The Black Lips announce return to Ireland

Having gone down a storm when they played the Button Factory last month, the hotly-tipped four-piece are set to return next May, playing Crawdaddy on the 3rd of the month.

The Black Lips formed as teenagers, when after-school friends Cole Alexander (guitar/vocals) and Jared Swilley (bass/vocals) signed up their friends Joe Bradley (drums/vocals) and Ben Eberhaugh (guitar). One of the hottest bands on the Atlanta underground, they've already made it through the tragic death of Eberhaugh in a car accident.

In the wake of the accident, the band recruited New Orleans-born Ian St. Pe and wrote a song about the experience - 'How Do You Tell A Child That Someone Has Died', which features on their debut album Good Bad Not Evil.

Tickets for the Crawdaddy show are €14.