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Kaiser Chiefs to perform first ever Limerick gig as part of Docklands Festival 2025

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The Kaiser Chiefs are celebrating the 20-year anniversary of their iconic album ‘Employment’ and will perform their first Limerick gig at the Docklands Festival

Kaiser Chiefs will perform in Limerick for the very first time as part of the Docklands festival series on Sunday, August 24th, 2025

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Kaiser Chiefs to make their Limerick debut as part of the Docklands Festival on Sunday, August 24th, 2025

The band are celebrating the 20-year anniversary of their iconic album ‘Employment’ in which they will perform in full along with a host of their top hits.

As part of the celebration tour Kaiser chiefs will take to the Live at the Docklands stage on Sunday, August 24.

Formed in Leeds in 2000, Kaiser Chiefs are one of the leading bands of their generation.


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Fronted by the charismatic Ricky Wilson with Simon Rix on bass, Andrew ‘Whitey’ White on guitar, Nick ‘Peanut’ Baines on keyboards and drummer Vijay Mistry, the band have had a string of anthemic hits such as ‘Oh My God’, ‘I Predict A Riot’, ‘Everyday I Love You Less and Less’,  ‘Never Miss A Beat’ and ‘Hole In My Soul’

The band have released 8 original studio albums which includes their Mercury nominated debut, ‘Employment’ which sold over 2 million copies, Its number 1 follow up, ‘Yours Truly, Angry Mob’, which went twice-platinum in the UK alone and ‘Education Education Education and War’ which entered the UK Album Charts at number 1.

They have achieved numerous top ten singles including the infamous number 1 hit ‘Ruby’, 3 Brit Awards, an Ivor Novello award for Album of the Year, toured with U2, Foo Fighters and Green Day and sold 8 million albums.

“We might never get to the point where we can sit in an armchair with our arms behind our heads and go: ‘lads, we’ve done it’. But at the same time, maybe that’s why, years later, Kaiser Chiefs are still here.”

Kaiser Chiefs plus special guests will play Live at the Docklands on Sunday, 24th August 2025 with tickets on sale now through Ticketmaster and Dolan’s website.

The Kaiser Chiefs performance will add to a jam-packed Docklands series for 2025 which features Moncrief, The Waterboys, Picture This, Dec Pearce’s Block Rockin’ Beats and more!

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