Public Image Ltd
Live At Castlemills, Canal Walk, R95D5W8 Kilkenny Directions
Fri 17.07.2026 18:00
Live at Castle Mills takes place in a beautiful riverside parkland beside Kilkenny Castle grounds. The veune is within easy walking distance of the city centre's restaurants, bars and hotels. Under an elegant big top, the series presents carefully curated artists, with atmosphere, comfort and sound a priority. Festival atmosphere without the overwhelm - an intimate live music experience.
Performers
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Public Image LimitedAfter fronting the Sex Pistols, John Lydon formed post-punk originators Public Image Ltd (PiL). Widely regarded as one of the most innovative bands of all time, their music and vision earned them 5 UK Top 20 Singles and 5 UK Top 20 Albums.
With a shifting line-up and unique sound – fusing rock, dance, folk, pop and dub – Lydon guided the band from their debut album ‘First Issue’ in 1978 through to 1992’s ‘That What Is Not’, before a 17 year hiatus.
Lydon reactivated PiL in 2009, touring extensively and releasing three critically acclaimed albums, ‘This is PiL’ (2012), ‘What The World Needs Now…’ (2015) and ‘End of World’ (2023).
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Therapy?Hard rock veterans, Therapy?, have established a long career of over twenty years with their industrial-tinged, metallic sound, finding breakout success with their 1994 album, “Troublegum.”
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Ash
From a 30 year career spanning Girl From Mars and the chart topping 1977 debut album to the award winning singles from the seminal Free All Angels album Ash returned with new album ‘Race The Night’ in September 2023 via Fierce Panda Records. The album's a blast of guitar music, probably the most rock thing they've done this side of 2004s Meltdown album. Not to say it's a one-dimensional record; it ping pongs back and forth from power pop, glam stomps, new wave and more styles of guitar music. But in their first release since both the career spanning Teenage Wildlife best of and enforced lockdown hiatus, you can hear the sheer joy of a band getting back to the creative present. The band have played major festivals all over the world including a headline set on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury as teenagers.
The trio's new album 'Race The Night' reached #14 in the official UK album chart, #3 in the official UK Independent chart and #5 in the official UK vinyl chart.
