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The discerning readers of Condé Nast Traveller magazine voted Kilkenny one of its top 10 of world’s friendliest cities recently, and if you visit during its festival period, you might even consider a mere top 10 is a bit unfair to the place.

Disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder is to make his first ever appearance in Ireland at the Electric Picnic festival in September, it was announced today.

Girls Aloud star Nadine Coyle and Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody will help kick off celebrations in the North's first City of Culture, it has been confirmed.

Kylie Minogue last night revealed she had to learn to “stop being Kylie” for her new film role.

Kylie Minogue tonight revealed she had to learn to “stop being Kylie” for her new film role.

Lily Allen can do "amazing things" when she comes out of retirement, according to Divine Comedy singer Neil Hannon.

A group of virtual unknowns championed on Twitter by Stephen Fry will battle it out with chart star Lily Allen for a top UK songwriting award, it was announced today.

Florence and The Machine, the bookies’ favourite for the Mercury Music Award will return to the Electric Picnic festival this year, it was announced today.

U2’S the Edge was on hand to announce details of a unique Amnesty International 47 countries, 1,000 concerts event to highlight human rights and environmental issues.

Dublin Docklands plays host to a weekend music extravaganza as the 2008 Analog Festival kicks off tonight.

THE thousands of revellers that arrived at the Oxegen campsite yesterday will be relieved that, despite dull, grey conditions, the rain held off.

A three-hour charity concert raised more than €60,000 for children living in poverty, it emerged today.

Around 650,000 people today lined the streets of Dublin as one of the world’s biggest street parties paraded through the capital.

The Divine Comedy have won Ireland's leading album of the year prize.

CRANK up the computer, turn up the tunes and get writing to see if you can be Ireland’s next top music journalist.

THE Jameson Dublin International Film Festival sparkled all the way to its end last night with the first screening of The Ballad of Jack and Rose, in the Savoy Cinema.

U2 STOLE the show at last night’s Meteor Ireland Music Awards as the country’s legendary rock group swaggered away with a hat-trick of awards from the event, held in the band’s hometown of Dublin.

U2 stole the show at tonight’s Meteor Ireland Music Awards as the rock band swaggered away with three awards at their home town event.

A galaxy of music stars will re-record Do They Know It’s Christmas? today, 20 years after the birth of the original Band Aid single.

Singer Neil Hannon will tomorrow take the Divine Comedy on a whirlwind tour of the country.

The Divine Comedy’s Irish tour follows success of their tour across the US and Canada during September, where they performed in New York, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Chicago and Minneapolis.

U2 today led the way in the nominations for one of the Irish record industry’s top awards.