"A LOT of people say that New York is a kind of salvation place for a type of person. I came here; felt very much at home almost immediately.”

Bow down: Beyonce was the reigning queen of the MTV Video Music Awards.

The hip-hop producer Suge Knight has been shot at an unofficial MTV pre-party in Los Angeles.

LIKE any sport that is characterised by endurance this year’s Indiependence Music & Arts Festival in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, seemed to communicate the value of peaking at the right moment.

It’s 25 years since Public Enemy hit the mainstream with the Do The Right Thing film. Their frontman tells Don O’Mahony why his group’s message remains relevant

The organisers of this year's Forbidden Fruit festival have today announced the line-up for the Comedy Stage.

Indiependence Music & Arts Festival has today announced a second batch of acts to play this year's event.

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It’s not happening until August but already early- bird tickets are selling faster than ever for an outdoor music festival estimated to bring in €2m to a North Cork town.

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One of the most eagerly awaited performances in Glastonbury Festival’s history began with a bang tonight.

Anticipation is building at Glastonbury today ahead of legendary rockers The Rolling Stones’ debut at the festival.

The return of Glastonbury Festival after a year off feels like “a big family reunion”, according to organiser Emily Eavis.

Public Enemy are being honoured by the establishment but frontman Chuck D is still rocking the boat, writes Ed Power

The Rolling Stones were finally confirmed as headliners for this summer’s Glastonbury Festival after months of rumours, with Mumford & Sons and Arctic Monkeys.

Hip hop group Public Enemy have announced a gig in Dublin at The Button Factory, Temple Bar for Sunday, April 21.

Last year’s 'X Factor' winners Little Mix have flown straight to the top of the charts in the UK with their new single Wings.

Chuck D has blasted Jay-Z and Kanye West.

“I felt I really had to do this film because rap music saved my life,” explains Ice-T, narrator and co-director of this glossy documentary which celebrates the men and women who propelled the lyrical art form into the musical mainstream.

Arlene Phillips make her return as a BBC dance judge tonight as eight celebrity acts battle it out in the final of BBC1’s 'Let’s Dance For Sport Relief'.

David Hasselhoff's single "Looking For Freedom" has been named among the 10 most "world-changing" songs of all time.

Meat Loaf has been working with rapper Chuck D and producer Lil Jon.

More acts have been added to the line up for this year's Electric Picnic festival.

EVER since the glory days of Wham! western bands have been trying to strike it big in China.

Linkin Park pay homage to Public Enemy on their new album ‘A Thousand Sons’.

Adele is being produced by Rick Rubin on her second album.

Hollywood star Joaquin Phoenix confirmed today that he had given up acting to become a hip-hop musician.

“Godfather of Soul” James Brown, who died in Atlanta early today at the age of 73, was one of the major musical influences of the past 50 years.

Jessica Simpson has fired her longtime publicist Rob Shuter after last week's debacle surrounding her supposed relationship with John Mayer.

Radiohead’s OK Computer has been named the best album of the last 20 years by a US music magazine.

Model Caprice has joined yet another cast of unlikely celebrities, on US reality TV show The Surreal Life.

Celebrity Big Brother contestant Brigitte Nielsen has been rushed to a New York hospital after suffering an apparent asthma attack.

US pop pundits are pessimistic about Robbie Williams’s chances of cracking the American market after a troubled start for the British star.

American rap fans were in shock yesterday after Jam Master Jay, a founding member of the pioneering band Run DMC, was gunned down in his New York recording studio.

The Smiths have been named the artists with the most influence in the NME's 50 year history.