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Comparing Belgium’s live roadmap to Ireland, as 75k cap Pukkelpop & Tomorrowland festivals given green light in August

As we get towards the reopening of live events later this year, the exact roadmap…

Here’s what one of the first outdoor gigs to take place in Northern Ireland looked like

Stendhal Festival hosted one of the first concerts back in over 15 months in Northern…

This Irish drill rapper did a remix of Leaving Cert poem An Spailpín Fánach

Well, this is class. Get your Irish Paper 2s at the ready. Fay’d is a…

Big Thief for Dublin show in 2022

Big Thief have announced a Dublin show next year as part of their European and…

New Music Friday Edit: The best new tracks released today

New music from Jessie Ware, Prince, Polo & Pan, Channel Tres, Wolf Alice, LUMP, Jordan Nocturne, Soda Blonde, Elaine Mai, Ailbhe Reddy, Joshua Burnside & Laura Quirke, Darkside, NNIC, Kelsey Lu, Actress, Nerves.

Jam Park venue announces immediate closure

It was over before it even really got started. When it was announced that Bodytonic…

Podcast: The music that got us through May

Black Midi, Arooj Aftab, Torres, Sharon Van Etten & Burial included.

The 25 best songs of May 2021

The best songs of May 2021.

MEBAS €14m fund for musicians, backstage crew, production, DJs and more announced

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, has given…

Basic Income pilot scheme for artists among measures announced for arts and events industry today

The Irish government launched the National Economic Recovery Plan today which includes cuts to the…

Tickets for the Iveagh Gardens pilot gig featuring James Vincent McMorrow and Sorcha Richardson will go on sale this Thursday

As announced last week, pilot events will take place ahead of the reopening of live…

12 new songs from Irish artists you should hear

Featuring new music from Chameleon & Lucy McWilliams, Neil Dexter, Darkroom Data, Lewwab, Jack Murphy & Jena Keating, Hazey Haze, Eoin x Max Zanga, Louise Gaffney, Alan Finan, Shadeemus, Subrelic, Ama Millieir

Ireland’s pilot music events to include 3500 capacity festival at Phoenix Park & more

News this evening of what we can expect for live music and sports events in…

New Music Friday Edit: Sigrid, Skinner, Tolü Makay, NiNE8, Koreless, Yenkee, Chaya & more

It’s New Music Friday, which means there’s loads of new songs out. Here are the…

Rock Against Homelessness returns with live show streamed from Olympia & Windmill Lane with Pillow Queens, Blindboy, Wyvern Lingo, Tolü Makay & more

After the success of Rock Against Homelessness gigs in the Olympia pre-pandemic raising much needed…

12 new songs from Irish artists you should hear

Featuring new music from Enola Gay, Elephant, Gaptoof, Strange Boy, Alicia Raye, Maria Kelly, Just Wondering, Embarcadero, Susan O’Neill, Molly Burman, Fya Fox, Gorgeous Wrecks.

9 new songs to love this week: The Nialler9 Weekly playlist

With tracks from Audrey Nuna, Charlotte Day Wilson, Shire T, Raven Blue, Emma Houton, Peyton, Ouri, Helen Deland, CHAI, Georgia Ann Muldrow.

Dua Lipa, Megan Thee Stallion, Gorillaz, The Strokes, The National, Lorde…. Here are the ALL the artists playing Primavera Sound festivals in 2022:

As announced last week, the Barcelona festival Primavera Sound is going to put on 11…

Podcast: We need to talk about Enya

In the week of her 60th birthday… it’s time to talk about one of Ireland’s most successful musicians… Enya.

Primavera Sound is going to be two weekends in 2022, so you can choose between 2 lineups

And who can blame them? To make up for lost time, Primavera Sound is going…