If you love golf, chances are he's indirectly responsible. Golf used to be a niche sport for country club patrons, but Arnold Palmer helped popularize it as a legitimate hobby for people ...

Ran in association with the organisers of SXSW, South By South Lawn will see acts including The Lumineers and Sharon Jones While the eyes of the world will tonight fall on the much-anticipated ...

The pair's debut record will be released in October Moby & The Void Pacific Choir have announced their debut album These Systems Are Failing. The LP will be released on ...

In our celebration of the 40th Anniversary of U2’s first rehearsal in Larry Mullen’s kitchen, here on hotpress.com we are featuring a stream of articles, recollections and opinions ...

Tickets go on sale Friday, September 30 Kaskade announces a headline show in Dublin this winter. He'll be headlining The Academy on Wednesday, November 9, as part of his European ...

It's actually not that surprising. Video game movies, despite their history of critical failure, are becoming more common as Hollywood looks to popular properties to turn into major ...

Join Deborah and Suzette on Thursday, September 29, for some musical delights Pop duo Hvmmingbyrd are launching their brand new EP Know My Name at the Grand Social in Dublin. The ...

The nostalgia sequel adds four more to the roster. Remember Jumanji? It was a successful film with a lot of nostalgia surrounding it, so Hollywood remembers it. When Hollywood ...

Brendan O'Carroll is back with the boys Mrs. Brown is returning to Ireland in 2017. Brendan O'Carroll has announced two Irish shows in Dublin and Belfast. The new show titled, ...

Glen Hansard, Bronagh Gallagher and many more will perform on the night The 15th anniversary of Mic Christopher's death is approaching and to mark ...

More and more students are using so-called smart drugs – but experts warn that taking them is fraught with danger. So, what the hell are ‘smart drugs’? The idea of a drug that enhances ...

From our inbox, Tara Flynn gives her own account of what choice really is. Long before I knew how I might feel were I ever to be faced with an unwanted pregnancy, I knew I was pro choice. ...

The McConaughey kids might find themselves in the Gaeltacht next year Matthew McConaughey says he wants his three children to speak Irish fluently. The True Detective ...

You get no prizes for guessing that 'Born To Run' made the list When you've been around as long as 'The Boss', and created a body of work like he has, ...

Age discrimination is just one of the many issues facing Hollywood. AB 1687 was signed into law on Saturday by California Governor Jerry Brown. It will go into effect on 1 January, 2017. ...

A quintet of the hottest acts around will assemble for one special Xmas bash Five of the finest up-and-coming acts in the land will come together ...

The UK chart-toppers return to the capital February of this year saw young upstarts Blossoms pop by The Green Room of The Academy, and it didn't take long to know they'd outgrow those ...

The electro pioneers plot a pair of Irish stops next year – with their full bag of visual tricks in tow Electro pioneers Kraftwerk have announced a pair of Irish shows for next year. Still ...

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of U2’s first rehearsal in Larry Mullen’s kitchen, we will be featuring a steady stream of articles, recollections and opinions about U2, over ...

On September 25, 1976, a bunch of young Dublin teenagers, ranging in age from 13 to 16, gathered in a house in Artane to see if they could make a decent noise. Among those present on the ...

Nick Cave's heartfelt new album Skeleton Tree stays at No. 1 on the Irish chart for a second week. The highly emotive meditation on the death of Cave's son Arthur remains on the ...

Polished album from prolific troubadour. When it comes to songwriting, Passenger, known to his mum as Mike Rosenberg, is usually as quotable as ...

By Joe Selvin (Harper Collins) Joe Selvin’s Altamont is a compelling account that probes not only what happened on December 6 1969, when Meredith ...

Zellweger shines as Bridget struggles with the modern world. “Sell-by dates don’t mean anything, do they?” This is a Public Service Announcement, courtesy of Bridget ...

President Higgins is amongst an exclusive cast of Irish TV stars and sports heroes on tonight's show. The President of Ireland, who rarely makes TV appearances, will be on the sofa ...

Abortion Rights Campaign are expecting upwards of 20,000 people at this Saturday's event and have said that similar events are also taking place globally in solidarity with the march. ...

