The former manager of world champion Mark Selby is campaigning to put snooker on the UK curriculum.

ALL We Are’s Rich O’Flynn isn’t fazed by the hype.

As Kasabian get ready to headline Glastonbury, the band tell Ed Power they are far too busy pushing boundaries to be bothered by the Spinal Tap jibes.

Olympia, Dublin

Age: 24

U2 are to go back to their spiritual home by returning to the record label that discovered them in the 1970s.

Rock superstars U2 are to go back to their spiritual home by returning to the record label that discovered them in the 1970s.

Chart veteran David Bowie’s comeback album after a 10-year absence has been shortlisted for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize, alongside acts such as teenager Jake Bugg.

KASABIAN’S Sergio Pizzorno doesn’t care what the hipsters think.

We hit up Dublin and Cork in this week's edition.

Name: Natasha Crowley

THE xx’s Oliver Sim sweeps into his dressing room, troubled.

Indie quartet Alt-J have won the prestigious Barclaycard Mercury Prize for their album 'An Awesome Wave'.

HE closing ceremony of the London Olympics had surreal moments.

A mechanic who was refused permission to attend training courses because he was nearing retirement age has been awarded €30,000 by the Equality Tribunal.

Friendly Fires escaped the nu-rave movement to blaze their own trail as a pop band, says Ed Power

Teenage pop superstar Justin Bieber will face the cameras - and his girlfriend - when he appears at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards just days after denying allegations he fathered a child in a backstage bathroom.

Building and engineering services company Mercury has announced that chief operating officer Michael Kennedy is to be the new managing director of the group.

The xx are so “terrified” after winning the Mercury Prize this week, they are going into hiding.

Chart veteran Paul Weller will tonight take on past winner Dizzee Rascal and hotly-tipped acts such as The xx to claim the Barclaycard Mercury Prize.

DUBLIN band Villagers have been included on the shortlist for this year’s Mercury Prize.

Chart veteran Paul Weller was today shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize for the first time in 16 years – and will battle it out with past winner Dizzee Rascal.

European Union regulators have given Chinese manufacturer Geely the go-ahead to buy Sweden’s Volvo Cars.

Mercury Prize-winner Speech Debelle was booed off stage by Take That fans as she tried to rap one of their songs – at an event in honour of the chart-topping band.

The frontman of Glasvegas is looking forward to going on a US tour this weekend despite reports that he had gone missing for five days, a band spokesman said today.

The frontman of Mercury nominees Glasvegas has been missing for five days, his bandmates said today.

A newspaper in the UK has banned visitors to its website from commenting on stories about missing Madeleine McCann after it was bombarded with “spiteful and defamatory” comments about her parents.

Elton John has revealed the real reason he split from his last record company Mercury - executives wanted him to record an album of Motown Christmas hits.

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.

A host of celebrities were travelling to the UK tonight for the Brit Awards, the highlight of Britain’s music calendar.

Pin-up pop star Shania Twain has declared herself surprised by the amount of attention she gets from men.

RADIOHEAD and Coldplay were yesterday joint favourites to take this year's revered Panasonic Mercury Music Prize as the shortlist was unveiled.

Albums which have made it to the shortlist for one of the music world’s most esteemed awards – the Mercury Music Prize – were being unveiled today.

Singer and guitarist Mark Knopfler has been forced to cancel his European tour following a motorbike accident.

Ford vehicle sales fell 10% in the United States in 2002 despite a strong finish to the year.

A British reporter arrested in Pakistan last month amid spying allegations has been freed, his employers said today.

A British journalist held in Pakistan amid claims of spying was taken into custody after his €230 wristwatch aroused the suspicions of border guards, it emerged today.

Darius Danesh has signed a new deal with Mercury Records.

Gorillaz are refusing to accept their nomination for this year's Mercury Music Prize.