Vicar Street

Notable events

Longest-running solo show

The longest-running show to take place in Vicar Street was Tommy Tiernan's Loose show with a string of 166 performances.

Other events

Vicar Street hosts the Choice Music Prize ceremony in February/March each year. Occasionally the venue is used to accommodate higher attendances than expected at smaller venues. In 2008, Canadian indie rock band Wolf Parade's November show which had been scheduled for Andrew's Lane Theatre was moved to Vicar Street. Bob Dylan performed at the venue in 2000 for his first, and as yet, only gig at the venue.Lankum have played here many times with the nights known for their debauchery, general mayhem and off kilter vibes.

Gary Numan played his first concert in Ireland here in 2001. Planxty played a series of concerts at the venue on 30 & 31 January and on 4 & 5, 11 & 12 February 2004, which were recorded and from which selected material was released on the CD Live 2004 and its associated DVD.

Bell X1 played two shows in November 2008 to celebrate the venue's tenth anniversary. In March 2009, the Irish Anti-War Movement hosted a fund-raising event at Vicar Street, featuring Christy Moore, Stephen Rea, Sinéad Cussack, Róisín Elsafy, Mick Pyro, Judith Mok, and Joyce. A Musicians For Marriage Equality show featuring artists such as Michele Ann Kelly and The Spikes took place at Vicar Street in October 2009.

Rap superstar Kendrick Lamar played his first concert in Ireland in Vicar Street in 2013. "Weird Al" Yankovic played his first concert in Ireland here on 26 October 2015, during the Mandatory World Tour.

Live recordings

Many comedians and musicians, both from Ireland and abroad, have chosen to record some of their live material at the venue including Simon Amstell, Aslan, Des Bishop, Jason Byrne, Damien Dempsey, The Dubliners, Erasure, The Frames, Andy Irvine's 70th birthday concerts, Kíla, Christy Moore, Dylan Moran, Moving Hearts, Mundy, Planxty, Josh Ritter, Tommy Tiernan, Neil Young, Dara Ó Briain, and Foil, Arms & Hog.

Awards

Vicar Street has been awarded the Live Music Venue of the Year Award, in the national and Dublin-based categories of the IMRO awards, for two years running in 2009 and 2008–the first two years of the IMRO Music Venue Awards. Additionally in 2008, it also received the Hot Press Readers Award for Best Live Music Venue in Ireland.

References

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