Selective Memory presents
ROBYN HITCHCOCK
The Sugar Club, Dublin
Fri 2nd Oct 2026. Doors 8pm
Tickets €20 + bk fee
The legend that is Robyn Hitchcock is returning to Dublin for one night only this October at The Sugar Club.
Tickets are on sale now
With very special guest EMMA SWIFT
“A gifted melodist, Hitchcock nests engaging lyrics in some of the most bracing, rainbow-hued pop this side of Revolver. He wrests inspiration not from ordinary life but from extraordinary imaginings…” – Rolling Stone
Robyn Hitchcock is one of England’s most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. A surrealist poet, talented guitarist, cult artist and musician’s musician, Hitchcock is among alternative rock’s father figures and is the closest thing the genre has to a Bob Dylan (not coincidentally his biggest musical inspiration).
Since founding the art-rock band The Soft Boys in 1976, Robyn has recorded more than 20 albums as well as starred in ‘Storefront Hitchcock’ an in concert film recorded in New York and directed by Jonathan Demme.
Blending folk and psychedelia with a wry British nihilism, Robyn describes his songs as ‘paintings you can listen to’. His most recent album is self-titled and marks his 21st release as a solo artist. Out on April 21 2017, the album is produced by Brendan Benson (The Raconteurs). Hitchcock describes it as a “ecstatic work of negativity with nary a dreary groove.”
Praise for Robyn Hitchcock:
“These 10 gems slither, rock, roll, glide and shapeshift, coalescing around Hitchcock’s typically anxious, strained but striking and immediately identifiable vocals.” – American Songwriter
“Beloved of everyone from Led Zeppelin to REM, Hitchcock has only enhanced his status with this wonderful outing.” – Hot Press
“Witty, moving and seriously catchy, Robyn Hitchcock is a glorious return for a man who wasn’t really gone in the first place.” – Paste Magazine
About Emma Swift
Emma Swift is an Australian singer-songwriter, based in the USA. Her 2020 interpretation of Bob Dylan’s “Queen Jane Approximately” was named #17 in Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 80 Dylan covers of all-time. Her most recent LP, “The Resurrection Game” (2025) received rave reviews from Variety, The Guardian, MOJO and UNCUT Magazine.