Des O’Driscoll shares five things to do this week in the world of arts

Fancy some festival action as part of your summer holidays? Ed Power selects the ten best events around Europe

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The staging of concerts at Marlay Park in Dublin is to be reviewed, following a record number of complaints this summer.

MUSIC NEWS: Neil Young has already found a replacement bassist for Billy Talbot after the Crazy Horse founding member suffered a "mild stroke".

Macklemore makes video for Irish fans

Rapper Macklemore has posted an apology on his website, saying he did not mean to mock Jewish people by wearing a costume that some say was anti-Semitic during a performance in the US.

MUSIC NEWS:

One Direction have topped another chart — a top 10 of the most popular acts in the world.

Queen Latifah will perform 'America the Beautiful' at the Super Bowl.

Daft Punk’s electronic-funk grooves have won big at the Grammys.

Madonna will perform with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis at the Grammy Awards.

Dave Grohl, Nine Inch Nails and Queens Of The Stone Age will perform at the Grammys.

Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Pink are among the artists set to perform at the Grammy Awards later this month.

Miley Cyrus flashed her breasts for a Christmas card.

Kanye West has complained he hasn't got enough Grammy nominations.

Lily Allen has hit out at the Grammy Awards for not considering Lorde in the Best New Artist category.

Jay Z easily led this year's Grammy Award nominations today with nine nods.

Country-pop star Taylor Swift scored big at the American Music Awards, taking home four wins including the night’s top prize for artist of the year, as some of pop music’s biggest names came together for the fan-voted awards ceremony.

Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake and Rihanna were among the big winners at the American Music Awards last night.

Katy Perry has been crowned Best Female at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

British stars One Direction are to face off against the likes of Katy Perry and Justin Bieber as they battle it out for the top prizes at the MTV Europe Music Awards tonight.

YouTube’s first-ever music awards thrilled and spilled, with Eminem named artist of the year, though most winners were lesser- known acts who featured in an eclectic show filled with stunts.

Eminem was crowned Artist of the Year at the YouTube awards.

ONE of the strangest sights at the recent Electric Picnic festival was the mass exodus from the main stage ten minutes into the swoonful noise-rock of My Bloody Valentine.

Billy Ray, you need to sit down and have a talk with that girl.

Justin Timberlake, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis lead this year's MTV Video Music Award nominations.

Bono has paid tribute to stars including Will.i.am, Ed Sheeran and Mumford And Sons, who have recorded new versions of celebrated protest songs to highlight issues of global poverty.

Still, hands up who hasn't?

Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence were double winners at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles last night.

Cork-born driver, Donie O’Sullivan and his Killarney co-driver, Paul Nagle (Ford Focus WRC) leads the Crosbie Cedars Hotel Wexford Rally by some 20 seconds after the opening two stages.