Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
Fri July 25 2014
Sat July 26 2014
GARTH BROOKS was in Dublin today to make a very special announcement in person. Standing in Croke Park, the location of his now legendary sell out concerts in 1997, Garth Brooks announced that he would be returning to that same venue in July 2014 for two very special performances. The shows, two special performances before his worldwide tour which is due to start later this year, are called The Garth Brooks Comeback Special Event. Over two nights in Croke Park Dublin, Garth and his fans will celebrate his legendary career - a career which saw him named the #1-selling solo artist in U.S. history, sell in excess of 128 million albums and receive every accolade the recording industry can bestow on an artist.
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Looking for something to tickle your funny bone? This week, the Sunflower Comedy Club presents James Acaster. The 29 year old comedian has appeared on Nevermind the Buzzcocks, Russell Howards Good News, Dave's One Night Stand and Live at the Comedy Store. You might also know him from his Radio 4 series James Acaster's Findings. It's sure to be a great night! Find the event on Facebook here. Where: The Sunflower, Union Street When: Wednesday 22nd January, 8.30pm The Damage: £10 Who wrote this...?Laura Caldwell
I'm 20 years old, studying Journalism with Photo-Imaging at the University of Ulster Coleraine Campus. I have an undying love for Belfast and all that it has to offer, an undying love for sleeping, Tegan and Sara, trashy tv shows, foreign snack-foods and being irresponsible with money. I also quite like origami, reading, jazz, hip-hop, dubstep, anything acoustic and Food Network TV. I've written for The Big List, Culture NI, Chatterbox and The Echo, as well as currently writing for BBC Across the Line. vi·ral /ˈvīrəl/ Jerry Seinfeld and his hit internet show "Comedians in cars getting coffee" features a DeLorean and Jerry talks a little about it's history and Belfast. It's a very funny show all round with special guest comedian and super nerd Patton Oswalt. Who wrote this?Christopher J Caldwell. I enjoy wrestling, films and nautical adventure. I've just finished making a short film which you can see here. I also DJ sometimes. You'll see me out and about eating or drinking. Sometimes even both whilst walking. I have written for The Big List. I currently also write for BBC Across The Line.
BBC ATL Review: The Magic Numbers BBC ATL Review: Rams' Pocket Radio, A Northern Light, Serotonin We've been to Tony Roma's in Belfast a few times, situated on University Road, it's pretty famous for its ribs, but you can also get chicken, seafood, steak and much more. The whole theme is American, without being too kitsch and the restaurant has a nice atmosphere with big booths and more intimate tables spread across two floors. What's even better than great ribs, is cheap ribs and with their early bird menu available all week that's just what you get. Starting at one course for £6.95, two courses for £9.95 and three courses for £12.95, you can't really argue with that. The early bird menu is available from 5pm - 7pm Monday - Thursday,12 noon - 7pm Friday and Sunday, and 12 noon - 5pm on Saturdays. Check out the menu here. We arrived at the restaurant at about 6.45pm and with such a large group of us (10 plus a baby), were informed that there would be at least a 25 - 30 minute wait. So we waited at the bar and within fifteen minutes, a couple of different members of staff reassured us that we wouldn't be waiting much longer. In the end they actually moved some of the tables to accommodate us and even though we were sitting down after 7pm, we were assured that we could still order off the early bird menu if we wanted. We got an onion loaf for the table (as you do), which is basically a loaf made out of onion rings and is amazing, we also got their boneless buffalo bites to start. The buffalo sauce is just the right amount of tangy and comes with a blue cheese dip. We also got the bites but with a Carolina honey sauce and ranch dip, which I'd highly recommend, the Carolina Honey sauce is delicious and not sickly at all. For the main course, the order of the day was obviously ribs...alongside the early bird menu, they also had an endless slab deal (available on Mondays) which was all you can eat ribs for £17.95, which most of the group indulged in. Considering the fact that a full rack of ribs was £19.99, this was definitely a good deal, plus, each time you get a new rack of ribs you can change the sauce, which makes this all the better. I got the rib sampler, which was four mini racks of ribs, each with a different signature sauce: Original, Carolina Honey, Blue Ridge Smokies and Red Hot. This also came with two sides, and I chose fries (which still have the skin on them, keeping them rustic) and onion rings - the perfect accompaniment. The meal was fantastic, the ribs were delicious and the staff were extremely attentive. They even have free refills on their soft drinks! Over all, Tony Romas is a great place for a meal out, their food is consistently good and the service is just what you'd want (a shout out to our server Orla, who really looked after us). We even went home with enough leftovers to feed us all the next night, so it's definitely good value for money. Who wrote this?Laura Caldwell
