Simply Red have announced that they will visit Belfast for a show next winter. Mick Hucknall and co. will play the Odyssey Arena on Monday November 8th. Tickets priced £38 & £41.50 go on sale on Friday March 19th at 9am.

Meanwhile, the Lightning Seeds have announced an Irish tour for May. The Liverpool band will play Dolan's, Limerick, on May 8th, The Academy, Dublin on May 9th and Belfast's Spring and Airbrake on May 10th. Tickets for the Limerick date are on sale now priced €22, and we're sure the other two are coming soon.

After what has seemed like a far longer break than it actually was since her excellent second album, 'Tales of Silversleeve', one of Ireland's finest Cathy Davey has announced a full Irish tour to coincide with the release of her new album! Dates for the Bare Bones Tour look like this:

Sat 8th May - Town Hall Theatre, Galway
Sun 9th - Auntie Annie’s, Belfast
Wed 12th - SET Theatre, Kilkenny
Thu 13th - Theatre Royal, Waterford
Fri 14th - Olympia Theatre, Dublin
Sat 15th - Pavilion, Cork
Sun 16th - Dolan’s Warehouse, Limerick