Thumper Release New Album ‘Sleeping with the Light On’
By Irish Alt-Rock Heavyweights Thumper Release Blistering New Album ‘Sleeping with the Light On’
THUMPER
Plus Special Guests
Tuesday 4th March 2026
The Academy, Dublin
Doors 7pm | 18+
Tickets on sale now
Sleeping With The Lights On
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The Dublin psych-pop six piece THUMPER play their biggest headline show to date at The Academy, Dublin next month on Tuesday 4th March 2026
Tickets from €24.00 (inc booking fee & venue facility fee) from Ticketmaster.ie.
Bookings subject to 12.5% service charge per ticket (max €10.50)
THUMPER have gone from playing small hometown shows to touring Ireland, UK and Europe extensively, as well as becoming regular features at Irish festivals, appearing at the likes of Electric Picnic, All Together Now, Indiependence, Other Voices, etc. The band feel right at home on festival stages around the continent too, having made appearances at big name European festivals such as Mad Cool (ESP), Reading & Leeds (UK), Iceland Airwaves (IS), Haldern Pop (DE), Rock For People (CZ), Eurosonic (NL), Reeperbahn (DE), United Artists Prague (CZ), and many more.
The band’s debut album Delusions of Grandeur received extensive press support (Clash, Dork, The Line of Best Fit, New Noise, Punk News, Hot Press, Nialler9, Distorted Sound, Goldenplec, Louder Than War to name a few) and landed them a nomination for Irish Album of the Year at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize. THUMPER received UK and international airplay across BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 1, Radio X, KEXP, Kink, Kerrang! as well as Irish stations such as RTÉ Radio 1, 2FM, Today FM, Beat102103 among others. They have also made noteworthy TV performances on RTÉ’s Tommy Tiernan Show and Other Voices and secured numerous Spotify and Apple Music editorial playlist placements and cover features