To the side of the stage of De Barra’s in Clonakilty, Co Cork, hangs a sign urging patrons to ‘Switch off mobile phones, please.’ It’s an instruction in keeping with the proprieties of a ‘listening’ venue, a mecca for folk music aficionados.

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Social media ensures there’s no such thing as keeping a secret these days, and the word is very much out that De Barra’s in Clonakilty, Co Cork, will host the big gig tonight in this weekend’s Guinness Amplify event.

MUSIC NEWS: Hozier is in Mitchelstown this weekend, and has also released a video of a duet with Karen Cowley on his single ‘In A Week’ that was recorded at Kilkenny Castle.