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Today WIRE has announced details of a new album, ‘Mind Hive’, set for release on January 24th 2020 via the band’s own label pinkflag. The band’s seventeenth studio album sees the definitive post-punk group continue […]

Last year saw the 10th Anniversary of Atlantic Sessions and its sell-out success was proof that the festival continues to grow from strength to strength. Audiences travelled from right across the province and further afield […]

Today, Ben Watt releases “Irene,” the six-minute centrepiece track of his forthcoming album Storm Damage out January 31, 2019. Atmospheric and without drums, it features Watt on finger-picked metal resonator guitar over an insistent synthetic […]

Mercury-nominated UK composer/producer Maps shares a Mark Peters (Engineers/Ulrich Schnauss) mix of the expansive orchestral gem ‘Surveil’, as he takes to the stage for the Sonic Cathedral 15th Anniversary show at Bush Hall on 4th […]

Following the success of their reunion gig at Belfast venue Voodoo in June, Silent Running has announced details of a follow-up gig at the same venue on Friday, November 15, 2019, and the release of […]

What promises to be one of the highlights of 2020, Kasabian has announced a massive hometown show at Leicester’s Victoria Park for June 20th, six years on from their triumphant first show at the venue. […]

It was announced today that due to phenomenal demand, Fontaines D.C. has upgraded their SOLD OUT headline show at Empire Music Hall to Belfast’s Ulster Hall, 12th December 2019. Extra tickets to be released this […]

Steven Wilson has announced details of The Future Bites tour – a series of European shows due to take place in September 2020. Following the massively successful tour for 2017’s To The Bone album, Steven […]

Northern Irish artist Alana Henderson has today (October 18th) released her new EP ‘Museum’. Featuring previous critically successful singles ‘Museum’, ‘On Board’ and ‘Anyone’ – the release of the ‘Museum’ EP comes with an updated […]

The Script have added a third and final Dublin show 5th March 2020 at 3Arena due to phenomenal demand. Tickets are on sale now. After 6 billion streams, 30 million single sales, 10.8 million album […]

Sunset Sons made a huge impact with their 2016 debut album ‘Very Rarely Say Die’. Tipped in the BBC’s Sound Poll, the British/Australian band progressed to score airplay from Radio 1, Radio X and Absolute […]

Dublin and Edinburgh based punk band V98 (vee-ninety-eight) announce the release of their gritty single ‘Conversation Killer’, the first track from their debut EP ‘PRESSGANG’ to be released this winter. Opening with a thunderous guitar […]

The biggest selling Irish act in both 2017 and 2018, and the nation’s hottest musical export in decades, Picture This have announced a headline Belfast Belsonic show in Ormeau Park on Sunday, June 28th 2020. […]

Robbie Williams will release his first-ever Christmas album, ‘The Christmas Present’, on Columbia Records on November 22. Available in CD (standard and deluxe), vinyl and cassette formats, the double album will feature two discs – […]

Echobelly will be returning to the live circuit this December for a string of stripped back, semi-acoustic shows, performing as a four-piece with Sonya on vocals, Glenn on guitar, James Harris (original Echobelly bass player) on […]

Dexys Midnight Runners singer Kevin Rowland says he isn’t interested in performing the legends’ slot at Glastonbury with his bandmates. The Sunday afternoon slot at Michael and Emily Eavis’ world-famous festival has become one of […]

Electric life will be in all our brains November 22, when Capitol Records releases Hyperspace: new colours, next phase and the brand new 14th album from seven-time GRAMMY-winning cultural chameleon BECK. Hyperspace’s new dimensions in sound […]

Lewis Capaldi is learning to play the piano on the advice of Sir Elton John, who recommended he perform a track with just the instrument for his fans. The 23-year-old Scottish musician spent time with […]