Scene + Heard
Meanwhile, in an era when some artists struggle to make music from record releases, the Wu Tang Clan have come up with a novel approach to raising a few shekels.
Just one copy of the hip-hop legends’ latest long player, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, is going to be produced.
This will be sold to the highest bidder and will only get a possible commercial release after 88 years.
Those old fuddy-duddies Mumford & Sons are going a more conventional route for their next release, with the British band promising a different sound from previous records for Wilder Mind, due out on May 1.
Wilder Mind – new album – released 4th Mayhttps://t.co/YAyvkKL2L6
— Mumford & Sons (@MumfordAndSons) March 2, 2015
The lineup for this year’s Electric Picnic features Florence & the Machine, Underworld, Hot Chip and Róisín Murphy, with this week’s launch also indicating that the capacity would be increased to 47,000.
A taste of what's to come http://t.co/5pX6V4QVL9 #EP2015 pic.twitter.com/ZKgcPQDyeO
— Electric Picnic (@EPfestival) March 5, 2015
Ticket prices are same as last year, at €154.50 if you’ve been to three or more, or €194.50 for first timers.
The day tickets for Sunday are already sold out. Paolo Nutini was at the Picnic last year, but his 2015 summer visit will be for a show at Marlay Park in Dublin on July 4.
A decent support roster includes Imelda May and Alabama Shakes, with tickets going on sale today at €49.65 +bf.
Tickets also became available today for Live at the Marquee gigs: Beck (June 16, €57.15+bf) and Ellie Goulding (June 24, €44.05 + bf).
NEWS: @beck will perform at Live at the Marquee on 16 June. Tickets on sale next Friday at 9am! #LATM15 pic.twitter.com/PlTYrEwtRs
— LATMofficial (@LATMofficial) February 27, 2015
NEWS: @elliegoulding will perform at Live at the Marquee on 24 June. Tickets on sale this Thursday at 9am! #LATM15 pic.twitter.com/u3rYKEezHS
— LATMofficial (@LATMofficial) February 27, 2015
Chic tickets (July 10) go on sale next Thursday. As well as his Cork concert, Beck is also headlining at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin on June 17, where Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood will be in support with his London Contemporary Orchestra.
Also in Dublin, the National Concert Hall has had some pretty impressive jazz acts in recent months, and will also be the venue for the New International Jazz Festival (April 10-12). Artists on the bill include the Bad Plus, Tomasz Stanko and Ernst Reijseger.
Higly rated experimental trad band Lynched are at Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh next Friday.
Irish filmmakers Jill Beardsworth and Keith Walsh are at Triskel Christchurch in Cork tomorrow to introduce a screening of their Apples of the Golan documentary, filmed over a number of years in a Syrian village in the Golan Heights.
Also in Cork, the French Film Festival has a food & film event tonight at Ballymaloe Grainstore, where a documentary about Italian winemakers dedicated to producing their tipple without the use of chemicals, will be accompanied by wine from some of the featured vineyards, and what’s described as ‘rustic supper’ (€45, or €10 for screening only).
The festival continues through the weekend, and closes on Sunday at the Gate Cinema with Girlhood, set among a group of teenage girls in a tough Paris suburb.
In Dublin, the IFI has announced its programme of rarely-seen Irish films for St Pat-rick’s Day, including Paddy from 1968, banned by the Irish censor because of its sexual frankness.
In fairness to Banksy, he could just sit back and milk his status as the darling of the popular art world.
Instead, he’s been doing his bit for Gaza with a visit to the beleagured territory, painting murals and producing a bitterly humourous mock tourism video.
It’s well worth a look on YouTube and other sites under the title, ‘Make this the year YOU discover a new destination’.
In Cork, the International Choral Festival has announced Dublin-based Eoghan Desmond as the winner of the 2015 Seán Ó Riada Composition Competition, with his Mother Goose’s Melodies receiving its première in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral on May 1.
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