PRESS RELEASE 01-04-08
The Clock's tickin' down. It's almost Showtime. And as Philip used to put it - "Hey, Dublin - Are You ready to Rock!" Old Favourites The Southbound Band, Gnasher, and Tizz Lizzy are set to rip the Button factory up. Guests such as Ditch Cassidy, Ronan Byrne, Cait O'Riordan, Satoshi Shibata, Franklin Wiesenstein, Colm Querney, Dave McGuinness, Barry James, and other special guests will join the new House band "The Hoodoo Rhythm Devils".
Glyder will lead the reprise at the All-Ages Matinee - their only appearance at this years event on Saturday 5th January.
The Lizzy Mirror Logo is on exhibition at Film base on Curve Street - opposite the Venue and the North Star Hotel reports that all room are booked out by International Supporters attending the Annual Vibe.
Once again it looks like Philo will be, as Bill Graham put it," King of the City", for the weekend.

PRESS RELEASE 28-12-07
Lizzy Stage Logo to go on display in Temple Bar.
Today we take the massive light shows at Rock Gigs as a given. Yet not so long ago even basic light effects were primitive, often boxes of light bulbs with coloured gells which one of the Rodies would switch on and off in sequence to the music. Pink Floyd may have changed all that at Pompeii, but most bands had to rely on the ingenuity and resources of their road crew.
Such an example is the famous Thin Lizzy mirror logo from the "Live and Dangerous" era. Drawing inspiration from the Ballrooms of Romance, the Lizzy Crew constructed the logo from small mirrors and lightbulbs, which, when lit creatively, generated the most stunning effects.
As part of this years Vibe, the Logo backdrop has been dusted off and will shine once more when its exhibited with other Lizzy related material at the Film Base premised in Curve Street from Wed 2nd January, in the run-up to the show at the Button Factory. It's a real piece of Irish Rock'n' Roll history and will afford fans the opportunity to have their photo taken with the Logo in "full flight".
Meanwhile the Video Crew have been hard at work seeking out further unseen and forgotten gems and have come up with a real winner. Clann Eadair was a Sunday morning band Philip played with out in Howth and after much searching the team have finely unearthed footage of the boys in action. It will join with the usual exciting mix of rare, special, and familiar footage which has made the Audio Visuals such a popular feature of the Vibe.

PRESS RELEASE 26-12-07
Philo used to say "The Next One is always the Best One" Over the years this has become part motto - part guiding hand to those of us involved with the annual Vibe as we attempt to keep things fresh, challenging, and exciting. This year is no different and of particular note is Brian Grace, no stranger to the Vibes with The Elite, The Southbound Band, and Gnasher, who has taken on the role of musical director of the house band The Hoodoo Rhythm Devils.
In some ways this part of the show will reflect the three-ages of Philip's career, with pre-Lizzy guests such as legendary soul singer Ditch Cassidy; contemporaries and colaborators such as ex-Pogue Cait O'Riordan and Grandslammer Dosh Nagle, and post Lizzy artists such as Lir's Dave McGuinness and Colm Querney whose interpretation of "Diddy Levine" was a highlight of early Vibes.
Other performers confirmed include Barry James, Satoshi Shibata from Vibe Japanese favourites The Lizzy Boys, The Mighty Steff, Hendrix, Zeppelin, and Beatles collaborator Franklin Wiesenstein, with lots of surprises from old and new friends.
The All-Ages matinee is causing quite a stir on the Vibe website forum, with many regulars from home and abroad, finally looking forward to the opportunity of introducing theit siblings to taking a ride in the Lizzy-Mobile.

PRESS RELEASE 17-12-07
In an obituary written shortly after Philip Lynotts death, Hot Press's Legendary Rock-writer Bill Graham speculated on the direction Philo's music might have taken. In lamenting his untimely demise, Graham, recalled Dalymount in '77 when Phil was "deservedly King of the City." Later he recalled walking down Sean McDermot Street with Phil and "seen him greeted at every door." In ending his piece Graham wrote "if a man can keep the affections of his friends; it is a worthy epitaph."

Twenty two years on, Bill Graham is no longer with us. Like Philo, he is a tragic, premature, loss to Irish Rock Music. What direction Lynott's music may have taken we can only speculate on, but, having "having kept the affections of his friends" - old and new - the annual Vibe celebration has given us tantalising glimpses as the well known and obscure of the Lynott/Lizzy back-catalogue have been re-interpreted through almost every genre and musical style. While much of this has been by contemporaries, collaborators, and former band members, increasingly it has been by those coming under the Lynott influence many years after his death. In fact, recent Vibes have featured Lynott afficianadoes, many of whom were born, not only after the the break-up of Thin Lizzy, but in a number of cases, after Philo had joined Hendrix, Elvis, Janis, Jim, and other legends in the great gig in the sky.

In recognising this, one of a number of new directions which the Vibe will take includes an all ages matinee - providing a starting point for a whole new generation to "take a ride on the Lizzy-mobile." This will be an alchohol free event, alowing parents to show their kids what "all the noise" was about, under eighteen's to catch the live-music bug with their peers, or those who want to just enjoy the gig to concentrate without the distraction of queing up for a pint.