IMRO Showcase Tour Announced

46 bands, 11 gigs, 6 cities

The IMRO Showcase Tour has had a helping hand in setting Oppenheimer and Fight Like Apes on their way to impressing punters and suits on both sides of the Atlantic. And now it’s back with another 46 hopefuls ready to air their wares all over this fine isle.

The 11-date series kicks off at the Spirit Store in Dundalk this Saturday (March 22) and concludes in Galway on April 19. Highlights include appearances by Dublin hip-hop crew The Infomatics, Belfast indie tykes Panama Kings (left) and the new band from JJ72’s Mark Greaney and former Turn/Idlewild man Gavin Fox, Concerto For Constantine. Full dates after the jump…

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, Alphastates, 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 - Katy 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 Sprokets, 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

Picture by Graham Smith

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