Singular Artists proudly presents

JOHN CALE LIVE AT VICAR STREET DUBLIN 

31st March 2025

Tickets €45.00 including booking fees on sale now 

from singularartists.ie

Singular Artists proudly presents John Cale live at Vicar Street, Dublin 31st March 2025. Tickets are on sale now from singularartists.ie 

John Cale's (founding member of The Velvet Underground) album POPtical Illusion continues the artist's exploration of societal turmoil, blending anger and hope into a complex musical landscape. Unlike his previous album MERCY, this work is a solo venture where Cale delves into electronic sounds, creating a sense of urgency and contemplation. Through tracks that mix disillusionment with optimism, Cale reflects on the world’s current state and his evolution, showcasing his refusal to stagnate creatively even after six decades in music. The album captures Cale's enduring relevance, blending past experiences with a forward-looking perspective.

John Cale has always been a musician of the times, helping to usher in titanic shifts in sound and culture. The bleeding edge drones of his Sun Blindness Music opened the path to The Velvet Underground. The frantic rock of Fear and Slow Dazzle, not to mention his production with Patti Smith and the Stooges, framed a half-century of punk, post-punk, and art-rock to come. And his curiosity about the way electronics could be more than a gimmick in rock music served as an inspiration to an uncountable number of crucial scenes. Once again, on POPtical Illusion, Cale stands as a musician of these times. He looks at the orchestrated turmoil of recent history, furrows his brow in disgust, and then turns on his heels toward a future, even if he—like all of the rest of us, really—doesn’t know just what he’ll find or who exactly he’ll be there. He’s simply happy to be going toward it all.  

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