Music & Gigs
Snow Patrol to storm the charts
Snow Patrol are gearing up for a return to the charts with a new single
release in October.
Comment on this article
Inside Music & Gigs
Kanye kicks off tour with Belfast show
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Hip-hop superstar Kanye West is to return to Belfast to perform at the Odyssey
Arena — less than a year since his last show here.
Comment on this article
Girls Aloud sing out against knife crime
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
A group of celebrities are recording a charity song against knife crime after
a recent spate of fatal stabbings in the UK.
Comment: 1
Sex Pistols bring punk to the Picnic
Monday, 25 August 2008
It will be the year of the comeback at this summer's Electric Picnic Festival
in Stradbally, Co Laois.
Comment on this article
Westlife, the best Irish boyband
Monday, 25 August 2008
Westlife have been voted the fourth best boy band ever, beating fellow Irish
group Boyzone by two places in the poll.
Comment: 1
Irish stars make it into top 10 world boy bands
Monday, 25 August 2008
Westlife have been voted the fourth best boy band ever, beating fellow Irish
group Boyzone by two places in the poll.
Comment on this article
Young musicians hit all right notes Camerata festival
Monday, 25 August 2008
World renowned musicians and some of Ireland’s most talented young stars hit
all the right notes at this year’s Camerata Ireland summer festival at
Clandeboye.
Comment on this article
Serious side to this year's Electric Picnic
Monday, 25 August 2008
The organisers of the Electric Picnic festival, which kicks off this Friday,
are to highlight the heartbreaking issue of Irish male suicide during the
three-day event.
Comment on this article
Over 800 musicians to perform at Dublin festival
Saturday, 23 August 2008
Over 800 musicians and artists are performing at a world music and culture festival in Dublin this weekend.
Comment on this article
Album: Juan Garcia Esquivel, More of Other Worlds, Other Sounds (Reprise Archives)
Friday, 22 August 2008
Album: The Real Tuesday Weld, The London Book of the Dead (Antique Beat) (Rated 5/ 5 )
Friday, 22 August 2008
Steve Cropper to play first Belfast gig
Friday, 22 August 2008
Guitar legend Steve Cropper has one hell of a reputation. Known worldwide as a
superstar musician, producer and songwriter, he has worked with the likes of
Otis Redding, Art Garfunkel, Ringo Starr and Elton John, to name but a few.
Comment on this article
Our teenage kicks ... back in the day
Friday, 22 August 2008
After the run of big-name concerts that was Belsonic, the 24/7 office has been
a-buzz with nostalgic tales of first gigs and best gigs. We thought we
should share them with you! Iron Maiden: shouts and sweat
Comment on this article
Son of a gun - fighting to keep old time blues alive
Friday, 22 August 2008
He enjoyed mainstream success with Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm — the massive Crash Test
Dummies hit — but Benjamin Darvill’s fortunes have been much more varied
since he went solo and developed a passion for the blues. Nick Hasted caught
up with the antsy, anti-commercial artist
Comment on this article
Expect a big river of sound round Belfast
Friday, 22 August 2008
The Big River Blues & Jazz Festival is a showcase of international talent.
Damien Murray gives us the lowdown on all that jazz. Some of the biggest
names in blues, jazz and soul are set to perform in Belfast this bank
holiday weekend, courtesy of the Guinness International Big River Blues &
Jazz Festival.
Comment on this article
We can Bank on a great weekend of music ahead
Friday, 22 August 2008
Patric Baird looks forward to a series of Bank Holiday specials taking place
in Belfast, Londonderry and Portrush. It's been quite a few years since
Belfast's clubbers decked themselves out in dayglo, pulled on a smiley face
T-shirt, tied on a bandana and headed out for a night's dancing until the
sun came up.
Comment on this article
Album: David Byrne & Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (Rated 4/ 5 )
Friday, 22 August 2008
The last time David Byrne and Brian Eno linked up, the resulting album —
1981's My Life In the Bush of Ghosts — changed the course of pop music,
although it would take the industry the best part of a decade to catch up
with their collaging techniques, which in effect invented sampling.
Comment on this article
|
|