Every great movement starts somewhere. From the likes of Mary Gordon, Goretti Horgan and Pete Nash setting up the tiny Women’s Right To Choose Campaign in 1980, to the thundering ...

The big boys upstairs have got this planned out. You may have heard rumors about the Disney’s plans for the Star Wars franchise. The very first anthology film, Rogue One, ...

Hot Press cover stars Kodaline will headline this years 2FM Xmas Ball in aid of ISPCC. The concert will take place on December 3 at Dublin's 3Arena and the Irish rock band will be joined ...

The Chicago hip-hop artist, who is known for his poignant, political lyrics, releases his new song against the backdrop of protests from the Black ...

Idris Elba will be in it. As you may know, the long awaited Dark Tower movie is in production, with Idris Elba starring as Roland Deschain, a gunslinger on a mission. Matthew McConaughey ...

The Abortion Rights Campaign, who have organised Saturday's march, will be hosting events from 4pm at Filmbase on Curved Street, Temple Bar. At the event, there will be a print press, ...

Impressive third album from la art rockers. When bands state their intention to get “experimental”, it usually means nothing more than adding some keyboards. To their credit, ...

A period of transition. Brazilian designer Alex D’Paula has been based in Ireland for some time now. Since he arrved, he has willingly embraced both our love of poetry and the growing ...

...and trousers, shirts and dresses! Whether you’re into shimmer, sequin or shine, this season, a touch of metal will add that vital extra dimension to your look. Metal is back! ...

The Irish singer/songwriter speaks on the issue of repealing the 8th Amendment. I believe that we have to repeal the Eighth Amendment. To me it seems crazy, in this day and age, that ...

Leading television presenter Laura Whitmore will star in the stage adaptation of best-selling crime novel Not Dead Enough by Peter James. ...

Specifically, it's to vote against Trump. While Irish people don't have much influence on the US Presidential Elections, the outcome is definitely ...

British multi vocalist and musician Beardyman has announced a headline Belfast show at Limelight 2 this December and will be accompanied by MC Leen & Rob Lewis, both part of the Beardyman-headed ...

One of Japan's biggest anime is going live action. We’re finally getting our first footage of the live action Ghost in the Shell movie, ...

In a year that has seen a resurgence of the long running Garage Gigs, the latest series of shows is set to play host to over 50 acts in two of Dublin’s ...

Due to phenomenal demand Hot Press cover stars, Picture This, are moving their Belfast show on Thursday November 17 from The Oh Yeah Music Centre to Mandela Hall. Tickets for the Oh ...

The Canadian R&B singer/songwriter has unveiled the first track from his second album, also title Starboy, this morning. Rumours had been circulating widely that The Weeknd ...

A November appointment awaits for Dublin quartet With their storming new album Ghosts ready for unveiling next month, The Riptide Movement will be wasting little time in ...

Tickets go on sale this Friday, 23 September at 9am With the imminent announcement of their new album Valuables, Enemies will play their biggest headline show to date, at Dublin’s ...

The five-piece Irish band, which formed five years ago as a response to their collective love of blues music, will play a set at Sin É bar on September 22. Paying homage to the sound of ...

Folk duo tackle some railroad classics. Your humble reviewer got very excited at the prospect of a new Billy Bragg album, given the geopolitical ...

Cult soundtrack finally gets official release. In addition to his glittering music career, David Bowie also made a significant contribution ...

The Dublin pop-R&B trio are heading for the biggest European music showcase of the year RTÉ 2fm has nominated Dublin trio Hare Squead to represent Ireland at Europe’s largest music ...

Tickets go on sale Friday, September 23 Jon Bellion has announced a headline show at Dublin's Academy, on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. The New York-based singer, songwriter, musician ...

Ex-Rollerskate Skinny member Ken Griffin on the joys of getting back to basics with his exciting new project August Wells. Ken Griffin of August Wells believes the Irish live music ...

There will be a four-day festival of arts to celebrate the opening of the poet's HomePlace A new arts and literary centre is opening to honour the work of the Nobel Prize in Literature ...

