Jim Carroll's guide to this autumn's live shows

SEPTEMBER

• 28th-30th: Hard Working Class Heroes POD Complex, Dublin.
• 30th: Kate Walsh Sugar Club, Dublin
• 30th: Old Crow Medicine Show Village, Dublin. Old-timey bluesgrass and roots knees-up from new-school leaders

OCTOBER

• 1st-2nd: Gwen Stefani Odyssey, Belfast (1st); RDS, Dublin (2nd). Support from Cansei de Ser Sexy on their fourth visit here this year.
• 2nd: Los Campesinos Whelan's, Dublin
• 2nd: Dickie Rock Vicar St, Dublin
• 4th-5th: Underworld Tripod, Dublin. The heritage electronica act return with: a new album, Oblivion with: Bells
• 5th: Incubus National Stadium, Dublin
• 5th: Handsome Furs Whelan's, Dublin
• 6th: The Police Croke Park, Dublin. All the hits played with (almost) note-perfect panache.
• 6th: Richmond Fontaine Village, Dublin zz 6th: Pete Murray The Ambassador, Dublin
• 6th: Stars Button Factory, Dublin
• 6th: Madlib Tivoli, Dublin
• 7th: Mos Def Village, Dublin. The rapping actor brings the noise
• 7th: New Young Pony Club Tripod, Dublin
• 7th: Sonos 'E Memoria Vicar St, Dublin. Italian film-maker Gianfranco Cabbidu and trumpter Paulo Fresu collaborate
• 8th: Tom Baxter The Village, Dublin
• 9th: The Decemberists Vicar St, Dublin
• 9th: Ani DiFranco Tripod, Dublin
• 9th-11th: Rufus Wainwright Waterfront, Belfast (9th); Vicar St, Dulin (10th-11th)
• 11th-16th: Take That Odyssey, Belfast (11th-12, 14th-16th). Mark! Jason! Howard! Gary! The one who's not there! Screeeeam!
• 11th: Alabama 3 Tripod, Dublin. You can go a long way with a TV theme tune, you know.
• 12th: Asian Dub Foundation Tripod, Dublin
• 12th: Aslan Vicar St, Dublin
• 13th: Pigeon Detectives The Button Factory, Dublin
• 14th: The Field The Village, Dublin. Alex Willner's From Here We Go Sublime is one of 2007's most enchanting albums
• 14th: Jack Peñate The Sugar Club, Dublin
• 14th: Kevin Drew Tripod, Dublin. The Broken Social Scene leader plugs fine new album, Spirit If
• 15th, 23rd John Prine NCH, Dublin (15th); Opera House Cork (23rd). Irish singer-songwriters, go along and take notes from the master.
• 16th: Super Furry Animals Vicar St, Dublin
• 17th: Keith Urban Odyssey, Belfast
• 18th: Gallon Drunk Whelan's, Dublin
• 19th-20th: LCD Soundsystem Button Factory, Dublin (19th); Tripod, Dublin (20th). Experience some live thrills from the act behind: the album of the year, Sound of Silver
• 20th: Brad Mehldau Vicar St, Dublin.
• 20th-21st Don McLean Olympia Theatre, Dublin
• 21st Johnny Logan Vicar St, Dublin. A fast food ad can do wonders for your career.
• 21st-22nd: Nana Mouskouri Waterfront, Belfast (21st); NCH, Dublin (22nd)
• 22nd-24th: Ray LaMontagne Olympia Theatre, Dublin
• 23rd The Enemy The Ambassador, Dublin
• 23rd-24th: The Fray TF Royal Theatre, Castebar, Co Mayo (23rd); National Stadium, Dublin (24th). The band behind: the How to Save a Life hit fill some seats
• 24th: The Blind Boys of Alabama Vicar St, Dublin. The hit of this summer's Midlands fest return to their spiritual home
• 26th: KT Tunstall National Stadium, Dublin
• 26th: O'Death: Whelan's, Dublin
• 26th-31st: Gilbert O'Sullivan Olympia, Dublin (26th, 27th, 30th, 31st); INEC, Killarney, Co Kerry (28th)
• 27th: Iron & Wine Ambassador, Dublin. Big room outing for Florida folk-rocker Jim Beam
• 28th: The Blue Nile Vicar St, Dublin
• 29th: Amiina Button Factory, Dublin. Have you fallen in love with: the Icelandic act's Kurr album yet?
• 29th-30th: Paddy Casey Olympia, Dublin (29th); Vicar St, Dublin (30th)
• 30th/31st/Nov 1st: The National The Ambassador Dublin (30th/Nov 1st); Spring & Airbrake Belfast (31st)

