Rock’s poster boys play a blinder

Hey, it can’t get better this. The World Cup has kicked off, The Marquee is in full swing, Cork hurlers have a mouth-watering Munster semi-final clash with Clare tomorrow at Semple Stadium and The Coronas are in town..... classssssssss.

All this was just the injection of adrenalin Cork needed. And what a buzz the poster boys of Irish rock and indie delivered. The atmosphere at lunchtime yesterday for their sound check was special enough but inside The Marquee last night was as good as the closing minutes in a fever pitch All-Ireland final, with former Dublin minor Danny O’Reilly, playing a blinder.

With a power-packed set, which included their brilliant new single ‘All The Others’, O’Reilly and the boys almost lifted the pegs in the tent in the first of the ‘cooler’ gigs at a venue which already hosted Cliff Richard and Dolly Parton.