“Did 
you know, there are a huge number of people in the world today who are effectively blind but who, with a little bit of help, would be perfectly able to see again.”
On the 25th May 5 of Northern Ireland's top bands will come together to perform and raise awareness to visually impaired people all over the world. The chosen charity is for Sightsavers International, a worldwide charity that aims to help the visually impaired where there is no help, in places like Africa, Asia & The Carribean.
WE have an inclination to muse and dwell upon tragedy, even assocating ourselves with the Facebook pages and liking the campaigns they spawn: for there is nothing more poignant than not being able to express how a distant, remote figure has been able to touch us, lift us, or even just make us smile with what they did in the public eye.
Saturday 19th February. Dark Forest + Altus Astrum + Rabid Bitch of the North. The Limelight, Belfast. Doors 5pm, £7.00
Saturday 26th February.
A SPECIAL NIGHT WITH THE PAT MCMANUS BAND AND ANDY POWELL OF WISHBONE ASH AT THE SPRING AND AIRBRAKE - BELFAST
THURSDAY THE 14TH OF APRIL 2011,SEES ANDY POWELL A FOUNDING MEMBER OF 'WISHBONE ASH',JOIN 'THE PAT MCMANUS BAND' AS THEIR VERY SPECIAL GUEST AT THE SPRING AND AIRBRAKE - BELFAST
PAT MCMANUS AND ANDY POWELL FIRST MET IN 1982 WHEN PAT'S FORMER BAND 'MAMA'S BOYS' WHO WERE JUST STARTING OUT AT THIS TIME,AND THE ALREADY VETRANS OF THE ROCK WORLD 'WISHBONE ASH' PLAYED ON THE BILL AT THE 'LISDOONVARNA FESTIVAL IN IRELAND.'MAMA'S BOYS' LATER WENT ON TO JOIN 'WISHBONE ASH' ON A TWO WEEK TOUR OF THE UK..
Read more: RRNI Presents The Pat McManus Band With Special Guest Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash)