Arrested Development returns to Ireland for the first time in eight years with a live performance at The Button Factory, Dublin, on 26 August 2026.

The Grammy Award-winning hip-hop collective who fuse hip-hop with soul, funk, and jazz, are bringing their ‘Legacy In Motion’ tour to Dublin for one night only.
Performing their classic anthems such as “Tennessee”, “People Everyday”, and “Mr. Wendal”.

This is a show we’ve been waiting on for a very long time and we’re mad excited to bring it to you.

BIO

Arrested Development (AD) are true trailblazers within hip-hop music. Since 1991 they’ve championed colorful sounds, while spreading a unique mixture of consciousness and musicality around the globe. AD’s hit song “Mr. Wendal“ brought much needed attention to the plight of the homeless and the group gave half of that singles royalties to the National coalition of the homeless. Their dance smash, “People Everyday” (Metamorphosis mix) addresses the tension between ignorance & consciousness, while paying homage to Sly & the Family Stone.

MTV’s Buzz Clip was the first major video outlet to play their music video, “Tennessee” which exposed them to the broader world. Spin Magazine, New York Times, LA Times among many others juggernauts featured AD on their covers. Later, the group would also become recipients of the NAACP image award (1993) plus a Soul Train music award.

Despite their topics being an analyzation and celebration of black reality in America, people of all backgrounds relate to Arrested Development’s music. The Grammy’s we’re among the first to “get it!” AD won two Grammy awards (1993 – Best New Artist & Best Rap Single – Tennessee), Rollingstone Magazine named them band of the year in 1992 and they were the first, and last rap group (thus far), to win the Grammy’s coveted Best New Artist award.