The details, in daylight
Stiff Little Fingers played The Academy in Dublin on 21 August 2026, with The Ruts DC in support. This show has already taken place — see Stiff Little Fingers's page on KeenToGo for their upcoming dates.
The Academy is a four-floor music venue in Dublin. Its Main Room holds 650 standing with space for another 200 on the upper balcony; the ground-floor Green Room takes 550 and has a low ceiling, and is used for electronic acts and DJs; a basement room, The Academy 2, holds 250 for smaller bands, comedy and record launches; and The Chamber is a private room available on request. The Killers played an intimate show here in August 2008, the night before Marlay Park, and Lily Allen, Stereophonics, Buzzcocks, The Cribs and Calvin Harris have all appeared. Stiff Little Fingers are Belfast punk pioneers whose Alternative Ulster and Suspect Device turned the Troubles into some of punk's most vital music.