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Electric Six – have announced their return to Ireland with a headline show in The Academy Dublin

Mixing garage rock, disco, punk, new wave, and metal into cleverly dumb, in-your-face songs celebrating hedonism in multiple forms, Electric Six found international success through a relentless touring and recording schedule and an unerring commitment to their over-the-top style, delivering energy and absurdity in equal measure. Electric Six have now announced their return to Ireland with a headline show in The Academy Dublin on Thursday 26th November 2026.

After winning a local following as the Wildbunch, Electric Six scored a major hit in the U.K. in 2003 with the song “Danger! High Voltage,” and their debut album Fire, released the same year, earned them a major cult following with tunes like “Dance Commander” and “Gay Bar.” From that point on, musicians would come and go from the Electric Six lineup and the proportions of electronics to guitars would shift back and forth from album to album, but their essential formula of dance-friendly rock brimming with bombast and lunacy would never change. From 2005 onward, not a year would go by without a new E6 album and a string of shows in which Dick Valentine and co. would whip their fans into a frenzy. While the COVID-19 pandemic put them on pause for a while, 2021’s covers set, Streets of Gold, put them back on their unstoppable schedule, and 2023’s Turquoise, a set of originals, presented them in high spirited and irresponsible form.

Plus special guests

The Academy, Dublin

Thursday 26th November 2026

Doors 7pm | 18+

Tickets from €29.00 (inc booking fee & venue facility fee) from Ticketmaster.ie on sale Friday, 27th February 2026 @ 10am.
Bookings subject to 12.5% service charge per ticket (max €10.50)

Ian Mc Donnell

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