Scene and heard: This week's entertainment news

lt’s been a huge week for gig announcements as promoters rush to get those tickets on the Christmas present list.

MUSIC NEWS: NME may not have the influence it had back in the days when it brought bands such as U2 and the Sultans of Ping to the attention of the UK public, but there was still an understandable puff of pride when their website

described Ireland as “the new home of punk”.