Ya, they played a small gig in Leitrim months ago.and when I say small, I mean no more than 45 people paid in to see them. The owners of the venue said it cost them 20 times more to host it than what they made from revenue taken in at door & bar. They’re just ok, but should keep to the Internet

Would you prefer to see Rubberbandits or Jedward?

neither

No.1 Why are you embarrassed about Ireland? Did I miss something? Every country has its good/bad dark/light positives/negatives etc only a fool would define a country by either or.

No.2 Why are people comparing Jedward and Rubberbandits. Jedward are the product of a multi million pound TV show and who [other than an ability to be continually positive in public which is something I guess] don t seem to have any distinguishable talent from other teenagers, were as the Rubberbandits write/produce/play all their own material and wrote/recorded and produced one of the biggest Irish hits of the last 20 years in a bedroom. Credit where its due for f*** sake. No one is embarrassed about the Rubberbandits dude that s your own insecurity about your identity and what it means to be Irish. You don t have to enjoy the Bandits but getting upset by them surely says more about you than the wonderful Blindboy and Mr. Chrome. Fair lay to the boys an Irish success story in difficult times should surely be lauded not derided by arm chair cynics.