Villagers, Little Green Cars and BellX1 take to the stage tonight for this year’s Meteor Choice Music Prize.

TWO weeks ago, the Choice Music Prize shortlist for best Irish album of 2013 was announced — how many can you name?

Arctic Monkeys lead the field for this year’s NME Awards with eight nominations.

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Thousands of revellers will descend on a rural village today as the Electric Picnic opens.

Final preparations are underway in Co Laois ahead of the final big music festival of the summer.

Two Door Cinema Club have gone from playing intimate gigs to headlining the 02 venues in Dublin and London. They play Electric Picnic next weekend, says Ed Power

MUSIC NEWS: Back in April, Frank ‘Poncho’ Sampedro told Rolling Stone magazine that his band Crazy Horse were too old to tour with Neil Young.

Queen of pop Beyonce made the crowd wait 25 minutes as she closed the Weston Park leg of the V Festival last night.

Electric Picnic organisers have today revealed which bands would be playing on each day of the festival.

Highlights include the season three debut of The Walking Dead and a new documentary on Margaret Thatcher's links with Ireland.

Liam Gallagher will play Glastonbury, despite vowing never to return.

Delorentos won The Meteor Choice Music Prize for album of the year 2012 for 'Little Sparks' last night.

We've teamed up with MUZU and Meteor to bring you a live stream of tonight's Meteor Choice Music Prize Awards from 7.30pm.

Tonight will see the eighth annual Choice Music Prize awarded to one of ten Irish acts, half of whom have been nominated and/or won the gong before.

MUSIC NEWS: Ex Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl has announced the latest of his supergroup projects, the Sound City Players.

The Cast of Cheers and Two Door Cinema Club are among the acts shortlisted for one of Ireland’s most prestigious music prizes.

The nominees for this year's Meteor Choice Music Prize have been announced this evening and feature previous winners Adrian Crowley, Julie Feeney and Two Door Cinema Club.

Legendary soul singer Stevie Wonder will be the closing act today of the last major UK music festival of the year.

The last and one of the quirkiest major UK music festivals gets into full swing today as 50,000 revellers enjoy headline shows by Stevie Wonder, Florence and the Machine and New Order.

Two Door Cinema Club worry that online piracy will hurt sales of their new album, says Ed Power

Florence + the Machine and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have been booked to play this year’s T in the Park in Scotland this summer.

Two Door Cinema Club's second album is influenced by hip-hop artists.

Glastonbury festival has today announced its full festival line up, confirming U2, Coldplay and Beyonce Knowles as this year’s headliners.

Two Door Cinema Club will record their second album at home.

Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Black Eyed Peas and Arctic Monkeys will be among the headliners at Oxegen 2011, it was announced tonight.

Two Door Cinema Club are the 2010 Choice Music Prize winners.

NORTHERN group Two Door Cinema Club were last night named winner of the Choice Music Prize for best Irish album of the year for Tourist History.

Two Door Cinema Club have tonight won the Choice Music Prize.

Lady Gaga’s outrageous dress sense has proved to be divisive – after she was shortlisted for both most and least stylish star in this year’s NME Awards.

DUBLIN singers Imelda May and Cathy Davey are among the top acts battling it out for the Irish Album of the Year 2010.

Cathy Davey and Imelda May are among the 10 acts shortlisted for the Choice Music Prize - Irish Album of the Year 2010.

With just six weeks to go, 11 new acts have been confirmed for the Electric Picnic festival in Stradbally, Co Laois.

Florence and The Machine, the bookies’ favourite for the Mercury Music Award will return to the Electric Picnic festival this year, it was announced today.