8,000 festival goers left the site and the gates of Deer Farm in Mitchelstown closed for another year as Indiependence Festival 2015 came to an end on Monday.

They came, they saw, they got a bit muddy.

Basement Jaxx find themselves in fashion again, which is good news for anyone going to Indiependence, writes Ed Power

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Music fans have been put on ‘Red Alert’ as Indiependence adds more acts to its stellar 10th anniversary line-up.

Basement Jaxx are back with a bang and a hedonistic new album, writes Ed Power

The Prodigy have been voted the best dance act of all time in a poll by long-running dance magazine Mixmag.

Basement Jaxx are "refreshed" and ready to record their new album.

Thousands of music fans have one final day of revelry to look forward to in Co. Laois.

Builders battled lashing rain and muddy conditions today to put the finishing touches to this weekend's Electric Picnic festival.

LAZING about, tapping your feet and sipping beer are usually the extent of a festival goers’ activities. Not for much longer.

The long-awaited line-up for this year’s Electric Picnic was revealed tonight with a stellar mix of acts for music fans.

Neil Young has been announced as the headline act for this year's Isle of Wight Festival.

The Ordinary Boys and Basement Jaxx have been announced as support acts on Robbie Williams’ World Tour.

DESPITE the huge number of open-air concerts last year, new arrival Electric Picnic proved the hit of the summer and with another star-studded line-up just announced, it looks poised to repeat the trick.

The line up for this year’s Electric Picnic Festival in Co Laois has been announced. The self style ‘boutique’ festival returns as a three day event this year on September 1-3.

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A HOST of top international acts are set to take over the capital this summer as part of a massive rock and dance extravaganza.

A host of top international acts are set to take over the capital this summer as part of a massive rock and dance extravaganza.

Scottish art-rockers Franz Ferdinand are firm favourites to scoop the prestigious Mercury Music Prize tonight with their debut album.

THE Streets rapper Mike Skinner has been nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize for the second time - two years after losing out on the final award.

The final line-up for this year’s Glastonbury Festival was confirmed today, with Oasis and Paul McCartney leading the line up.

Basement Jaxx have revealed they've already written 30 songs for their new album, due out next spring.

Highlights of the Witnness Festival are to be shown on Irish TV on Friday.

The great traditions of Irish music festivals.

All 40,000 tickets for this weekend's Witnness Festival in Ireland have been snapped up.

David Kitt, Death In Vegas DJ Richard Fearless and former Deee-Lite star Lady Miss Kier have been added to the Witnness festival line-up.

Dance duo Daft Punk have beaten acts such as Basement Jaxx and Radiohead to the title of best album of 2001 in a year-end poll of polls.