Playlists
PLAYLIST: XS Noize May 2019
The new monthly XS Noize playlists on Spotify bring together the most essential new music of the last month that has been featured on the site. The May 2019 edition features tracks from Noel Gallagher’s […]
The Waterboys
Gigs
Watch the video to new track ‘Ladbroke Grove Symphony’ from The Waterboys
Ladbroke Grove Symphony is a tribute to the former Bohemian heart of West London, in which Mike Scott invokes his time living and writing among the crumbling, seaside-esque streets of Notting Hill during the 80s. […]
IN FOCUS
IN FOCUS// The Waterboys at Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
The Waterboys played an amazing show in Belfast on 20th May at the Ulster Hall. Lee Campbell was on hand to take these fantastic live images. The Waterboys […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: With Mike Scott of The Waterboys, “What I love most is making the music, and being inside the music”
Continuing the blazing trail set by 2015’s acclaimed Modern Blues and 2017’s top ten-reaching double album Out Of All This Blue, on May 24th The Waterboys will release their new album Where The Action Is, […]
Album Reviews
ALBUM REVIEW: The Waterboys – Where the Action Is
Mike Scott’s inspired creation of the legendary band The Waterboys has produced a storied discography that defies genre labels. The band has wholeheartedly participated in the Big Music movement, redefined themselves as raggle-taggle folkies and […]
Gigs
THE WATERBOYS – Strut Through Streets of Tokyo In Video For New Single “Where The Action Is” – Watch Now
Following the release of last month’s single “Right Side Of Heartbreak (Wrong Side Of Love),” The Waterboys released today the video for “Where The Action Is,” the title track and new single from their forthcoming […]
Gigs
THE WATERBOYS Share “Right Side Of Heartbreak (Wrong Side Of Love)” Lyric Video
Continuing the blazing trail set by 2015’s acclaimed Modern Blues and 2017’s top ten-reaching double album Out Of All This Blue, on May 24th The Waterboys will release their new album Where The Action Is, via Cooking Vinyl. Its title […]
Gigs
THE WATERBOYS Announce New Album ‘Where The Action Is’ – Listen to first single
Continuing the blazing trail set by 2015’s acclaimed Modern Blues and 2017’s top ten-reaching double album Out Of All This Blue, on May 24th The Waterboys will release their new album Where The Action Is, […]
Gigs
THE WATERBOYS Announce a Headline Show at The Ulster Hall, Belfast, 20th May 2019
Ever since Mike Scott first brought The Waterboys to public attention their career has been marked by storied departures. Staking out bold, new territory with fresh approaches and inspirational collaborators has been the defining factor […]
Gigs
Bangor’s OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL announces JOHN GRANT for summer festival
“Bangor is an energy.” So said punk legend John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, when Open House Festival Bangor signed his band, Public Image Ltd (PIL) to play their first ever gig in Northern Ireland this […]
Gigs
THE WATERBOYS – Release The Groovy, Infectious Track “IF THE ANSWER IS YEAH” – Listen Now!
The Waterboys have announced their brand new double album entitled Out Of All This Blue, available September 8 via BMG. This is their debut album with BMG since recently signing with the label. In advance […]
Gigs
THE WATERBOYS – announce their brand new double album entitled ‘Out Of All This Blue’
The Waterboys have announced their brand new double album entitled Out Of All This Blue, available September 8 via BMG Records. This is their debut release with BMG since recently signing with the label. Produced […]
Album of the week
THE WATERBOYS – MODERN BLUES
This is The Waterboys 11th album in a 30-ish year career, they have been through big music to irish jiggery pokery (and loads of fiddly diddlyness). For this album Mike Scott decamped to Nashville, the […]