I'm 20 years old, studying Journalism with Photo-Imaging at the University of Ulster Coleraine Campus. I have an undying love for Belfast and all that it has to offer, an undying love for sleeping, Tegan and Sara, trashy tv shows, foreign snack-foods and being irresponsible with money. I also quite like origami, reading, jazz, hip-hop, dubstep, anything acoustic and Food Network TV. I've written for The Big List, Culture NI, Chatterbox and The Echo, as well as currently writing for BBC Across the Line. Continuing with our 4 Elements theme all month this week we're featuring some very dramatic pictures of the sky. The sky is never the same twice, changing before your eyes all the time. In these images the main subject is the sky, whether it's night time or day, cloudy or clear, the sky always tells a story. About the photographerI’m Neil Carey, a photographer and artist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. I have a deep love of nature and through my work I try to capture how it encroaches on our lives both in the countryside and in the city. I love the surreal and unusual and this other side of me can be seen through my digital art work and manipulations.
To see more of Neil’s work click here Terry Christian walks to the stage dressed in a papal gown, flicking holy water at people and as he steps on the stage, begins speaking in a half decent Irish accent and telling off colour, irreverent jokes about the catholic church. He looks a tad nervous and as he finishes his opening bit and introduces himself proper, he admits that he was and still is nervous about doing this show in Belfast. I can see why, any show that involves an Englishman coming to our wee island to speak about their issues with the catholic church is a brave man, and in this case a very funny man. Whilst Julian cope cancels his date in the Black box due to 'security concerns' Terry Christian -a TV presenter -is up there in living colour baring his soul in a funny, thought provoking and at times awkwardly honest fashion, whilst unabashedly taking aim at the catholic church that he holds accountable for, at least part of, the way he is. I thoroughly enjoyed the show, Terry himself admits he's not a comedian, in fact during one anecdote he misses his punchline altogether, but the story itself is so interesting that he's forgiven for doing so. He's a complex man, entrenched in catholic guilt and explaining the issues that this brings, the sense of split national identity that being brought up by an Irish family in England can harvest. He tells how his Granny called his brother "that English Bastard" because he was the only sibling not born in Ireland.There's parts of his stories that we can all relate to and there's very much the black humour that we in this country thrive on. I've seen funnier comedians and I've seen more polished public speakers, but it's rare to see some-one be so honest in this kind of a setting. It's like sitting in the bar with a mate you haven't seen in years and he's filling you in on what he's been doing for the last 4 decades or so. You laugh and you cry along with wherever the story goes, but all the times there's a sense of empathy for the stories being told. The Black Box was really full for this show and I think that , like myself, a lot of people came along not knowing what kind of show Terry would put on. He has no book to sell, or CD to promote, so I think in the end it was just a chance for us to find out a little bit more about Terry Christian and sure what's wrong with that. Out to Lunch Arts Festival is on for the next week and there's till plenty of things to see and do. Check it all out here Who wrote this?Christopher J Caldwell. I enjoy wrestling, films and nautical adventure. I've just finished making a short film which you can see here. I also DJ sometimes. You'll see me out and about eating or drinking. Sometimes even both whilst walking. I have written for The Big List. I currently also write for BBC Across The Line.
