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Fresh from winning the ‘Oh Yeah Contender Award’ for best emerging act at the 2018 Northern Ireland Music Prize, opening for Snow Patrol on their UK arena tour in January and February (at the personal […]
Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres release their eponymously titled debut album on Friday 26th April through Strap Originals/Cargo Records. A single, mixed by Cenzo Townshend. ‘Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres’ was recorded live to […]
The countdown to this year’s festival is on with news that Cardi B is co-headlining the Sunday night of Longitude 2019 and twelve new acts have been added to the lineup. The new additions to […]
US electronic superstar, Marshmello is pleased to announce a Belfast headline show at Belsonic on Wednesday 26th June 2019. As one of the latest acts to take the electronic world by universal storm, Marshmello met […]
The Cure has announced Ride, The Twilight Sad and just mustard as special guests for their sold-out show in Dublin’s Malahide Castle on Saturday 8 June 2019, subject to licence. The Cure, who return to […]
Singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend today announce that they will be unleashing the combustible force that is The Who, with symphonic accompaniment this summer at London’s Wembley Stadium on Saturday 6 July 2019 with special guests Eddie […]
“Rebel Rebel” The David Bowie experience are pleased to announce a Belfast show at The Limelight 2 on Friday 21st June 2019. “Rebel Rebel” are a 6 piece (nine piece for larger gigs) David Bowie […]
Three of the world’s most influential rap groups have announced they will perform a Dublin show together, hosted by legendary producer DJ Premier. The triple-header, billed as part of the “Gods of Rap” tour, will […]
Compiled from hundreds of interviews and years of in-depth research, Keep Music Evil tells the full, unexpurgated tale of the infamous psych-rockers The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Fifteen years after Ondi Timoner’s film Dig! shot The […]
Out today, Friday, January 25th, ‘Watching The Waves’ is the latest new track to emerge from David Gray’s forthcoming new album, Gold In A Brass Age, following swiftly on from previous single ‘The Sapling’, a […]
NEWTON FAULKNER has announced his new single, DON’T LEAVE ME WAITING, through Battenburg Records via The Orchard today, 25 January 2019. Listen to it below. Newton has a very exciting year ahead, having previously announced […]
Iconic rock force Skunk Anansie are celebrating 25 years together with the release of their new live album 25LIVE@25, available now via Republic of Music. They are also excited to announce their return to the UK […]
Ian Brown has today released ‘Ripples’ which is taken from his highly-anticipated upcoming album of the same name – his first solo material in nine years. ‘Ripples’ and previous singles ‘First World Problems’ and ‘From Chaos […]
DODGY are releasing a brand new version of their Top 20 smash ‘Staying Out For The Summer’ to raise money for the homeless. The legendary Britpop band have re-recorded the song and gifted it to […]
Catfish and The Bottlemen’s third album will be titled The Balance, set for release on Friday 26 April 2019. In a rush of confirmations following the successful release of new single, Longshot, earlier this month, […]
Previewed by a two-hour guitar loop teaser, new Vampire Weekend tracks “Harmony Hall” and “2021” are now available across digital platforms, and as visualizations HERE. The pair of new songs are the first to be released […]
Standing firmly at the front of the music and digital arts space in Belfast for half a decade, today AVA Festival and Conference ve line up to take note of with Motor City Drum Ensemble, Ben UFO, The […]
After finishing his first Canadian tour supporting USS in October last year, Shotty Horroh hits the road again in February 2019 to play several headline UK shows, including two in his hometown of Manchester. Tickets for these […]
In support of the release of his 30th studio album Blood Red Roses, Rod Stewart is hitting the road in 2019 and will be extending his tour to include shows at The SSE Arena Belfast […]
To celebrate the start of the UK leg of his Be More Kind world tour, Frank Turner today releases a new EP, ‘Don’t Worry’ in support of his new single of the same title, lifted […]