Des O'Driscoll shares his picks for the week ahead

The eventual arrival of yesterday’s heatwave promised fertile conditions for a spiritual revisit of sorts to ‘The Second Summer of Love,’ that halcyon time at the end of the 1980s when Acid House exploded and outdoor raves proliferated across the UK.

Does a bunch of 20-somethings have the right to headline the Marquee on the back of just one album, Tales From The Back Seat (January 2018)?

Des O'Driscoll has you covered on all things entertainment to watch out for this week.

From movies to music, fashion to food, our writers pick the cultural highlights of summer.

Concert promoter Peter Aiken admits that he will find it difficult to find a replacement site for Cork’s Live at the Marquee series once the land is developed for accommodation.

David Gray has had an occasionally fraught relationship with his back catalogue, once telling this writer he was a bit jaundiced playing his biggest hit, Babylon, night after night.

Toto will play their classic mega-hit, and plenty more hits from their impressive repertoire, at the Marquee in Cork, writes Ed Power.

A major label deal could push Lyra to the next level, writes Ed Power.

Tash Sultana is the first artist to be announced for performances next summer at Cork’s Live at the Marquee and at the Iveagh Gardens in Dublin.

“You might have spotted fancy cameras in the crowd tonight. It’s because we are recording a music video for a song"

There was a weird atmosphere walking away from Páirc Uí Caoimh last Saturday evening, writes Mike Quirke.

If the annual Marquee party wasn't already started, it certainly is now. Cork’s waterfront venue is still shaking to the disco beats of Nile Rogers and Chic.

Strolling down the sun dappled road in the suburbs of Cork, the crowd are in fine form.

THE quiet market sale of a €30m-plus residential development, totalling 165 apartments in Cork’s Ballincollig, is likely to see a continuation of overseas buyers and funds now looking for multi-family investments of scale, outside of the Dublin market.

Tickets for the concerts in the Three Arena later this year were snapped up in minutes, only for some to emerge for sale on second-hand sites for multiple times their face value.

The Government’s failure to curb ticket-touting was criticised again as some secondhand websites advertise tickets for the upcoming U2 concerts in Dublin for more than €1,700 each.

The legendary band only ever played one gig in the Republic of Ireland. Jack Lyons recalls being part of that sparse crowd at the Arcadia in Cork in 1967.

Des O’Driscoll looks at what’s events are happening at the moment

Here are all the latest headlines this lunchtime...

20 years! We know, we feel old too.

Christy Moore will be returning to perform at Live at the Marquee in Cork this summer.

Joe O’Donnell is coming home. Forty years after his last gig in Ireland, which was also the year he released his landmark album, Gaodhal’s Vision, the Limerick violinist and composer will perform with Shkayla as part of this year’s Cork Folk Festival.

GIG WISE: Coldplay is the biggie this weekend as Chris Martin and co perform at Croke Park tomorrow.

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For this screaming horde of tangoed teenagers, Walking On Cars actually walk on water; and there’s plenty of it falling on us this night.

Loping onstage and deftly swatting away a heckler within the first two minutes of his set, Tommy Tiernan was on top form at the Marquee.

A Mario Rosenstock fan has been awarded €4,500 compensation in a defamation action arising out of being asked by security for his ticket halfway through a gig at the Marquee in Cork.

To be perfectly honest, despite his 50 years of hits, I’m not sure I was ever really an Elton head. Until now.

Des O’Driscoll shares the best things to do in the week to come

A Mario Rosenstock fan who was not amused when asked for his ticket halfway through a gig at the Marquee in Cork has brought a case against the security firm, alleging that he was defamed.

It’s been an astounding year for Picture This, aka Jimmy Rainsford and Ryan Hennessy from Athy in Co Kildare.

MUSIC NEWS: Radiohead may have got some stick recently for playing in Israel, but Thom Yorke and co are back on more solid ground with the announcement of a 20th anniversary release of their classic OK Computer album.

Here’s your latest arts and entertainment round-up with Des O’Driscoll.

It’s been an astounding year for Jimmy Rainsford and Ryan Hennessey.

All your entertainment news in one handy place. 

In just a few short years, Kerry-based band Walking on Cars has catapulted to fame. Through a combination of hard work and perseverance, the alt-rockers have gone from gigging in shabby back rooms to serenading some of the country’s biggest venues.

Big tent, big personality, big band.

Des O’Driscoll shares what’s happening in the arts scene this week

Let’s call a spade a spade, lads. Michael Flatley IS the Lord of the Dance. This homecoming of the show marks its 20th anniversary. However, the Marquee is sans the star.

It’s not unusual for the 75-year-old (#sorrynotsorry) to visit Cork as he previously took to the Marquee stage back in 2014.