Chances are you won't understand what's being said – it's in Portuguese after all! – but it does feature new footage. The newest Moana trailer is meant for Portuguese-speaking ...

It's Alexandre Desplat. Alexandre Desplat was set to compose Rogue One: A Star Wars Tale, but ultimately left the project. While this may not be the actual reason, he may have ...

The Hollywood actors return to Ireland for their new project Mel Gibson and Sean Penn are filming their upcoming movie, The Professor And The Madman, in Dublin. The film ...

Even the British superstar was shocked by the split Brangelina is no more, and Adele couldn't contain her surprise while performing at a concert in New York last night. The actresses' ...

An eccentric weirdo portrays an eccentric weirdo. This could be pretty big. Andy Warhol was one of the preeminent artists of the 20th century, a leader in the pop art movement, and an ...

U2's frontman didn't mince words when discussing the next potential president of the United States Bono appeared on an episode of the political ...

Billy "Spaceman" Patterson, a frequent collaborator with Ocean, revealed that the R&B singer has "a lot" of unrecorded material that wasn't on ...

The Academy Award winning director dies at 71. A resident of Reno, Nevada, Curtis Hanson had a long love affair with film, dating back to his teenage years. He first started working ...

Lady Gaga shares the video for her newest single after revealing that her new album, Joanne , will be released next month. The music video's ...

“We need legislation that focuses on the health, welfare and bodily autonomy of Irish women.” The constitution is precisely the wrong place to deal with something as complex ...

The actresses' lawyer confirmed today that she has filed for divorce. Robert Offer said she formally filed for "dissolution of marriage" on Monday, stating that the "decision was ...

A juvenile crime caper set in Cork looks like being the Irish movie hit of the year. We sent out resident Leesider Colm O’Regan to meet the stars of The Young Offenders, Chris Walley ...

Comeback album is an assured and alluring listen. Created in not one but two forests (Woodford in Galway and Connemara), Davey’s first album since 2010’s still shimmering The ...

Science fiction fans rejoice! A space ship carrying over 5,000 people in cryosleep makes a trip to a distant colony planet, a journey that will take 120 years. Two of the sleep pods malfunction, ...

Cathriona White died from a drug overdose on September 28, 2015 Jim Carrey is facing a wrongful death lawsuit after his late former girlfriend, ...

A new wave of female-driven drama is hitting Irish screens, big and small. Stuart Clark meets Stefanie Preissner, the writer of RTÉ dramedy Can’t ...

With help from throat singer Tanya Tagaq, the Montreal rockers are back July Talk have premiered the video for their new track 'Beck + Call'. The Canadian rockers, who ensured our ...

It's like Jurassic Park, but with cowboy robots. Big budget high concept fiction is usually restricted to the movies, which can exploit a larger budget over a shorter amount of screen ...

The producer-turned-mogul has been sued by former partner A Californian appeals court has allowed a former hedge fund manager to continue his case over Beats headphones – meaning ...

Wow, there is a lot of green screen! The latest in the seminal X-Men movie franchise came and went this year. Those of you who love summer blockbuster movies may have been disappointed ...

The legendary folk singer shows his opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline and hits out at "big money" in his new song. 'Indian Givers' is a play ...

$50,000 CAD – and the all-important gong – go to the electronic musician for his 99.9% While there's a temptation to scrawl Grimes wuz robbed! on the walls of the ...

Impressively imaginative twist on the heist film. In Hell Or High Water, nothing is quite what it seems. With the structure of a Western and protagonists that seem familiar, director ...

The Scott Campbell collaboration is the latest in a long line of outstanding partnerships from Hennessy Tomorrow night will see the launch of a ...

Canadians negotiate tricky name change with ease. The Canadian post-punk artists formerly known as Viet Cong were forced into a name change, as – to put it mildly – calling themselves ...

Impressive effort from California–based songstress. She started out as the quirky Brit folk/pop artist with talent to burn both as a singer-songwriter and highly accomplished ...

The quartet drop another teaser from their upcoming third album Warpaint have premiered a new track 'Whiteout', from their hotly anticipated new album Heads Up , which is ...

