ANNOUNCING
46 BANDS ACROSS 8 VENUES
THE IMRO SHOWCASE TOUR 2008

March and April at a venue near you!

Having spent weeks considering hundreds of submissions, IMRO have announced the final line up for the IMRO Showcase Tour 2008. A whopping forty-six bands will perform at eight venues across Ireland throughout March and April. Eleven concerts in all will take place, showcasing the best of new Irish music talent from rock to indie, acoustic to rap. A ‘Best of Tour’ show will take place in The Village Dublin on Friday 25th April.
Previous IMRO Showcase Tours have given live music platforms to artists such as The Flaws, Declan O’Rourke, Delorentos, The Immediate, Fight Like Apes and Oppenheimer, all of whom have gone from strength to strength on both the domestic and international scene in recent times.

Catch the latest series of the IMRO Showcase Tour coming to a venue near you in March and April.

For ticket information, please contact the relevant venues.

Saturday March 22 The Spirit Store, Dundalk
Halves, Robotnik, The Dolldrums and Ventilin Pimps

Friday March 28 The Sugar Club, Dublin
Le Galaxie, Grand Pocket Orchestra, Betamax Format, Alphamono

Friday April 4 The Sugar Club, Dublin
Television Room, Crayonsmith, Codes, Sweet Jane

Saturday April 5 Cypress Avenue, Cork
Ian Whitty, Armoured Bear, Elk, Snowman

Wednesday April 9 The Limelight, Belfast
Panama Kings, Si Schroeder, Ed Zealous, Pocket Promise

Wednesday April 9 Katie Daly’s, Belfast
Cashier No9, Joe Echo, A Plastic Rose, A505

Thursday April 10 Electric Avenue, Waterford
Angel Pier, Deaf Animal Orchestra, Saviours of Space, Travega

Friday April 11 The Sugar Club, Dublin
Cap Pas Cap, Concerto for Constantine, New Amusement, Crimes Against

Thursday April 17 The Hub, Dublin
The Kinetiks, Gorbachov, The Infomatics, Hot Sprockets, The Parks

Friday April 18 The Sugar Club, Dublin
Oliver Cole, The Brothers Movement, Hybrasil, Readers Wives

Saturday April 19 Roisin Dubh, Galway
The Disconnect 4, Mugger Dave, Declan De Barra, Pier Nineteen

The IMRO Showcase Tour 2008 is proudly supported by RTE 2FM and The Irish Daily Star.


We have a limited number of guest list places available for these showcases. Please email name(s) to showcase@imro.ie immediately stating which showcases you would like to attend