Indie Radio Live & Don Diablo at Red Rooms

Its always a big weekend at Red Rooms Derry and this weekend is no different. This weekend we are open Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

First up is Thursdays Pop Mental – Still the #1 mid week night out in Derry. If you haven’t heard about Red Rooms on Thursday Nights then you must have been living on Moon or just not been out a lot lately.


Residents Paco & DaCosta in the main room providing you with the best in Club Music, Party and a mix of Indie, RnB and anything else you can think of that will keep you from sitting down at any stage of the night. In the bar Deeper Underground main man Stephen Porter keeps the party going and lifts it up a gear with his amazing mix of electronic music. Admission is free before 11pm and £3 after with Drinks Promotions from £1. www.redroomsderry.co.uk/popmental

This Friday Red Rooms launch their brand new monthly Indie / Live Band night – INDIE RADIO LIVE.

Headed by former Kharma 45 front man Glenn Rosborough, each month Red Rooms will bring in the best in new and upcoming Bands and DJs from the Indie / Rock scene.
Rock Star turned Indie DJ Glenn Rosborough will be manning the decks in Room 1.
Glenn will be best known to you as the singer in popular Derry/Strabane band Kharma 45 who had hits such as Where’s Your Spirit Man?, Come On, Political Soul and the monster track Ecstasy. Room 1 will be an Indie Disco with Glenn and support DJs playing the best Indie / Rock music from the past, present and future. www.myspace.com/glennrosborough

Meanwhile in Room 2 if Live Music is your thing then we have 3 of the best local and upcoming bands for you to wrap your ears around – The Q, Hey Day and Game Over Retry.


Derry band The Q list their influences as The Rolling Stones and The Clash and from the opening Chords of their single Powder Rooms you can hear the influence. Sounding like a mix between The Clash and The Strokes this up tempo rock tune is sure to get Red Rooms bouncing and wouldn’t sound out of place at any Summer Rock Festival. For more on The Q and to listen to their music visit www.myspace.com/theq42.

Belfast Band Hey Day have had over 50,000 plays of their songs on myspace and it’s not hard to hear why. Tracks like Liar Liar and Promises sound like the rockier side of Snow Patrol or The Killers and if that’s the sound you like you will love this Belfast 5 Piece. To hear their music visit www.myspace.com/heydaymusic

Derry 3 piece Game Over Retry complete the bill for this Friday. Describing themselves as Pop Punk the 3 lads sound echoes early Blink 182 and tracks like Fraction of a Second and Paint the Stars will rock the roof of Red Rooms this Friday. Check them out at www.myspace.com/gameoverretry

Indie Radio Live starts this Friday 6th March. Doors open at 9pm. Admission is £3 and there will be Drink Promo’s on the night. This is an Over 18s event and ID is necessary. For more info visit www.redroomsderry.co.uk/indieradiolive

On Saturday Night Red Rooms are pleased to welcome Dutch Artist / Musician Don Diablo.
Don Diablo is an Amsterdam-based artist/musician, who produces his own music, writes and sings his own songs, does remixes and production work for other artists and used to host a monthly Saturday night show on national radio in his own country. Furthermore, he makes music for motion pictures and commercials and runs two record labels.


His music is a refreshing blend of musical styles; rock, electro, and hip hop are the main ingredients. At the end of 2005, Don Diablo founded his own record label and event brand, Sellout Sessions, and really started fine tuning his own sound and raising his profile in his native country, the Netherlands. Chart success followed soon after with hits like Blow, Who's Your Daddy, I Need to Know, Stand Up, This Way, Pain is Temporary, Pride is Forever storming the mainstream charts.

2007 saw Don Diablo doing over 250 sold-out shows as a performing artist. His hectic tour schedule has taken him from London to Tokyo and from Miami to Sydney.
At the end of 2007, Don Diablo also participated in the prestigious Public Enemy Bring the Noise / Give it Up remix project together with Ferry Corsten and Benny Benassi[7], whose remix of Bring the Noise eventually resulted in a Grammy Award for Best Remix. Don Diablo has also proved his ability as an A&R by discovering, singing and then licensing the UK top 3 chart hit Exceeder by Mason. Don Diablo released his highly anticipated artist album Life is a Festival in October 2008 to critical acclaim.

Don will be supported on Saturday Night by Tonisi, Paco & Da Costa. Doors open 9pm admission is £3 / £6 with early specials before 11pm. This event is over 18s. For more on Don Diablo visit www.myspace.com /dondiablo and for more on what’s happening at Red Rooms visit www.redroomsderry.co.uk