Reviews

Review of Be Your Own Pet's Irish concert.

This is a show I thought I’d never get to see. Back in 2000, when the Smashing Pumpkins originally broke up, I was a poor student and couldn’t afford a ticket for their concert in the Olympia. And even if I could have, the concert sold out so quickly that I probably wouldn’t have bagged a ticket anyway. So when I heard they had re-formed and were headed for Dublin I made sure I was going to be there. This may or may not have involved blackmail, sexual favours, and the issuing of death threats.

God Is an Astronaut are about to embark on a tour of the USA before trekking across Europe this summer, so tonight's performance will be their only Irish show of the year. It comes as no surprise then that their fans have turned out in force, with the crowd packed snugly into the recently renovated Button Factory...