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Saturday TV tips: Emilia Clarke and a dashing stranger in Last Christmas

— and Nativity Rocks! gets the Christmas viewing off to a great start. Plus Peter Stringer is up for all sorts of questions this evening

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Five things we learned at All Together Now music festival

Once you got past the traffic, there was plenty fun to be had at Curraghmore, writes Joe Leogue.

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Five things we learned at All Together Now

Once you got past the traffic, there was plenty fun to be had at Curraghmore, writes Joe Leogue.

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Summer Events Guide: What's on in August

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It’s no surprise the ‘90s are back

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Baroque as you’ve never heard it before at Kilkenny Arts Festival

Album Review: Gorillaz - Humanz: 'Record is as multi-faceted as anything Albarn has done'

Damon Albarn returns to Gorillaz — his “virtual collaboration” with comic writer, Jamie Hewlett — after several years swimming in dark and strange musical waters.

Wed, 26 Apr, 2017

World's greatest drummers take centre place in Cork photographer's new book

Cork-born photographer Deirdre O’Callaghan took pictures of some of the world’s greatest drummers for her new book, writes Don O’Mahony

Fri, 18 Nov, 2016

Chill on the edge of civilisation in Iceland

Ed Power says the new flight connections direct from Cork to Reykjavik offers an opportunity to explore stunning landscapes and a magical city

Wed, 02 Nov, 2016

Album Review: De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody

4/5

Sat, 03 Sep, 2016

Scene + Heard: Entertainment news round-up

FERGUS O’FARRELL: The Irish music world has been paying fulsome tribute to Fergus O’Farrell, 48, the Schull-based musician who passed away on Tuesday.

Fri, 05 Feb, 2016

Noel Gallagher slates Corbyn’s ‘communism’ politics

Noel Gallagher has dismissed Jeremy Corbyn’s brand of politics as “communism” — but insisted he would never vote Tory.

Mon, 11 Jan, 2016

New Year honour for AP McCoy and James Nesbitt

Jockey receives knighthood, while actor is awarded an OBE

Thu, 31 Dec, 2015

Scene + Heard: Entertainment news round up

MUSIC NEWS: With the ramifications of the Paris attacks still unfolding three weeks on, Eagles of Death Metal, the band who were playing the Bataclan where 89 music fans were killed, have given their first interview since those horrific events. 

Fri, 27 Nov, 2015

Scene & Heard: All the latest new from the entertainment world

We bring you a round up of all the latest news and reviews from the world of entertainment. 

Fri, 06 Nov, 2015

Adele regrets meeting ‘idol’ Albarn

Adele has said she regrets meeting her “idol” Damon Albarn, after he called her insecure.

Thu, 05 Nov, 2015

Ten thoughts from this year’s Electric Picnic

With the tents rolled up for another year, Des O’Driscoll looks back at what we learned in Stradbally at the weekend

Mon, 07 Sep, 2015

Band battles strike a chord with fans

Twenty years ago this week, Oasis and Blur began their Britpop chart battle. Jonathan deBurca Butler looks at other musical match-ups

Tue, 11 Aug, 2015

Scene + Heard: Entertainment News round up

What’s going on this weekend

Fri, 10 Jul, 2015

A question of taste, Patrick Geoghegan

Patrick Geoghegan is a professor of history at Trinity College Dublin and presents Talking History on Newstalk radio on Sundays at 7pm.

Thu, 25 Jun, 2015

Roots Manuva still has a lot to say

Despite his exalted place in UK hip-hop and a new collaboration with Major Lazer, rapper Roots Manuva is as modest and articulate as ever, writes Ed Power

Thu, 11 Jun, 2015

Restaurant review: Avenue by Nick Munier, Dublin 2

SOME PEOPLE just want the glory and the kudos, and they have the ego for buckets of each. 

Sat, 06 Jun, 2015

Album Review: Blur - The Magic Whip

****

Wed, 06 May, 2015

Album review: Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too

****

Wed, 15 Apr, 2015

Scene + Heard: Entertainment news round-up

Here’s a quick look at the latest music, gig, film and entertainment news.

Fri, 03 Apr, 2015

Smith faces Sheeran for Brit

Sam Smith heads the nominations for this year’s Brit Awards after being shortlisted for five awards, narrowly ahead of Ed Sheeran and George Ezra who are up for four apiece.

