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October 4th, 2007 by nay

Live gig photography’s the nectar of life…there is nothing like watching your favourite kinda people stride on stage to the heart-rushed roar of a crowd…

Some international acts I’ve photographed:

Arctic Monkeys for HotPress and NME

Arctic Monkeys at Malahide Castle 2007
The Automatic (normally blurred shots are binned but this is a real fave).

...at the Ambassador, Feb 07
Badly Drawn Boy
Badly Drawn Boy at The Olympia, Feb 2007
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys

...Oxegen 2007
Camera Obscura

At the Village, May '07
Doug Wimbish (ex-Living Colour)

Music Ireland 2007
Enter Shikari

Homage to the Progidy? April 2007 at the Ambassador

Fiery Furnaces

Whelans, 2006
Flaming Lips

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
!Forward Russia!

The Olympia, November 2006
The Game at The Olympia

...that tee landed on my head three seconds later!
Ghostface Killah

September 2006 at The Village
Joss Stone: My first ever live shots.

RDS, 16 December 2005
Kanye West

Goldigga Tour at The Point, Feb 2006
Maximo Park

One of the best gigs, ever...TBMC, May 2007
Metallica

Download festival, RDS, 2006
Muse

The Point, November 2006
New Young Pony Club

Bird's eye view from The Village balcony, May 2006

The National

Oxegen 2007. Almost all my pics were rubbish because my hands were trembling with looooove!
Peter, Bjorn and John

Great! Now I have that bloody whistle jingle in my head..! Crawdaddy, 2006
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Oxegen 2006
Ryan Adams

At The Olympia, 2006. A competition ran between myself and Gavin Millar to see who could snap the man beyond the fringe. Neither of us won!
Supergrass

supporting Arctics at Malahide Demesne, June 2007
Wolfmother. My all-time fave.

Olympia, November 2006, sharing the bill with !FR!

More shots will follow in the international stakes. Hang on a bit while I compile the Irish live acts’ section… thanks for dropping in :)