Irish band Fight Like Apes will reunite for a one-off gig in Dublin's 3Olympia Theatre in 2023, it has been announced.
The much-loved rock band are celebrating the vinyl re-release of their acclaimed 2008 debut album Fight Like Apes and The Mystery of The Golden Medallion with a headline gig at the Dublin venue on Friday, 24 March 2023.
Tickets, priced from €26.90 including booking fee, go on sale on Friday, 17 June at 9am, with €1 from every ticket sold going to the Irish Youth Foundation.
Dublin alternative rock outfit @FightLikeApes are BACK, headlining 3Olympia on Fri 24th March 2023 to celebrate of the vinyl re-release of their classic debut!
— 3Olympia Theatre (@3olympiatheatre) June 14, 2022
Tickets onsale 9am Fri 17th June @TicketmasterIre
Three Ireland presale tickets onsale 10am Wed 14th June with #3Plus pic.twitter.com/92ZCVAoQUm
The show will see the band return to the stage for the first time in eight years to play fan favourites from their three-album and multiple EP discography.
The gig will mark the re-release of their debut record on vinyl, with indie label Rubyworks releasing the album on a strictly limited edition (750 numbered worldwide) pressing on 140g red/white splattered wax, newly remastered and freshly cut at Air Studios in London.
The gatefold sleeve will also include a bonus 7" EP (also on red/white splattered vinyl) of favourite B-sides.
Battlestations! The return of @fightlikeapes https://t.co/5wytJASjcF
— Rubyworks Records (@Rubyworks) June 14, 2022
Fight Like Apes formed in Dublin in 2006 and released their debut EP, How Am I Supposed to Kill You If You Have All the Guns?, in early 2007, followed by David Carradine is a Bounty Hunter Whos Robotic Arm Hates Your Crotch [sic] later that year.
They went on to release three acclaimed albums and toured with bands including The Prodigy, The Ting Tings, New Found Glory and Kasabian, before disbanding in 2016.
