Dublin gets Ricky Warwick on a high. Fire & Vengeance — his new album on Earache — is sitting at Number 6 on the Official Midweek UK Top 40 Album Chart, and the Co Down rocker’s tour rolls into the Grand Social on Friday 6 November 2026.
That midweek figure is not the final Friday chart — but a Top 10 this early is a serious marker, and one that could yet deliver a career-best Official Albums finish if it holds.
Ricky Warwick The Angels’ Share (official video).
Dublin date — Grand Social
Artist: Ricky Warwick & The Fighting Hearts
Album / tour: Fire & Vengeance (Earache)
Where: Grand Social, Dublin
When: Friday 6 November 2026
It’s a proper home-islands stop for a Newtownards-raised songwriter who’s spent years between Thin Lizzy / Black Star Riders stages and his own Fighting Hearts records. The Dublin night sits early on the UK & Ireland run Limerick the night before, then Limelight 2 in Belfast on Sunday 8 November for anyone crossing north.
What’s on the record
Fire & Vengeance arrives with new single and video The Angels’ Share. Guest appearances include Phil Collen, Doug Aldrich, Charlie Starr and Darren Holden — the kind of roll-call that tells you Warwick is still pulling mates from the hard-rock world into the room.
wickTESTTHis previous set, Blood Ties, reached Number 25 after his return focus to Northern Ireland so a midweek Number 6 this time is a clear step up on that Official Chart path.
How to get it / go
Album: earache.com/rickywarwick. Tickets via rickywarwick.com and the usual live sellers for the Fire & Vengeance tour. Subject to licence and venue T&Cs.
For Dublin rock nights this autumn: mark Friday 6 November at the Grand Social — and keep an eye on the final Friday Official Albums Chart to see if that midweek Number 6 sticks.