BBC ATL Review: The Magic Numbers BBC ATL Review: Rams' Pocket Radio, A Northern Light, Serotonin Here, to make your Monday a little brighter, is the full trailer for the upcoming season of Game of thrones that starts in April. It looks pretty frickin' sweet. SWORDS, BATTLES, FIRE, IF YOU WANT JUSTICE YOU'VE COME TO THE WRONG PLACE, AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! The Out to Lunch Arts Festival is on at the minute and features an amazing array of eclectic performers, any of which are pretty much worth seeing. I want to choose one of the lunch shows they put on as my pick for this week. The shows are all £6 and include lunch, and after being to 2 of them this week I can tell you they were both delicious, entertaining and incredibly good value for money. My pick is "lost voice Guy" the first stand up comedian to use a communication aid. Lee Ridley was born with cerebal aplsey and thus left unable to speak, but that hasn't stopped him being heard or doing what he loves. He uses his iPad to produce a show that is unique, hilarious and shows us that as technology grows it helps enable all those in the world around us do things that before were thought impossible. Check out the video below for a taste of what his show is like. When: Wed 15 Jan 1PM Ho Ho HoSir Christopher J Caldwell. I enjoy wrestling, films and nautical adventure. I've just finished making a short film which you can see here. I also DJ sometimes . You'll see me out and about eating or drinking. Sometimes even both whilst walking. I have written for The Big List. I currently also write for BBC Across The Line.
BBC ATL Review: The Magic Numbers BBC ATL Review: Rams' Pocket Radio, A Northern Light, Serotonin vi·ral /ˈvīrəl/ With all the crazy weather we're having there have been numerous TV reports interviewing fol affected. One of these reports was recorded and stuck up online with the name "the Worst Accent Ever" it was pretty funny and garnered a decent 37,000 hits. But the story didn't end there... NI comedy Legend Colin Geddis saw it and stuck up his own version, this one had hit ove rhalf a million hits so far! Who's already steaming?Christopher J Caldwell. I enjoy wrestling, films and nautical adventure. I've just finished making a short film which you can see here. I also DJ sometimes. You'll see me out and about eating or drinking. Sometimes even both whilst walking. I have written for The Big List. I currently also write for BBC Across The Line.
BBC ATL Review: The Magic Numbers BBC ATL Review: Rams' Pocket Radio, A Northern Light, Serotonin Mark Grist is an interesting character - a teacher, a poet laureate, a rap battler, an education advisor and much more. He's was visiting Belfast as part of the Out To Lunch Arts Festival and I decided last minute to get a ticket and pop along at lunch time and see what it's all about. For £6 including lunch I didn't have much to lose. I've never been to see a poet before, so this was a first. His bio that caught my eye was this: This year, millions watched an ex-English teacher defeat a teenage grime artist in a rap battle. But it's a lot more complicated than that. Mark Grist (Dead Poets) has been walking the fine line between stupidity and bravery. The show started with Mark taking the stage and telling us that he wasn't sure how many fo us had been to a spoken word event before and so for the uninitiated he'd talk us through it. Telling us that the reactions to poems range from "that was terrible" silence to "that changed my life" gasp. With whoops and and furious clapping ranking just below and being his preferred method of appreciation. Mark himself has a great presence on stage, he seemed completely at ease and there was an instant bond between him and the audience. He was telling us how he had the best night of drinking around Belfast last night and how everyone had been really nice to him since he arrived, unlike some performers this didn't seem forced or an attempt to endear himself to the audience, he just seemed to want to share with us, and share he did. He took us through his journey from teacher to poet, to poet laureate of Peterborough, at points the story gave way to poems, poems that rhyme (my favourite kind), that were witty, intelligent and funny. He had the crowd in stitches. "Come to Peterborough" was an ode to a city that perhaps didn't want an ode in the first place. "You are the hottest of all of the gingers" was a poem he wrote after being told that he had to write Poems that didn't rhyme to get his Masters. He ended up rhyming uncontrollably and wrote a kind of love letter to gingers, with some of (by his own proclamation) the worst rhyming ever. My favourite was the rhyming of Findus with Gingers. The show was about an hour long and finished with his explaining how the rap battle that made him famous came and the repercussions. He finished with a poem he wrote called "Girls who read" (you can see below) and as he took a bow we started to file out to the strains of Pink Floyd "teacher leave those kids alone" as we gave him the whoops and and furious clapping that he so richly deserved! Out to Lunch Arts Festival is on for the next 2 weeks and there's till plenty of things to see and do. Check it all out here Who wrote this?Christopher J Caldwell. I enjoy wrestling, films and nautical adventure. I've just finished making a short film which you can see here. I also DJ sometimes. You'll see me out and about eating or drinking. Sometimes even both whilst walking. I have written for The Big List. I currently also write for BBC Across The Line.
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