The Mother Of Dragons shared some interesting teasers at last night's Emmy Awards Often the red carpet interview doesn't produce very interesting ...

Feast your eyes on the first video back from the Dublin collective It's some 23 years since Brilliant Trees first came to our attention, 20 years ...

It’s not just eighties movies that are getting remade. Golden Age classics are no longer safe. That may be a bit of an exaggeration. Remakes of classic films aren’t a recent phenomenon, ...

The rapper's manager posts a picture of the Houston musician lying in hospital bed Travi$ Scott has been admitted to hospital due to dehydration. The hip hop star's manger, David ...

The legendary actor is no stranger to getting behind the bar and serving drinks Bill Murray was helping out at his son's Brooklyn bar over the weekend ...

The band played a sterling rendition of 'Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1' The Florida University Marching Band treated the crowd to a special cover ...

The Scottish rockers are coming to eight cities across the country. Frightened Rabbit have announced dates for an extensive Irish tour. The band will arrive in Ireland early next ...

The cultural significance of the Super Bowl for Americans cannot be understated. In the USA, the Super Bowl means many things. For American Football ...

The ongoing "feud" continues to play out eight years on Comedian Jimmy Kimmel isn't generally the but of the joke, but last night's Emmys were an exception. The late night talk ...

Take this rumor with a grain of salt. The fourth entry into the Mad Max series was last year’s runaway success. It was the long awaited return of George Miller to the franchise, ...

The New Jersey singer's autobiography is coming out at the end of the month Yesterday, Bruce Springsteen spoke to CBS Sunday Morning talk show about ...

Eleven, Dustin and Caleb kept the crowd entertained Not only were the young stars of Stranger Things the snappiest dressers at last night's ...

Ye gives in to join social media site While he'd earlier insisted that fans couldn't make him join Instagram, Kanye West has given in – and promptly confused just about everybody. While ...

The frontman stays on road – and the comeback stays on track Fans of The Stone Roses have waited long enough for the band's third album, so they'll ...

Fantasy epic surpasses Frasier as the most honoured show of all time Game Of Thrones swept the boards at last night's Emmy Awards, claiming 12 gongs to become the most ...

Powerful effort from legendary singer. There is a raw, even brutal starkness to the cover, title and overall tone of Skeleton Tree – the ...

Widely regarded as Ireland’s pre-eminent U2 cover band, the Dublin four-piece will be doing two shows at the Grand Social to mark the day that Larry Mullen pinned the note to the noticeboard ...

The Dublin-born DJ, who is Britain's premier music tastemaker, returns this Autumn with her definitive selection of her favourite tracks from the past year: Annie Mac Presents 2016.‎ ...

Islands Apart arrives in November It's more than four years since Funeral Suits released their debut LP Lily Of The Valley – so rejoice, for the quartet have announced ...

Her fifth studio album arrives next month Lady Gaga has announced the release of her fifth LP, Joanne, for next month. Taking titular inspiration from her aunt, the new album ...

Following disappointment in Rio, the Belfast fighter is headed for the paid ranks Paddy Barnes has confirmed that he will leave amateur boxing behind and campaign as a professional. The ...

Not all effort is equal - so is it too much to ask that our nation's finest sporting sides play with an ambition to match the fans'? John Cleese’s character of Brian Stimpson in Clockwise ...

Skeleton Tree sees off Wild World to claim pole position Skeleton Tree, the new album from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, has entered the Irish album charts at ...

November will see the man also known as Maurice O'Connor coming home While he now calls London home, Sample Answer is a good Dublin boy – so it's with some excitement that we'll be welcoming ...

Not to be confused with Doctor Who. The latest Marvel flick is less than two months away. Regardless of the quality of the film, it's going to make money, from ticket sales to ...

Hell hath no fury, etc... After ten years in the business of writing lyrics about her personal life, and publicly disclosing details about her exes, you could say Taylor Swift had it ...

The thrilling film – based on a true story – hits cinemas today We don't know about you, but there's more than a few of Team HP getting ready ...

