High spirits

Eschewing the usual two dates and bugger off back to Blighty approach, Jason Pierce and his 13-piece band play The Savoy, Cork (September 24th); Black Box, Galway (25th); Ambassador, Dublin (26th); Nerve Centre, Derry (27th); and Mandela Hall, Belfast (28th).

Described by a record company insider as “completely fucking mindblowing”, the elpee track-listing is: ‘On Fire’, ‘Out Of Sight’, ‘Don’t Just Do Something’, ‘The Twelve Steps’, ‘The Straight And The Narrow’, ‘Do It All Over Again’, ‘I Didn’t Mean To Hurt You’, ‘Anything More’, ‘Won’t Get To Heaven (The State I’m In)’, ‘Lord Can You Hear Me’ and lead single ‘Stop Your Cryin’’.