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IMRO Showcase 2011-Dates,Venues and Line-Ups announced

August 19, 2011

The dates, venues and line-ups have been announced for the 20th IMRO Showcase Tour. The annual tour shines a very bright spotlight on Ireland’s best new music talent. IMRO are proud to showcase Ireland’s most exciting emerging acts at the best Irish venues across the country. This year saw a record breaking response to the call for entries, with more than 600 submissions made from young Irish acts hoping to take part in the tour. After much serious deliberation, IMRO are delighted to announce the dates, venues and line-ups for the 2011 IMRO Showcase Tour. 

The eleven date tour will take place between September 7th and 30th at various venues in Belfast, Derry, Athlone, Cork, Mayo, Kildare, Galway, Limerick and Dublin. Fifty bands will participate in the tour this year and the cream of the crop will be chosen to perform at the Best of IMRO Showcase Tour 2011 in the Workman’s Club, Dublin on Saturday October 22nd. The day-long celebration will see IMRO Showcase bands stage a takeover of the venue and the event will include multiple gigs, a number of all ages show, workshops, industry talks and much more.
 
Wed September 7th  Belfast: Limelight & Katy Daly’s (with Smalltown America Records)
Amidships, Southern, runaway Go, Morning Claws, Seven Summits, Bright Falls & Bomb City 7.
 
Fri September 9th  Dublin: Crawdaddy
East Island City, Rooftop Anthem, The Young Folk & The Fallen Drakes
 
Sat September 10th   Derry: The Cellar Bar, Draperstown (with The G Sessions)
Rams Pocket Radio, Intermission, Mojo GoGo & Our Krypton Son.
 
Thurs September 15th  Westmeath: Athlone IT, Athlone
Brain Washington, Nova Static, Henrietta Game, Marc O’Reilly & Bipolar Empire
 
Friday September 16th Cork: Cyprus Avenue
Zombie Computer, In Valour, The Empire Lights, Fingersmith & Bona Fide Federation
 
Sat September 17th   Mayo: Bar Ritz, Castlebar (with Finbar Hoban Presents)
Pearse Mc Gloughlin, Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters, Race The Flux & New Sunset Hotel
 
Thurs September 22nd Kildare: The Late Lounge
Avalanche Ammo, Super Hanz, The P-Affection & Awake Young Soldiers, Sive
 
Fri September 23rd  Dublin: The Grand Social
danielle harrison, The Hot Sprockets, Ghost Estates & I’m Your Vinyl
 
Sat September 24th  Galway: The Roisin Dubh
Daithi O’Dronai, Rainy Boy Sleep, Junior85 & Milan Jay
 
Thurs September 29th  Dublin : Crawdaddy (with Future Bright)
Cars Love Girls, Last Days of 1984, Bear Bones & Sound Of System Breakdown
 
Fri September 30th  Limerick: Dolans
Dead Red Light, Jefl & Hyde, Moscow Metro, Tenaka & The Hip-Neck Blues Collective.
 
Fri October 14th Dublin: The Academy 2
Squarehead, Kid Karate
 
Sat October 22nd  Dublin: The Workman’s Club: Best of IMRO Showcase Tour 2011 
For details, music, links and more information, join us on Facebook (imro.ireland) and Twitter (IMROireland).
 
The IMRO Showcase Tour 2011 is proudly supported by RTE 2FM, State.ie and The Irish Daily Star.
Media: Aileen/ Mary-Kate @ EA (01) 2194662 / mary-kate@nullealtd.ie / www.entertainmentarchitects.ie
 
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