Fri, 16 Jan, 2015

Blur singer questions method of Band Aid fundraising

Damon Albarn has questioned whether Band Aid 30 is a suitable way of tackling Ebola.

Mon, 17 Nov, 2014

Tempest happy just to be there at Mercury Prize ceremony

Kate Tempest was honoured to be nominated for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize because she has been "in love" with music her entire life.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2014

FKA twigs favourite to take Mercury award

Hotly-tipped Barclaycard Mercury Prize nominees FKA twigs and Kate Tempest are among the acts which have enjoyed the biggest percentage sales boosts since being shortlisted for tonight’s award.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2014

Guessing games with the Mercury Prize

Wed, 29 Oct, 2014

Mercury Music Prize nominations announced

Damon Albarn’s solo debut and chart-topping duo Royal Blood heads the shortlist for this year’s Barclaycard Mercury Prize.

Wed, 10 Sep, 2014

Kasabian lead Q Awards nominations

Q magazine has announced the award contenders for their annual ceremony, which will take place on Wednesday, October 22.

Tue, 09 Sep, 2014

Our lives have moved on, says Blur bassist

Alex James is unsure if Blur will collaborate together in the future.

Sun, 10 Aug, 2014

Scene and Heard: Beyonce may be writing for ’Shades’ soundtrack

MUSIC NEWS: Beyoncé has posted a short teaser trailer for the upcoming 50 Shades Of Grey movie on her Instagram account — although it seems fairly ironic that the singer, a key figure in the ‘Ban Bossy’ campaign for young girls, should lend her support to a film based on a book which has been criticised for its portrayal of women and overt sadomasochist themes.

Fri, 25 Jul, 2014

CD review: Damon Albarn

Everyday Robots

Thu, 08 May, 2014

Scene & Heard: David Guetta added to Vital lineup

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Fri, 02 May, 2014

Albarn admits five-day-a-week heroin habit

Damon Albarn took heroin "for years" in the recording studio.

Fri, 25 Apr, 2014

Scene and Heard

MUSIC NEWS: With appearances on the Graham Norton Show and beyond, you’ve probably been seeing quite a bit of Imelda May lately. The Dublin rocker’s publicity drive is all part of the campaign for the release of her new album Tribal, out today.

Fri, 25 Apr, 2014

Albarn: Heroin 'freed me up'

Damon Albarn claims heroin made him "incredibly creative and productive".

Sun, 30 Mar, 2014

McCartney: 'No idea how I do it'

Paul McCartney collected an honorary prize at the NME Awards for his songwriting skills – and admitted he had no idea how he did it.

Thu, 27 Feb, 2014

McCartney honoured with ’ultimate songwriter’ award

Paul McCartney is being celebrated fellow songwriters with a special one-off prize at the NME Awards recognising his contribution to music over the past half century.

Mon, 17 Feb, 2014

Scene and Heard

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Fri, 24 Jan, 2014

Strokes announce live return

The Strokes have announced their live return with a festival date in New York this year.

Fri, 17 Jan, 2014

Arctic Monkeys up for eight NME awards

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

Wed, 15 Jan, 2014

Scene and Heard

MUSIC NEWS: U2 have revealed they hope to finish their new album by the end of next month, with a release date yet to be specified for 2014.

Fri, 18 Oct, 2013

Scene and Heard

MUSIC NEWS: Singer, opera composer and champion of African music, Damon Albarn can now add radio presenter to his list of talents.

Fri, 04 Oct, 2013

Bobby Womack: The bravest man in the universe

BOBBY Womack is thrilled to be back. “I’m playing countries I never got to play before,” says the iconic soul singer, grinning his trademark grin. “They [promoters] used to tell me, ‘oh, your band is too big’ for our venue. Now, the doors are open for me. This late in my career, I’m loving it. Seriously, man, it’s great. ”

Tue, 24 Sep, 2013

Scene and Heard

MUSIC NEWS: Co-operation between Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher would put the fall of the Berlin Wall in the shade, but the formerly feuding Brit-pop kings are rumoured to be working together.

Fri, 16 Aug, 2013

Will "dance" breathe new life into Oxegen?

The festival is back, but the focus is now on dance music, says Ed Power

Wed, 31 Jul, 2013

Skibbereen plays host to Icelandic composer

Valgeir Sigurdsson is an Icelandic composer-musician and the founder of the Bedroom Community label and collective. He is set to bring a haunting, spare set to Skibbereen Arts Festival on Aug 4.

Wed, 24 Jul, 2013

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