Blue Whale Final Gig

One of the most fiercely unpigeonholeable, inventive, and downright enjoyable bands to ever come out of Ireland, Blue Whale have decided to call it a day. Come along for their final ever gig and give them the sendoff they deserve. 

Comprising guitarists Michael O’Halloran and Ben Behzadafshar, drummer John Macormac and bassist Andrew Melville, Blue Whale were a supremely shapeshifting live proposition by the time the genre-mauling Process arrived in 2018. Andy Cairns of Therapy? was reminded of free-jazz pioneer, Albert Ayler “playing with a bunch of kids that grew up on Steve Albini records” while The Line of Best Fit said “the mathy, jazz-flecked brew hurtles through a thorny tunnel of riffs and percussive flailing–it should be utter chaos, but Blue Whale make it honeyed.” Last Immediate Images is their most recent release (2023). Recorded and produced by Gilla Band’s Dan Fox, the album is a masterful expansion, and deft deconstruction, of what the Quietus hailed as their “chaotic, yet controlled experimental rock.”

Lauded for evoking everyone from Deerhoof and Swans, to Slint and Captain Beefheart, all the while sounding uniquely incendiary; with a particularly fierce and fun dynamism seen on the live stage. Strain your ear elsewhere through Last Immediate Images and you might hear flickers and ghosts of ex-Tom Waits’ guitarist Marc Ribot, Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan, a slither of A Silver Mt. Zion, and the shuffle and energy of London jazz scene acts like Sons of Kemet.

Thank you, Blue Whale. It’s been a trip!

Show Info

In-Person

Venue: 12-13 Shaftesbury Square, Belfast, BT2 7DB

Access: Directly from Shaftesbury Square

Performance(s): Saturday 7th December 2024

Doors: 7:30pm GMT (Book Bar* will not be open)

Start Time: 8:00pm GMT

Run Time: 2 hours+

Disabled Access: Theatre (ground floor) is fully accessible. Toilets & Book Bar (1st floor) are accessible via a wheelchair platform lift. Carer tickets available: Call 028 9032 5881 to book.

Online

This show will be Live-streamed online.

Access for the live stream will be emailed out on the day of the event, please check junk/spam folders.

Ticket Info

Please book a ticket per person watching to avoid viewing issues.

£12 - WATCH IN-PERSON TICKET - a standard ticket that gives you in-person access to watch the show in the theatre.

£12 - WATCH LIVE ONLINE TICKET - a standard ticket that gives you online access to watch the show live-streamed wherever you are.

£17 - DONATION TICKET - a special ticket that gives a little extra to the exceptional and hardworking artists creating the show. Donation Tickets include all watch options above.