Daily Archives : May 31st, 2012

FOLLOWING the ‘small but massive’ success of a G Spot comedy stage at last year’s festival, Glasgowbury are delighted to announce its return for 2012.

Headlined by Irish based New Zealand comic Danny Dowling, the stage will also feature a plethora of up and coming Irish talent.

Dowling, a regular face around Ireland’s comedy clubs has played everything from support slots for comedy greats including Tommy Tiernan to major Irish comedy festivals.

He may be best known however for winning Ireland’s Come Dine With Me programme with a series high score for throwing 250 custard pies at his fellow contestants.

Throughout the day, the G Spot comedy stage, run in conjunction with the team at Panicdots.com, will feature a further 7 slots filled by some fantastic new talent.

Monaghan born comedienne Niamh Marron‘s exuberant style will work well as the only female acts amongst the men; her excitable style setting her out as one of Ireland’s premier female acts.

Joining them will be a couple of Glasgowbury returnees in Colin Geddis (best known for his I Am Fighter work) and Micky Bartlett.

Meanwhile the line-up is completed by Magic George, Ronan Linskey, Ryan Hand and Philip McEwan – acts judged to be showcasing their work to great effect across the country.

“Comedy is just one part of what makes a vibrant and exciting festival,” said organiser Paddy Glasgow.

“Glasgowbury aims to be the sort of event which showcases new talent across a range of arts. And the comedy scene in Ireland is a really exciting one at the moment so we’re delighted to be able to include a stage full of it,” he said.

Glasgowbury 2012 takes place across the weekend of Saturday 21^st July and tickets are on sale now.

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The wait is over, the search is finished and the bedrooms have been wrecked beyond repair – but all for a good cause.

The Red Bull Bedroom Jam has finished its hunt for some of Ireland’s freshest talent and three lucky winners have been chosen including Icon On Fire who earn the opportunity to play at Glasgowbury 2012.

From January 19^th, fledgling Irish bands from Belfast to Bandon and Dublin to Dunmore East, have been uploading their videos to the competition website with six bands topping the buzz over the course of the competition and winning a live recording from their bedrooms.

Since the beginning of May, 6 Buzz Chart finalists along with two wildcards selected by the judges have been involved in an online battle to take their acts from the bedroom to the front stage of Ireland’s key music festivals.

And we are delighted to announce that Mullingar five piece Icon On Fire will join this year’s Glasgowbury bill.

The collective, split between Dublin, Belfast and Mullingar, are one of three acts jotting off across the country to Ireland’s best festivals this summer thanks to Red Bull.

From there, the bands will go on to compete in the Bedroom Jam live final in Whelan’s, Dublin on August 16th where one overall winner will be chosen to travel to one of the international Red Bull Studios for a week of recording with a top producer.

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