Scene and Heard: What's happening in the world of arts

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest news

GIG WISE: Fans of The Gloaming will be busy today around 10am when tickets go on sale for the group’s only live shows in the whole world next year. Martin Hayes and his motley crew will take to the stage at the National Concert Hall in Dublin for four gigs from March 5-8. Christmas pressie sorted?

Meanwhile, it’s one of the great mysteries of the Irish music world that a visit by Young Fathers to these shores can be accommodated in a venue as small as the Academy (capacity 750) in Dublin on March 28. As the great Scots’ blinding Electric Picnic set showed, the trio really are one of the most interesting acts around at the moment.