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AIRBOURNE RESCHEDULE TOUR

You’ll now be able to catch the Aussie boogie merchants in April

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ARCTIC MONKEYS Mixed Grill

NEW VITALIC date

SNOW PATROL gigs start at 8pm sharp

BAD MANNERS celebrate their 30th birthday in Dublin

CHOICECUTS PRESENTS The Breakestra, Taylor Mc Ferrin, J-Rocc & Edan

NIMIC CLOSURE leaves huge void

CARBON SILICON give away their new album

EAMON KEANE live at Whelan's

RAZORLIGHT TO play exclusive DJ set at Dublin's Alchemy on November 27

DUBLIN BANDS unite for charity gig

ELTON JOHN gig cancelled

STARS HELP raise €400,000 at the Cheerios Childline Concert

LUCIEN REVOLUCIEN to introduce screening of Les Lascars at the IFI

EMPIRE STATE Human man releases solo album

ALL TIME Low headline in Dublin

R.E.M. START work on their new album with Jacknife Lee

THE CHARLEY Boorman Show live at Vicar St.

ENTERPRISE IRELAND pull out of MIDEM

PAUL 'SKINNY' Kelly R.I.P.

SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR MUSIC FANS LIVE MUSIC VENUE OF THE YEAR

NIALL QUINN supports Lennon

HERCULES AND Love Affair to play Tripod

STAR WARS: In Concert live at The O2 Dublin

JENNY HUSTON to release new book - In Bloom - Irish Bands Now

RONAN KEATING live at the Grand Canal Theatre

POGUES AFTERSHOW Party to be held in Lillie's Bordello

THEO RED to play half time show at the RDS for the Heineken Cup tie

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IT IS TIME TO TAKE ON THE BIG BOYS The Minister for Health is proposing to impose a charge on every drug prescribed under the Medical Card scheme. Already the IMO and the IPU have put forward better and fairer schemes that would not target the vulnerable… MORE >>	WOLFMOTHER - COSMIC EGG Four Years In The Making second album from Oz hard rockers MORE >>	VARIOUS ARTISTS - SUNFLOWER NIGHTS Nostalgia ahoy from legendary Dublin pub MORE >>


HEARTLAND - SONGS FOR CROI Charity album that’s as listenable as it is worthy MORE >>	APPARITION IN THE WOODS A thing of woozy wonder MORE >>
WORTH THEIR EIGHT IN GOLD Their odd-ball sound is hard to pin down, but that hasn’t prevented indie rockers 8 Ball from becoming one of the most buzzed about Irish groups on the scene. MORE >>
THE L WORD He's gone from bashing out Brel covers in pokey Dublin clubs to crooning 'New York, New York' while gazing at the Manhattan skyline.For his latest project, the wonderful story so far. Jack L has pushed the boundaries yet again by collaborating with up and coming Irish Novelist Anna McPartlin. Here they talk to Hot Press about their intriguing hook-up and explain how your career can lead you to some very strange places... MORE >>
PUNCH DRUNK Second outing from Dublin's best-kept secret MORE >>


LIGHT IN THE WESTERN SKY Budget cuts almost spelled the end of Other Voices. But the team behind the Dingle music institution rallied around – with the result that this year’s line-up is arguably among the strongest in the history of the show MORE >>	SMELLS LIKE GREEN SPIRIT GREEN DAY have had a meteoric rise over the last 18 years, from poky Dublin dives to colossal international stadia. But despite their maturing worldview and increasing political articulacy, they’re still as exciting a kick-ass punk rock group as ever. MORE >>
TIGER TIGER FADING FAST He is one of our highest profile broadcasters and journalists. Now in his new book, Last Word host MATT COOPER looks at the rot and corruption that festered beneath the surface of the Celtic Tiger. He talks about the sense of anger he feels over the mismanagement of the economy, the damage wrought by the Bertie Ahern years and the apparent unwillingness of RTE to give him any publicity MORE >>
CHIPS OFF THE OLD BOC November 9th marks the 20th anniversary of the dismantling of the Berlin wall, an event almost as momentous as Everton’s winning four years earlier of the European Cup Winners Cup. History of course being a subjective thing. MORE >>
GALAXY QUEST It sounds like the opening line to an elaborate joke – heard the one about the Englishman, the Irishman and the multi-million selling, gag-stuffed science fiction saga? However, Eoin Colfer is perfectly serious about breathing new life into Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series. But what has that got to do with The Blizzards? Read on to find out MORE >>

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