The last and quirkiest event on the summer music festival calendar is kicking off today with headliners Dizzee Rascal, The Flaming Lips and The Prodigy taking to the stage during the Bestival weekend.

Former New Order star Peter Hook has enlisted the help of Liam Gallagher, Ian Brown and Echo & the Bunnymen star Ian McCulloch to front his new all-star band.

Paul McCartney will play a massive stadium gig in his English home city of Liverpool next year.

RAP superstar Eminem is to headline Slane this summer in what is gearing up to be the hottest season ever for Irish music fans.

It's been a fantastic 18 months for New Order. Not only did they return to the charts after a lengthy break with a critically and commercially successful album, but they’ve also been immortalised on film, sampled by Kylie and played some of the most well-received gigs of their career.