If you were hoping for a quick mid-afternoon pint yesterday you would have been disappointed if you tried one Galway pub.

MUSIC NEWS: You may have seen poor Florence Welch sitting on a stool for her performance with The Machine on Later With Jools on Tuesday (longer version on BBC Two tonight). Apparently she broke her foot while leaping off the stage at the Coachella festival in the US. 

AN ITALIAN restaurant in Temple Bar? Keep still thy beating heart and quell thy cynicism. 

IN advance of her gig at the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, Ed Power Dianne Reenes is as humble as ever, despite her Grammys and singing for George Clooney.

Her massive 1987 hit brought her almost instant fame, but Suzanne Vega couldn’t reconcile her success with the dark subject matter of ‘Luca’, says Ed Power.

Dave Brubeck has died at the age of 91.

It’s hard to believe, but moody musician Van Morrison wanted to be a vet before he was bitten by the music bug.

Moody music legend Van Morrison is rarely seen without his hat these days — and he now refuses point blank to appear without it in public — no matter what the cost.

EMI unified its music label and publishing arms under one boss today as part of a restructuring it hopes will boost returns from artists and songwriters.

Coldplay have crowned a triumphant year with two prizes at the Grammy awards in New York.