Patrick Rafter is a violinist from Kilkenny, and is based in Switzerland.

Hologram companies are making plans to put scores of departed idols on tour — reanimating a live-music industry whose biggest earners will soon be dying off in droves, writes Mark Binelli

Neil Michael Cork’s Live at the Marquee looks set to continue,

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The 1970s (which will be forever 30 years ago for "kids" of my vintage) seem to have produced a fair few perennial hits. Think Star Wars, The Godfather and Jaws. Or how about Elton John or Doctor Who?

Elton John has cancelled a concert in the United States due to his health.

Concert promoter Peter Aiken has said is he is unaware that developers plan to begin work on the Live at the Marquee site at the end of next summer, bringing the long-running concert series to an end.

Irish people have an "innate sense of decency" and were shocked and horrified at the picture of a five-year-old boy who was shown eating off cardboard on the streets of Dublin, according to RTÉ Late Late show host Ryan Tubridy.

Elton John has branded Hollywood's remake of the beloved cartoon 'The Lion King' a huge disappointment.

A homeless man in his fifties who was savagely beaten to death was a talented chef who had bravely battled alcohol addiction without losing his sense of humour or his spirit.

Elton has already played 124 shows on this tour having kicked off in the US in September last year.

Elton John is celebrating 29 years of sobriety today.

Often hailed as one of the greatest animated films ever made, The Lion King has a special place in the hearts of generations of children.

Róisín O is one half of Thanks Brother with John Broe.

Before Blue, Duncan James was focused on a career in musical theatre. He’s finally returning to his roots with a role in The Rocky Horror Show, he tells Esther McCarthy.

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When Taron Egerton watched Rocketman with an audience for the first time, it was at one of the biggest entertainment events of the year — the Cannes Film Festival.

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Acts due to perform at the Marquee in the coming weeks include Hall and Oates, Kris Kristofferson, Toto, David Gray, Tommy Tiernan, Bros, Christy Moore and Nathan Carter.

Last week, a number of A-list celebrities, such as George Clooney, Ellen DeGeneres and Elton John called for a boycott of these hotels.

Noel Baker It was black tie night on Dancing With The Stars, but not all contestants will go to the ball.

Backstreet Boys are back — but is that alright?

From make-ups to break-ups to high-powered weddings, it’s been a busy year in the celebrity world, writes Kelly O’Brien.

A Dublin school has filmed a charming music video featuring music from The Greatest Showman, despite working against the odds to complete the video.

*WARNING*: You’ll need the tissues for this.

"Hopefully people will be kind about my acting skills, I am no Elton John but who knows, maybe I’ll get tweets about my own film this year."

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In another time and another place, Rufus Wainwright would be selling millions of records and living a life of Elton John-esque fabulousness. That time was the Seventies, when tortured singer-songwriters with a knack for melody-festooned hits and off-the-cuff melodrama were quite the thing.