REVIEW: 19 Dec 2009
NEWS: 08 Jan 2010
It's taking place in November in the Grand Canal Theatre.
NEWS: 22 Jun 2009
You can also catch them in Galway and Rathangan.
NEWS: 30 May 2009
Lisa Hannigan and Fred are also on the Cork X Southwest bill
NEWS: 29 Jan 2009
Mike Scott & Co. perform on Friday February 6 in Vicar St.
NEWS: 01 Jul 2008
The Celtic folk rock band will release their 1990 studio album Room To Roam next month in a double CD loaded with both classic tracks and new photos.
INTERVIEW: 20 Mar 2007
The Waterboys are back, with arguably their most complete record yet, Book Of Lightning. In this remarkably open and honest interview, Mike Scott talks about...
REVIEW: 05 Mar 2007
Good lord, it's 1988 all over again. Strummed acoustic intro? Check. Soaring fiddle from the Wick? Check. Gurgling Hammond? Check. The 'boys might be a...
REVIEW: 02 Mar 2007
With The Book Of Lightning , Waterboys fans will be thrilled to have Mike Scott back on form, while the uninitiated will get a chance to understand...
NEWS: 26 Jan 2007
The Waterboys make what’s becoming their annual St. Patrick’s week pilgrimage to Ireland for shows in the NEC, Killarney (March 17); The Point, Dublin...
NEWS: 19 Oct 2006
The Waterboys, Patrick Bergin, Frankie Gavin and Brendan O’Regan are just a handful of the trad and folk-y greats on a new fundraising album that’ll...
NEWS: 18 Aug 2006
Mike Scott and Richard Naiff of The Waterboys fame are joining the likes of Liam O Maonlaoi and Declan O'Rourke to play a charity event to raise funds for a...
NEWS: 16 Mar 2006
The County Kerry town of Ballybunion is to play host to one of the biggest Irish and Celtic music festivals in the world.
NEWS: 25 Oct 2005
The Waterboys’ long-enduring love affair with Ireland continues when they play a brace of Dublin shows in March.
REVIEW: 13 Oct 2005
Karma To Burn is worthy testament to one of the few bands who still treat live performances like a holy rite rather than a PR chore.
REVIEW: 22 Oct 2004
With The Waterboys being between albums, tonight’s acoustic show was a case of evolution-in-progress, allowing Mike Scott, Steve Wickham and Richard Naiff...
NEWS: 18 Sep 2003
With new album in tow, The Waterboys will hit the road with six dates around the country next month
INTERVIEW: 06 Aug 2003
Maverick genius or away with the fairies? Peter Murphy travels to North-East Scotland to meet Mike Scott at home in the spiritual Findhorn community where...
REVIEW: 10 Jul 2003
Of the two shows, the first was characterised by a more formal atmosphere, and under scrutiny the band concentrated harder. The second was looser and more...
REVIEW: 12 Jun 2003
Gone are the distorted kaleidoscopes of A Rock In The Weary Land, back are natural fibres, and if Wickham plays a subsidiary role, his high lonesome keenings...
NEWS: 25 Apr 2003
Head Waterboy Mike Scott and legendary Irish fiddler Steve Wickham reunite for new Waterboys album Universal Hall. Keep an eye open here for live dates as well
REVIEW: 30 Aug 2001
History – and a succession of box sets – has taught us to be wary of the ‘unreleased’ session. Some things are just best left on the...
REVIEW: 30 Aug 2001
Some things are just best left on the cutting room floor...
REVIEW: 27 Sep 1985
I knew he wouldn't let me down. When Waterboys mainman Mike Scott enthused about this, the crucial third album, there was an inevitable underlying fear:...
REVIEW: 31 Aug 2000
After eighteen years in the business, the majority of which were spent wandering in the wilderness, The Waterboys are back with their first album proper...
REVIEW: 14 Jul 1993
WATERBOYS: "Glastonbury Song" (Geffen)
REVIEW: 20 Oct 1988
Although The Waterboys are too conscious of rock'n'roll tradition to ever be regarded as 'seminal', the diversity that has marked their output thus far draws...
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