A case of both bad news and good news. Alexandre Desplat, who is known for his work on both the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows films as well as Argo and Grand Budapest ...

Artist on the rise Julia Jacklin tells Ed Power about coming of age in the mountains above Sydney, and why she can't wait to get back to Ireland for Electric Picnic. Just so you know, Julia ...

Before they packed their bags for Stradbally last week, Colm O'Regan chatted to the artist known as Panda Ber, Noah Lennox. Panda Bear will always have a special place in this writer’s ...

Glass Animals dish the dirt on their second LP, talk about the "wild shit" that happens when they visit Ireland, and explain why they've used crisp packets for percussion. Inspired ...

The entrepreneurial rap artist has criticised the USA's drug policy. Speaking in a short film, commissioned by the New York Times, Jay-Z talks about the history of American drug policy ...

Grime superstar beats out bookies favourite David Bowie to land the prestigious award Skepta has won the Mercury Prize for 2016 with his album Konnichiwa. The grime artist ...

Van Outen, a West End star, and McGuinness, the 2015 winner of Strictly Come Dancing team up with Diana Vickers and Gary Wilmot for a musical spectacular ...

The legendary ABC man called by for a natter as soon as we'd opened for business! As fine ways to kick off an Electric Picnic weekend go, this one takes some beating. We'd barely opened ...

Summer movie season may be over, but there’s still stuff left to see this year. With Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars, Disney’s combined might would like to see someone else come close ...

Acoustic instrumental rock duo Rodrigo y Gabriela have announced a one-night-only date at The Academy this October. 2016 has been another incredible year for Rodrigo y Gabriela, ...

Taken from her chart-topping third album At Swim, 'Lo' sees Lisa Hannigan teaming up with director Myles O’Reilly, with whom she previously collaborated on the ‘Knots’ ...

Led by Barq frontwoman Jess Kav, we're pinning our colours to the mast and calling for a repeal of Ireland's archaic abortion laws in a special issue of the magazine. A striking image ...

The US director, who recently worked on a documentary exploring the crisis in Ukraine, has begun making a documentary that will focus on the Russian President. The Oscar winner told ...

This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the day when Larry Mullen pinned the legendary note that triggered U2 into being onto the noticeboard in Mount Temple Comprehensive – ...

More casting news approaches as this movie comes together. If you’ve followed the development history of the theatrical adaptation of Japanese ...

The video features the indie rock group dancing around the streets of New York City and serves as the lead single for their hotly anticipated third album Heads Up which will ...

After releasing 'Safe and Sound' back in June, Justice return with 'Randy' and announce the title of their new album, Woman. Debuting on Radio 1, 'Randy' was named as this week's ...

The Blackpool post-punks hit Clonakilty Guitar Festival and Fibber Magee’s Following their roof-raising support to Therapy? last year The Membranes return to these shores to ...

A virtual viewing room kicking into action yesterday The Irish Film Institute have launched the IFI Player; a virtual viewing room where people can access a wealth of footage from ...

Bad news for trekkies. The newest Trek will push back from January to May. This news, while sad, is not that surprising. Television and movies, especially ambitious ones, often receive ...

The well-known priest, who has already been censured once by the Vatican, has spoken out controversially on a range of Church and personal issues ...

There’s no shortage of competition as RTE, TV3 and independent producers go head to head in the nominations for IFTA’s Gala Television Awards ...

In just one week Donna Taggart’s Single “Jealous of the Angels” went viral and it sent her album straight to No. 1 on the Billboard World Music Catalogue Charts. Last Wednesday ...

Set in his native Louth, director Darren Thornton's new film, A Date for Mad Mary, is an insightful and bitingly funny exploration of female friendship. A Drogheda native, lifelong ...

We’ll attempt to prove our nerd cred by distinguishing this one from the anime you know about. This year is pretty big for Pokemon, which celebrates the twentieth anniversary for ...

The singer will be previewing tracks from her upcoming album Pixie Geldof will reportedly be performing at The Ruby Sessions in Dublin next week. Rumour has it she'll be playing ...

The icon will double up next week Grace Jones' Olympia date next week is the subject of much excitement around HP Towers, so it's most welcome news that a second date has been added. The ...

