Good news at last for Cork hurling manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy with the imminent return of Brian Murphy.

This is new, whatever about being a nadir, for Cork hurling.

'Hotel Transylvania' is studded with big names — but no amount of star power and 3D effects can rescue this monster movie from its one dimensional cast of ghouls and derivative overprotective father plot-line.

Cork hurling trainer Dave Matthews, pictured, has placed speed and endurance ahead of adding bulk in importance to the Rebels’ squad.

You hear about it occasionally, an occupational hazard for inter-county coaches — players who’ve seen it all, who expect innovation and novelty from the moment they sit in the dressing room.

Dónal Óg Cusack has praised the contribution of former Irish Olympian Dave Matthews to the Cork senior hurling setup this season in his new role as team physical trainer.

If you want perspective, where else do you go but to a corner-back?

He bid farewell to the inter-county game in November 2000, three months after his Cork team had been defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final by Offaly.

JIMMY BARRY-MURPHY didn’t dawdle when the call came.

Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood lead the nominations at his year’s Country Music Television (CMT) Awards.

LeRoi Moore, saxophone player for the Dave Matthews Band, has died from injuries he received in an accident on an all-terrain vehicle, it was announced today.

Legendary rocker Elton John is to be immortalised in ice cream - cool treat kings Ben & Jerry have created a new flavour in his honour.

Scottish singer Paolo Nutini has been forced to scrap his upcoming US tour with Dave Matthews due to recording commitments.

Rapper Nas has slammed US talk show titan Bill O'Reilly as a "racist" for criticising his appearance at a Virginia Tech memorial concert as insulting to the victims of the April massacre.

TICKET touts are charging exorbitant online prices for top music and sports events, despite the fact that fans can get tickets cheaper from official box offices.

Julia Roberts made her Broadway debut in Richard Greenberg’s Three Days of Rain, amid a red-carpet atmosphere befitting a blockbuster movie premiere.

Julia Roberts has reportedly made her last movie and will quit acting after appearing on Broadway next year so she can spend time with her baby twins.

Elton John has claimed Eminem is on a par with music legends Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger.

Republican rocker Alice Cooper has slammed presidential hopeful John Kerry's celebrity supporters as traitors for letting politics get in the way of their music.

Coronation Street and EastEnders will battle it out tonight at the British Soap Awards.

British rapper The Streets has joined Floetry, Cody Chestnutt and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to vie for this year’s Shortlist Music Prize, which honours the best non-mainstream artists in the music world.

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana has been named the greatest song of the last 25 years by VH1.

Dave Matthews will pay tribute to Neil Young at an awards ceremony.

Dave Matthews Band won four awards yesterday at the second annual My VH1 Awards, an irreverent fan-based ceremony honouring everything from the year’s best song to the best display of a musician’s belly-button.