Courtfield 19 + Raign + The Savage Hearts

Courtfield 19   –   ’60s ‘70s ‘80s ‘90s party down covers band who cover so many bases so brilliantly well you’ll most likely leave the venue on a skateboard in flares and winklepickers with deely boppers on yer swede. Top fun. Raign- A  harbinger of a new era in Pop romanticism, London-born, LA-based artist RAIGN, bends boundaries to create darkly dreamy music that’s near-sublime in its transformative power. Using digital music as a means to expressmagic, her lavish, ethereal take on alt-pop has hit the US top100 and been streamed over 150 million times by die-hard fans around the world and is currently featured on the official trailer for The Hunger Games movie as well as award-winning TV shows incl. The Vampire Diaries, The 100, Love Island & Grey’s Anatomy.  The Savage Hearts –teenage Irish garage rockers The Strypes from 2012-2019 enjoyed substantial international success from supporting the Arctic Monkeys on their ‘AM’ world tour, with celebrated appearances on Letterman and Conan as well as 3 Top 10 albums in the UK and beyond. The band folded just before Covid and since then main man Evan Walsh has formed his own garage/punk/alternative rock ‘n’ roll band called The Savage Hearts… debut single ‘Gang War’ hit No 1 on the Irish downloads chart, some major festival appearances followed (Sea Sessions, Electric Picnic etc) and support slots with acts such as The Boomtown Rats and The Undertones. Strangely The Strypes never played the Dublin Castle – and they say “it’s a stage that has been frequented by so many of our heroes and influences we feel our vibe and sound would fit perfectly alongside the long history of fantastic bands who’ve gigged there…and you’d be guaranteed a killer set!” Judging from the brilliant, balls out rock and roll of the first single and other music forthcoming accessible online this is a given. Superb band.