NOVEMBER

• 1st: Modeselektor Tivoli, Dublin
• 3rd: Fionn Regan Vicar St, Dublin. Biggest Dublin show to date for the singer-songwriter
• 3rd: Two Gallants Crawdaddy, Dublin
• 3rd: Robyn Village, Dublin. One for fans of grown-up electro-pop hooks
• 3rd-4th: Rod Stewart Odyssey, Belfast
• 4th: Animal Collective Tripod Dublin. Find: out why everyone on the planet loves their new album, Strawberry Jam
• 5th: Deerhunter Whelan's, Dublin
• 7th-10th: Little Dragon Auntie Annies, Belfast (7th); Roisin Dubh, Galway (8th); Cyprus Avenue, Cork (9th); Sugar Club, Dublin (10th). If you see only one Swedish band playing stately pop this year, make sure it's Little Dragon
• 9th: Kurt Wagner Tripod, Dublin
• 13th: Cold War Kids Ambassador, Dublin. The California shamblers with the hugely entertaining live show
• 13th-14th: Harry Connick Jr RDS, Dublin (13th); Waterfront, Belfast (14th)
• 14th-15th: Wilco Vicar St, Dublin. New album Sky Blue Sky gets better with every listen.
• 17th: Kate Nash Ambassador, Dublin
• 17th: My Chemical Romance King's Hall, Belfast
• 17th: The Undertones Tripod, Dublin. A full house of aul' fellas reliving their youth
• 18th: Machine Head Ambassador, Dublin
• 20th: Deacon Blue Vicar St, Dublin
• 21st The Proclaimers Vicar St, Dublin
• 22nd: Meat Loaf Odyssey, Belfast
• 22nd: Dirty Projectors Whelan's, Dublin
• 23rd: Pointer Sisters Tripod, Dublin. The Christmas party season starts early
• 23rd: Wedding Present Village, Dublin
• 23rd-26th: UB40 INEC, Killarney, Co Kerry (23rd); Odyssey, Belfast (25th); RDS, Dublin (26th)
• 25th: Klaxons Ambassador, Dublin. Mercury Music Prize winners pogo into town
• 25th: Pinback Whelan's, Dublin
• 26th-27th: Crowded House National Stadium, Dublin (26th); Waterfront, Belfast (27th). Last seen playing to the ducks in Dublin's Marlay Park in June
• 26th-27th: Damien Dempsey Vicar St, Dublin
• 26th-Dec 8th: Josh Ritter Everyman Palace, Cork (26th-27th); Dolan's, Limerick (29th); Rugby Club, Tullamore, Co Offaly (30th); Black Box, Galway (Dec 1st); Glór, Ennis, Co Clare (2nd); Empire, Belfast (5th); Olympia, Dublin (6th); Watergate, Kilkenny (7th); Forum, Waterford (8th
• 27th-28th: Kings of Leon RDS, Dublin. Sold out in less time than it takes to hum On Call
• 27th-29th: Stereophonics Odyssey, Belfast (27th); INEC, Killarney, Co Kerry (28th); RDS, Dublin (29th)
• 28th: Ryan Adams National Stadium, Dublin. Hopefully, the most trucelent dude in alt.pop will play songs from Easy Tiger and not go off on one.
• 28th: Efterklang Whelan's, Dublin. Majestic Danish electronica
• 29th-30th: Manic Street Preachers Ambassador, Dublin

DECEMBER

• 1st, 3rd: Amy Winehouse RDS, Dublin (1st); Waterfront, Belfast (3rd). Wonder how much the cancellation insurance premium was for these shows?
• 2nd: Interpol Olympia, Dublin
• 2nd-3rd: Rihanna RDS, Dublin (2nd); Odyssey, Belfast (3rd). Bring your own umbrellas
• 7th: The Blizzards Ambassador, Dublin
• 7th: Madness Odyssey, Belfast. Now, this is what a live show is all about
• 8th: Wet Wet Wet Odyssey, Belfast
• 9th: Tinariwen Olympia, Dublin. The lads from Mali come armed with shimmering and translucent grooves.
• 9th: Roisin Murphy Village, Dublin. The Wicklow lass continues her mission to become Björk
• 10th-11th: Squeeze Waterfront, Belfast (10th); Olympia, Dublin (11th)
• 15th: Bruce Springsteen and The E-Street Band Odyssey, Belfast. The only show that really matters this autumn and winter
• 15th: Sultans of Ping Village, Dublin
• 16th-17th: Thin Lizzy Waterfront, Belfast (16th); Olympia, Dublin (17th). Some of the boys are back in town

Blank canvas: Dublin gears up for in-tents experience

With the Point closed until late 2008, promoters are planning to pitch big marquees in Dublin 8 as temporary concert sites.

Arcade Fire are the first stars under canvas, with shows at MCD's Big Top in the Phoenix Park on October 23rd and 24th. Former Stone Rose Ian Brown is here on October 28th, Bloc Party are in on November 3rd, and Enrique Inglesias crashes the indie rock party on November 5th.

From October 23rd until November 3rd, POD Concerts will hold the Some Days Never End festival in the grounds of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Acts confirmed to date include Groove Armada with Dizzee Rascal (October 25th), Jose Gonzalez (26th); Pet Shop Boys (27th); and The Frames with John Cale (31st).

Aiken Promotions also joins the tented party with Live at the Marquee in the Phoenix Park, starring Kanye West (November 30th), Cascada (December 5th) and others acts to be announced.