Ed Power went to see Post Malone play the 3Arena in Dublin.

Here is Friday's lunchtime bulletin.

His rise from the obscurity of the Dallas suburbs had meanwhile taken on soap opera trappings following the incarceration by emigration officials of his collaborator 21 Savage on Super Bowl weekend. Malone – born Austin Malone – duly gave a shout out to his imprisoned friend as he plunged into the hit they wrote together, Rockstar.

A young Cork artist has gotten the seal of approval from Post Malone.

Post Malone is blowing up Irish radio stations with hit after hit and it seems that the rapper is also a fan of Irish music.