Urban Hermits Last Saturday, Leslie Dowdall this Thursday

Well, fair play to Tommy and the rest of The Urban Hermits lads - last saturday was a great night. It takes a bit of balls to put on a gig in your home town - there's nowhere to hide if it all goes pear-shaped - so we're delighted to see it pay off for them with a great night.

The Balor was packed, both the Hermits and support act Mark Black got rousing receptions and a great night was had by all - including a certain local DJ who got extremely carried away and began throwing underwear at the stage!

The music continues this thursday with Leslie Dowdall of In Tua Nua fame and Mike Hanrahan of Stocktons wing. Guys of a certain age will no doubt remember falling madly in love with Leslie while humming 'Do You Want Somebody To Love' in the early 80's.

Mike Hanrahan is instantly recognisable as one of Ireland’s finest musical talents. Singer, songwriter and guitarist with the legendary Stockton’s Wing, a band who released album after album of greatness during the 80’s and 90’s. Balor audiences will remember him playing here in Oct ‘05 with Ronnie Drew.

Oh, and our new May/June brochures should be back from the printers this thursday so have a look for them being distributed around the county in the next week or so.