Hot Press alumni are among the leading attractions at the upcoming Write By The Sea festival in Kilmore Quay Jackie Hayden and Peter Murphy, whose work will be familiar to Hot Press ...

The grimmest NY emcee returns with a few stomping new tunes Conway and Prodigy have dropped a new EP Hell Still On Earth. The latest offering clocks in at just under 10 minutes ...

An exciting new production coming all the way from London, Enda Walsh's Disco Pigs is set for a return to Cork. Directed by Cathal Cleary and starring Ciaran Owens and Amy Molloy, this ...

The star of 90s returns to the stage this month In her first live gig in what seems like forever, Samantha Mumba returns to the stage at The George next month. The 90s star, who's been ...

The charming Millie Bobby Brown chats about sharks, the dark, and bungalows. People can't get enough of the Netflix hit Stranger Things. The 80's nostalgia sci-fi series ...

The affable presenter will be back on Fighting Talk' Colin Murray is set to return to the hotseat of BBC radio show Fighting Talk. The Northern Irish presenter was host of ...

The New York band will delight fans in both Dublin and Belfast venues to coincide with the release of their seventh album Tidal Wave. The band have come a long way since their ...

The Afro-European based collective have always been a musical force to be reckoned with. With sales reaching one and a half million albums and two ...

Blindfolds and suburban mayhem pervade the quartet's latest visual offering Kings Of Leon have premiered a new video for the track 'What A Moment'. The first single is taken from ...

The newest trailer for HBO's science fiction thriller brings the channel's hallmark of copious nudity. Westworld is HBO’s newest genre work, a double dosage with western ...

Olaf Tyaransen had the pleasure of wagging chins with the hottest indie rockers of the Stradbally weekender, as Ellie Rowsell and co. plonked down on our couches Before a storming ...

You can binge on Netflix's hip hop romp now! A new ‘meet the cast’ featurette has been released for The Get Down, the Baz Luhrmann birth of hip hop series that awaits your ...

Matt Stone and Trey Parker focus on the recent NFL protests This Friday, the new series of South Park begins on Comedy Central. It's the 20th season ...

After a highly publicised split with ex-wife and Made in Chelsea star, Millie MacIntosh, Professor Green is back making music, and there's little subtly in his lyrics. Debuting the ...

Another teaser trailer has dropped on the rapper's 20th anniversary A second trailer has been released for the anticipated Tupac Shakur biopic. The ...

The Australian electronica singer and musician is getting rid of his stage name and reverting back to his real one. The news comes as Nick Murphy (nee Faker) releases a new track 'Fear ...

The electronic trio from London have released their first new music in over a year. 'Meteorite' features on the soundtrack for Bridget Jones' Baby. Having gained commercial success ...

We are fast approaching the 20th anniversary of the landmark LP DJ Shadow has announced he'll be releasing a remix album of his iconic 1996 record Endtroducing..... He ...

With their new album Gameshow out next month on October 14, Two Door Cinema Club have give us a taster of what to expect with their new single ...

The iconic intro gets a dash of electro infusion The German electronic music collective, Tangerine Dream, have remixed the intro of the hugely popular Netflix show Stranger Things. The ...

Say goodbye to links and pictures eating into that 140 character limit On September 19, Twitter is introducing some welcome changes to its 140 character limit. No longer will ...

We Cut Corners release their third, full length LP The Cadence of Others on Friday, November 4 as a 12” vinyl, CD and digital release on ...

Unfortunately, things didn't go to plan for the wannabe spiderman If you've seen any of the recent viral videos of Kanye West's Saint Pablo Tour, you'll have noticed his stage floats ...

The sullen sex symbol Billionaire is back The first teaser trailer has been released of the upcoming Fifty Shades Darker film. The second instalment of the series follows ...

Set for release on the thirtieth anniversary of his debut Rave On Andy White, Studio Albums 1986–2016 collects together all ...

Róisín creates a world of emojis Róisín Murphy has released a new video 'Whatever', taken from her album Take Her Up To Monto. Directed by the singer, the video depicts ...