  Photo; Adrian Hextall Mindhex Media. With a nod to one of metal's most legendary treks - Clash of the Titians the 1990 event featuring Slayer, Megadeth and Testament - Thrash of the Titians, with an equally riff-roaring line-up landed in Dublin on Thursday night [9th October 2025]. Taking place in the beautiful confines of the ornate Olympia Theatre, the bill featured dual headliners Testament and Obituary, along with Destruction and Nervosa.  Photo; Darren McLoughlin. |