The hottest one-man band to come out of the North since The Divine Comedy, Duke Special, gives his Adventures In Gramophone album a live airing when he plays the Temple Bar Music Centre, Dublin (May 13 + Gary Dunne); Dolan’s, Limerick (14 + Juliet Turner); Heritage Hotel, Portlaoise (20 + Juliet Turner); Forum, Waterford (21 + Juliet Turner); An Creggan, Cookstown (27 + Juliet Turner); Cypress Avenue, Cork (June 11); Sandino, Derry (15); Spirit Store, Dundalk (17); and Cromore Halt, Portstewart (26).