BELL X1
Tickets On Sale Friday 8th Sept
After a summer run including sold-out shows in the Marquee, Cork; King
John’s Castle, Limerick; Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens, Galway Arts Festival, and a
special performance at Áras an Uachtarain for President Michael D Higgins
and invited guests, Bell X1 are readying themselves to get back indoors this
winter.
The tour will begin in Wexford’s Spiegeltent on November 4th, taking in two
shows in Vicar St along the way, and will finish up in Cork’s City Hall on 22
December (full dates below).
Tickets go on sale Friday Sept 8 th at 10am and Bell X1 mailing list subscribers
will receive a pre-sale link to scoop tickets beginning on Wednesday Sept 6 th .
The band recently released a new single & video “The Lobster” - the third
single from their 8 th studio album, Merciful Hour, which came out in May. The
ten-track album was recorded in Dublin with producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy,
and features the band collaborating with Dowry Strings.
The video for The Lobster was directed by Allyn Quigley features Irish Actors
Liz Fitzgibbon and Kieran Roche and, like the track, takes its cues from Jean
Paul Sartre’s infamously bad mescaline trip in the 1930’s. It was filmed on
Dublin’s Waterloo Road.
Some LP Reviews:
“Best Irish Albums of 2023” (so Far) RTE
“Irish Indie stalwarts make a most welcome return….so it goes from musicians
who have never had the urge to stand still yet remain a regular and
considerable constant”. The Irish Times
“On Merciful Hour, they have struck a delicate balance between emotion and
sophistication…. Bell X1 have matured into a very, very good band –and one
that’s certainly not to be underestimated” The Irish Independent
“…it’s been so worth the wait” 9/10 Hot Press
Album of the Week – RTE Radio 1
“Merciful Hour sounds gorgeous with synths constantly vying for supremacy
over strings and when the band and producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy get the
balance right, the results are lush”. Totally Dublin
Winter Tour
4 th Nov – Wexford, Spiegeltent Festival
24 th & 25 th Nov – Dublin, Vicar St
1 Dec – Killarney, INEC
2 Dec – Belfast, Mandela Hall
16 & 17 th Dec – Limerick, Dolans
21 Dec – Galway, Leisureland
22 Dec – Cork, City Hall
Bell X1: Paul Noonan, Dave Geraghty & Dominic Phillips