Tindersticks to play Kilkenny Arts Festival

Tindersticks have finally announced details of an Irish date on their sporadic European jaunt promoting the quite beautiful Falling Down A Mountain. Seemingly destined to remain on an Alexander the Great-esque tour of outer Europe, the band will play their first gig here on Irish soil - "the last mean spit out of the gob of Europe" - since a sold out show at Vicar Street some two years ago. Tickets ain't cheap at €37/35 but this is a band who seldom touch down here and are invariably worth every cent. They're also playing in St. Canice's cathedral, a venue which should be ideally suited to the band's orchestral sound. More details about the Kilkenny Arts Festival here and tickets for Tindersticks here. Show starts at 8pm.
And if you're going that far you could also check out - and I'm not sure if he's tired of this yet, but - the Choice Music Prize winning Adrian Crowley as he'll also play with Valerie Francis on the same day in the Set Theatre at 3pm. Tickets for that are available here.