The Who are to close Glastonbury Festival 2015.

Acts for this year's Longitude festival have been announced.

Before official festival line-up announcements, details are often leaked online by those in the know. They’re often pretty accurate. This isn't one of those.

Miserablist of the 1990s Beth Orton is calmer now and her music is better, says Ed Power

Stars of the 1990s dance scene are as popular as ever, says Ed Power

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

The 2012 Big Chill festival in the UK has been cancelled, it has been announced.

Music fans at Electric Picnic in Co Laois are gearing up for performances this evening from headliners Arcade Fire and The Chemical Brothers.

Traffic is heavy on the M7 this evening as thousands of revellers descend on Stradbally in Co. Laois for the Electric Picnic festival.

RICHARD Fearless was fed up being asked about Iggy Pop. “In interviews people always wanted to know about the people we brought in to sing,” says Death In Vegas’ multi-instrumentalist frontman. “I didn’t want the guests to overshadow what we were doing. It started to bother me.”

Hot tubs and laughter yoga are among the relaxing treats in store for revellers at this weekend’s Electric Picnic.

More acts have been confirmed for Electric Picnic including The Rapture; The Unthanks; Gemma Hayes; The Lost Brothers and Funeral Suits.

Canadian icons Arcade Fire are to make a triumphant return to Electric Picnic this summer after their seminal 2005 performance at the festival, it was confirmed today.

The Chemical Brothers want to collaborate with Noel Gallagher on his solo album.

The Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons gives medieval studies lessons.

Blur’s reunion show was today named the greatest Glastonbury performance of the past 40 years.

The Chemical Brothers have announced their live return.

Rock groups Muse and The Verve will headline the V Festival this weekend.

The Oxegen music festival draws to a close in Punchestown today.

Singer Lily Allen has “come out fighting” after a miscarriage, relationship breakdown and poor reviews of her TV show, according to her father.

Singer Lily Allen has reportedly angered record bosses after new of her pregnancy has thrown her second album in doubt.

Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien had a decidedly un-rock 'n' roll bachelor party - he took friends camping.

The sun has now come out to greet revellers at the Electric picnic music festival, who are slowly coming to life once more after yesterday's escapades.

U2 FRONTMAN Bono yesterday compared the band winning five Grammy Awards to winning the World Cup for Ireland.

Dance impresarios The Chemical Brothers love Charlotte Church's latest single Crazy Chick and deeply regret turning down the chance to remix it.

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.

Music giant EMI signalled today that it was winning the war against piracy after sales of downloaded music surged six-fold over the summer.

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

The Strokes have been confirmed for the Oxegen festival in July.

The biggest stars in pop were today gearing up for the MTV Music Awards.

Primal Scream are to release their first ever compilation album, to be called Dirty Hits on November 3.

Tim Burgess releases his brand new solo album, 'I Believe' on Friday, September 12 and celebrates the album's release with a gig at The Village on Dublin's Wexford Street on the same day.

The Chemical Brothers are planning to help produce Blur's new album.

The Chemical Brothers are to tour North America in April.