Our December gigs are picking up and tickets are already on sale for a number of events, among them we’re delighted to welcome The Stunning to Set Theatre on Saturday 8th December. Tickets, priced €22, are now on sale from reception or online via Set.ie.

During the early nineties the biggest Irish band in the world was U2, but in Ireland it was The Stunning. In the seven years that The Stunning were together, they toured relentlessly building up a following that would make them one of the most successful Irish bands ever. In 1990 their debut album ‘Paradise In The Picturehouse’ spent five weeks at number one and has become one of the most-loved Irish albums of all time. Two years later, the follow up ‘Once Around The World’ also hit the No. 1 spot, and the band went on to sell over 100,000 albums in Ireland alone. During their time, the band enjoyed numerous Top 20 singles and scooped every music prize and award going. Irish radio & TV championed the band and they were rarely off the airwaves.

2012 is the band’s 25th anniversary. The band formed in 1987 and broke up in 1994, but despite the passing of time, their popularity has never waned. Songs such as “Half Past Two”, “Romeo’s on Fire”, and “Everything that Rises” are still to be heard on the radio and have been featured in movies and numerous compilation abums of the best of Irish rock. “Brewing Up A Storm” has become an anthem of sorts and is to be heard everywhere from football stadiums to clubs around the country where it is still a guaranteed floor-filler. Ireland’s current President Michael D. Higgins is a huge fan and even guested on the band’s ‘Tightrope’ album and The Stunning supported him throughout his 2011 presidential campaign.