Barry Egan: Returning hero Hozier the physical manifestation of what Bono was getting at when he sang on ‘Angel of Harlem’

Hozier: 3Arena, Dublin — review

Like a Pre-Raphaelite artist in a modern suit and white runners. Hozier (above) with Domnhall Gleeson rising up behind at the 3Arena in Dublin. Photo: Ruth Medjber

Barry Egan

Your mind seems to play tricks on you at a Hozier concert. Especially last night at the 3Arena in Dublin in front of 12,000 people.

On a giant screen behind the stage, a grainy black-and-white video of a shovel-wielding Domhnall Gleeson losing his mind in the Sally Gap is played during the hymnal De Selby (Part 2).