Cask
Limerick, Ireland
Electric Blue · Turin · The Cranberries · sources 2018–2026
Electric Blue 2018–2026: a documented live history.
This is not a retroactive claim that Electric Blue Experience existed in 2018. It is the documented professional history of Giorgio Giardina and Elvis D’Elia inside Electric Blue – The Cranberries Tribute Band, a journey they personally lived before continuing with Electric Blue Experience from 2026.
Evidence first
Dates, venues, countries and independent sources.
Independent venue and event pages published before the 2026 split describe Electric Blue as a Cranberries tribute band from Turin, founded in 2018, and document a live path across Italy and abroad. The current Electric Blue Experience line-up and name date from 2026; the earlier dates belong to the professional history of the musicians who actually performed them.
That history is also Giorgio and Elvis’s history. It is not borrowed from a later line-up and it is not transferred retroactively to the current EBE formation.
Independent sources
Ireland, the UK and Switzerland are documented, not decorative claims.
Cask Limerick presented Electric Blue for the 19 October 2024 show as a Turin project established in spring 2018, referencing its live experience in Northern Italy and at Hard Rock Hotels in Switzerland.
Cask Limerick · 19 October 2024
Entertainment.ie documented Irish shows at Kavanagh’s Portlaoise, Sally Long’s Galway and Sea Church Ballycotton, repeatedly connecting Electric Blue with Turin and the 2018 origin.
Kavanagh’s · 16 May 2025 Sally Long’s · 1 August 2025 Sea Church · 2 August 2025
Acapela Studio documents the Welsh connection and a return after the 2025 performance, while independent event pages preserve the March 2026 Portlaoise date and The Cobblestone preserves the 6 June 2026 Dublin show immediately before the new chapter.
Acapela Studio · Cardiff Portlaoise · 20 March 2026 The Cobblestone · Dublin · 6 June 2026
Selected live chronology
A factual path through Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
The selected dates below are part of the pre-EBE professional journey of Giorgio Giardina and Elvis D’Elia. They are shown to document experience, not to backdate the current band.
2024
The Deer’s Head
Belfast, Northern Ireland
2025
Kavanagh’s
Portlaoise, Ireland
The Seantí
Kilmacow, Ireland
Acapela Studio
Pentyrch / Cardiff, Wales
Sally Long’s
Galway, Ireland
Sea Church
Ballycotton, Co. Cork, Ireland
2026
Kavanagh’s
Portlaoise, Ireland
The Seantí
Kilmacow, Ireland
Sea Church
Ballycotton, Ireland
The Cobblestone
Dublin, Ireland
2026 → today
The current band is new. The experience is not.
Electric Blue Experience is the current line-up of Michela Gallia, Orlando Barbuto, Elvis D’Elia and Giorgio Giardina. The name and line-up date from 2026. Giorgio and Elvis, however, bring into it eight years of personally lived Electric Blue history on The Cranberries repertoire.
Electric Blue is where we come from. Experience is where we are going.
Cranberries tribute band · Italy · Ireland · Europe
Documented experience, current line-up, international booking.
For clubs, Irish pubs, festivals, theatres and international dates.