Five For Your Radar: Charli XCX gig, Sleaford Mods tour...
Having made the soundtrack for last week’s big cinematic release Wuthering Heights, Charli XCX is the subject and star of A mockumentary, she stars as a fictionalised version of herself — a rising pop star navigating the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena tour debut. Almost two years on from Brat summer, one person puts it to the pop star in the trailer: “How do we keep this Brat thing going?”
Foil, Arms & Hog bring their show Skittish to Cork Opera House for the weekend. Sean Finnegan (Foil), Conor McKenna (Arms), and Sean Flanagan (Hog) promise a mixture of skits, audience participation, and improvisation. Their videos have over a billion views and they’ve amassed celebrity fans including Woody Harrelson, Emma Thompson, and Mr Bean himself.
Fresh off the release of Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn play Cork’s Cyprus Avenue as they round off a trio of dates around the country. Expect relentless beats, razor-sharp lyrics, and politically charged, socially conscious bars delivered with the duo’s trademark grit and intensity.
Though maybe Williamson is mellowing - or becoming more jaded. He told the this week: “People don’t make a dent in the armour of the echelons of control, it just doesn’t happen.”
Bafta- and Ifta-nominated short film by director Kathryn Ferguson, starring Aidan Gillen and based on a short story by Wendy Erskine. Drew Lord Haig, a washed-up ’80s one-hit wonder turned IT entrepreneur, is stunned when a Belfast battalion invites him to perform at their centenary. His obscure b-side, Nostalgie de la Boue, sparks fervent singing — until he learns the song had been a rallying cry during the Troubles. What began as nostalgic curiosity ends in moral reckoning.
Sixteen years after the series ended following nine seasons, returns to the ER. Zach Braff and Donald Faison, who have hosted the rewatch podcast since March 2020, reprise their roles as JD and Turk for season 10 alongside Sarah Chalke aka Dr Elliot Reid, with John C McGinley (Dr Cox) credited as a special guest star. Series creator Bill Lawrence went on to create so expectations are high for the revival.
