Person: Lemmy

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A question of taste: George Patterson - frontman for The Roaring Forties

George Patterson fronts The Roaring Forties, a band formed in 2003 for the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. 

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New wedding rules - the modern wedding survival guide

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And the band played on - 40 years later Biff Byford and Saxon are still rocking

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Ten of the best music documentaries

Making sense of the stats surrounding Prince's death

Scene + Heard: All the best entertainment news

MUSIC NEWS: Rumours have been proliferating about the unification of NWA since Ice Cube told a US talk show about bringing the surviving former members of the seminal rap group together again. “I’ve got some tricks up my sleeves,” he hinted. 

Fri, 22 Jan, 2016

Cancer scores a hat trick on creative men

WELL it’s certainly been a hat trick for cancer — stealing talented, creative men aged 69-70. Lemmy, David Bowie and now Alan Rickman. 

Mon, 18 Jan, 2016

Catch-up with what you've missed with our morning briefing

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Tue, 12 Jan, 2016

DAVID BOWIE: Hard to say goodbye to our brilliant Starman

I’M SITTING here in more floods of tears than any teenage pop fan, listening to a magical song from 1969, released when I was two years old, writes Suzanne Harrington

Tue, 12 Jan, 2016

Big-hearted ‘badass’ Lemmy laid to rest

Some of rock’s biggest names lined up to pay tribute to Motörhead frontman Lemmy at a star-studded Hollywood funeral.

Mon, 11 Jan, 2016

QUIRKY WORLD ... Chase bank offers no getaway to teenaged raider

USA: A teen accused of robbing a Detroit bank didn’t have a good getaway plan.

Thu, 07 Jan, 2016

Motorhead fans want new chemical element named after Lemmy

The name “Lemmy” will always live on for fans of hard rock, but now the singer’s moniker could be immortalised far beyond the bounds of music – in chemistry’s periodic table.

Wed, 06 Jan, 2016

Rock royalty pay tribute to Motörhead's frontman Lemmy

The last surviving member of the classic Motörhead line-up has paid tribute to the band’s frontman Lemmy, who has died at 70.

Wed, 30 Dec, 2015

Scene + Heard: Entertainment news round up

All the latest news from the world of music, film and entertainment.

Fri, 04 Sep, 2015

A look at how the punk movement touched Cork

A new movie on The Damned forms part of a season of punk films in Cork. Ellie O’Byrne speaks to the director and hears about the movement on Leeside

Thu, 16 Jul, 2015

Motorhead's Lemmy fitted with pacemaker, has diabetes, but tour goes on

Motorhead's Lemmy has had a pacemaker fitted, but vows to keep touring, saying he wants to die "doing what I do best."

Tue, 12 Nov, 2013

Motorhead cancel gigs as Lemmy falls ill

Motorhead have cancelled two shows after Lemmy suffered a haematoma.

Wed, 26 Jun, 2013

Directors: Ozzy's house 'exact opposite' to Lemmy's

Ozzy Osbourne has the best house of any rock star in Los Angeles.

Mon, 29 Nov, 2010

Wood wins top rock award

Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to rock at a leading awards event.

Tue, 03 Nov, 2009

Classic Rock awards to reward Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop is to receive a Living Legend award.

Fri, 18 Sep, 2009

Ozzy named living legend at rock awards

Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne was tonight named a living legend at the Marshall Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards.

Mon, 03 Nov, 2008

Motorhead sponsor U10s football team

An U10s football team has won a sponsorship deal with a difference - hooking up with heavy-metal hellraisers Motorhead.

Wed, 15 Nov, 2006

Led Zepp voted dream band

Led Zeppelin has been voted Britain's ideal supergroup.

Sun, 10 Jul, 2005

Motorhead's Lemmy hospitalised with dehydration and exhaustion

Heavy rocker Lemmy Kilmister has been hospitalised in Germany after suffering from dehydration and exhaustion.

Wed, 06 Jul, 2005

Today's birthdays

BIRTHDAYS: Philip Ziegler, author, 74; Mary Higgins Clark, writer, 72; Lemmy, rock singer (Motorhead), 58; Carol Vorderman, TV mathematician, 43; Caroline Aherne, comedian, 40.

Wed, 24 Dec, 2003