Person: Hank Williams

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Best foot forward: Rod Stewart shows no plans of retirement ahead of two Irish gigs

He has battled cancer and is about to turn 75, but Rod Stewart’s two gigs in Ireland next week are a sign he has no plans to retire any time soon, writes Richard Purden

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Family is the heart of upcoming Late Late Show Country Special

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Texas three-piece return to Ireland with their modern country status still intact

Scheme sets power of imagination free

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Movie reviews: Florence Foster Jenkins, I Saw the Light, Knight of Cups

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From Adele to Game of Thrones 100 events to look forward to in 2016

I Saw the Light Trailer - Hiddleston is Hank

Tom Hiddleston has a biopic of the music star Hank Williams on the way, called I Saw the Light - and the first full trailer is here.

Wed, 02 Dec, 2015

Live Music review: Yo la Tengo, National Concert Hall, Dublin

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Sat, 17 Oct, 2015

Your Friday evening catch-up

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Fri, 11 Sep, 2015

Country superstar George 'No Show' Jones dies

George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic He Stopped Loving Her Today, has died. He was 81.

Fri, 26 Apr, 2013

Cannes neither shy nor retiring

Film festival celebrates its 65th birthday with typical glamour and glitz, says Don O’Mahony

Fri, 18 May, 2012

Lost Brothers find their niche

Critical praise for the duo’s second album So Long John Fante has won them new fans around the world,says Ed Power

Wed, 11 Jan, 2012

Julie Kelleher

What I do: I do lots of things. At the moment I am playing the part of Beauty in the Everyman Palace Theatre Christmas Panto, Beauty and the Beast, which is hard work, but great fun.

Wed, 14 Dec, 2011

Prince advises Bieber as he gets into Grammy Hall of Fame

Prince has advised Justin Bieber to “get a good teacher”.

Fri, 10 Dec, 2010

White teams up with Dylan for Williams' works

The White Stripes rocker Jack White has teamed up with Bob Dylan to complete a series of "unfinished" Hank Williams songs.

Tue, 20 Nov, 2007

Crooner Frankie Laine dies at 93

Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular US entertainers of the 1950s, has died at 93.

Wed, 07 Feb, 2007

White intimidated by Cash home

The White Stripes frontman Jack White fell in love with Johnny Cash's home in Nashville, Tennessee, and came close to buying it, but was too overwhelmed by the thought of living in his idol's former house.

Tue, 21 Mar, 2006

Brooks and Yearwood to marry

Country music star Garth Brooks has proposed to singer Trisha Yearwood on stage in front of 7,000 fans.

Sat, 28 May, 2005