The Revs played the Oxegen (Irelands biggest annual music festival) Main Stage 4 times, Slane Castle, toured the United States, Australia (where they had a top 30 hit with "Death of a DJ") the UK and Europe and supported the Kaiser Chiefs, Foo fighters, Muse and many others.

The band picked up two Meteors, Hot Press and BBC awards, a single of the month with Kerrang!, MTV2 coverage and an average of 300 gigs/public appearances per year... it all flew at a rapid pace.

The second album, "Auntie Depressant and Uncle Hope" (2012) also received acclaim from Hot Press Magazine,[3] summarising it as 'a compelling suite of songs'.

However after paying a large sum for the lease and redecorating the bar never made it to its official opening night of March 20, 2020 due to the global pandemic.

Rory then began live Facebook broadcasting during the pandemic to a huge response, and charted 3 top 20 singles on iTunes during this period.

This led to sold out shows in cities such as Belfast, Dublin, London, and even a guest slot on BBC from the Edinburgh fringe festival in 2021.