Blast (Venue)
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Blast is Ireland's largest alternative youth community and event promoter. It organises concerts in Dublin,Athlone, Cork, Clare, Drogheda, Dundalk, Derry, Galway, Gorey, Kilkenny, Mullingar, Navan, Limerick, Sligo, Waterford, Thurles, and Swords.
Blast gigs tend to consist of five or six young bands, mostly metal, pop punk, punk rock or emo, each playing sets roughly half an hour long. The events draw large crowds of kids from the emo sub-culture, due to the alcohol-free, all-ages nature of the gigs.
Blast also organises a national battle of the bands called Blast:beat which is sponsored by Coca-Cola. The winner of the battle of the bands wins a album contract with the Blast Beat Label. Home Star Runner, Steer Clear, And Emily have already been signed to this label
Blast tends to be seen as the only way for young bands to get gigs and many bands dislike it for that reason, they believe that the athmosphere is dead and the gig-goers are poseurs
[edit] Bands
Some of the bands that play in Blast concerts are:
- Acidtone
- The Impressionists
- Emily
- Nice "N' Sleezy
- The Neighbourhood
- Soloway
- Transgress
- Sirocco
- Home Star runner
- Little Nightmare
- Spare Change?
- Boy turns Hero
- Chewing On Tinfoil
- The Upgrades
- Steer Clear
- OnOff
- Escape Artists
- Wasted Case
- Squirral Racer
[edit] Albums
In 2005, Blast began releasing compilations of the bands that play at their gigs, the latest of which is entitled "Blastbeat Volume 4". This album had a special offer in which the customer could have exchanged a receipt of purchase for free admission to any gig until the 14th of July 2006.
[edit] External links
Blast homepage [1] Blast:beat [2]
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