Paddy Usher Band for Our Thursdays competition

Never ones to rest on their laurels, The Paddy Usher Band will appear at The Palace in Navan as part of the Guinness Our Thursdays contest on July 29. The overall winner will perform along with Snow Patrol on Arthur's Day (September 23).

The band will then appear at Fred Zeppelin's in Cork on Friday July 30, and The Crane Theatre Cork on Saturday July 31.

After that, they'll hit the studio to start recording their debut album, with two time Grammy award winning producer Ross Hogarth (The Black Crows, Motley Crue, Ziggy Marley).