RHA’s Hennessy Lost Fridays​ -​ presenting a mix of dynamic artists, musicians and creatives​ - ​with live performances from Columbia Mills, Come On Live Long and DJ Alex ...

Beautiful Trauma, the American singer-songwriter's first album in five years, is an instant hit with Irish fans. With some help from the ...

Thumping blues-rock from the Dublin-based duo. Ever since he departed And So I Watch You From Afar six years ago, Tony Wright has seemingly been ...

"It feels like our life was on pause, and it's just about to begin again," Somaia Halawa says, speaking with a clear sense of optimism in her voice. Somaia is the sister of Ibrahim Halawa, ...

A year-long hiatus led to the renaissance of ELM, one of the freshest talents on the Irish music scene. The band lay their cards on the table as they ...

Everything about Fontaines is authentically Dublin, from the accents and the songs, to the passions and inspirations. They chat about punk, poetry, ...

Post-punk legend Jah Wobble talks about his groundbreaking work with PiL, his Irish roots, and collaborating with The Edge and Sinéad O’Connor. ...

Festival CEO Fiona Clark and Guest Programme Director Michael Hayden spoke to Hot Press about the festival's most intriguing offerings and gave their own advice on how to ...

Staying in over the weekend? Here's what Netflix has to make it worthwhile. The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate del Castillo Story The Day I Met El Chapo is the biographical account ...

The 20-year old Irish musician is fresh off the back of playing her first headliner at Whelan's last night. Daughter of famed Irish musicians Paddy Casey and Sinead Martin, Saoirse ...

The news may have been overshadowed by other controversies, but the broadcasting industry will watch with keen interest as long term investors ...

'Ireland's Ultimate Gaming Event' comes to the Convention Centre in Dublin on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th October, with two six hour sessions ...

Having already hit more than half a million plays on Spotify in just a few short weeks, the Balbriggan girl has finally released the visuals for new single 'What Do You You Know'. The ...

The BAI has decided to “seek further clarification” in relation to the ban on Irish Times journalists imposed at stations owned by Denis O'Brien The Broadcasting Authority of ...

On the same day that Niall Horan releases his debut album, the singer has penned in a second 3Arena show due to phenomenal demand. After selling out ...

The British soul singer will perform at the 3Arena this March. Sam's highly anticipated sophomore album, The Thrill Of It All, is due for release worldwide on November 3 via ...

Future Islands and "a full line-up of special guests" will play at Donnybrook stadium, Dublin next June. Following their spellbinding sold out summer show at Iveagh Gardens, Future ...

The Egyptian authorities released the Irish citizen late last night after keeping him locked up for over four years. “Fantastic news, Ibrahim has finally been released from prison. ...

The band's new single won't be released until 10 November, but they've decided to give Hot Press readers a first listen and first look at their new music video. Penrose's new single ...

After first appearing in the Netflix original, Marvel's Daredevil, Frank Castle a.k.a. Punisher will be returning to our screens on 17th November. Starring Jon Bernthal ...

As the 2017 Web Summit in Lisbon draws nearer, excitement has been building with the announcement of a number of new speakers and guests for the world's ...

Ahead of their EP launch in Thurles this weekend, here's the latest single from Tipperary band Jester. With gritty rock hooks and a lead singer whose vocals bears the influence of Tom ...

DJ Jazzy will head to Galway this Saturday, October 21. Besides being Will Smith's sidekick on Fresh Prince, DJ Jazzy Jeff is also a three time Grammy Award-winning hip-hop ...

About mid-way through his performance at the 3Arena, just before J. Cole begins singing ‘Lights Please’ from his debut album Cole World, the faithful members the crowd ...

Beached Boy... It gives me no pleasure to report it, but this isn't great. I bow to no man in my worship of Brian Wilson's genius, but there's scant ...

Radiohead drummer makes his bow as film composer. Radiohead's Philip Selway certainly does a lot more than hang around with other musicians. The ...

The former member of the Dubliners passes away this morning. Statement on Behalf of the Family of Eamonn Campbell: Former member ...

Having straddled both sides of the Atlantic for nearly a decade, Irish singer-songwriter SORCHA RICHARDSON is back in Dublin for an extended stay. ...

Olaf Tyaransen speak with the legendary Swedish composer and ABBA co-founder BENNY ANDERSSON. Thank you for the music. In May 2013, a dedicated ...

The world-renowned guitarist and singer has died following a short illness at the age of 70. The Drogheda native started playing professionally in the 1960s and he will still going ...

Have a first peek at – or even a listen to! – the fantastic six-song EP from the Limerick lads. They may be well-established musicians by now, but with all the highs of the headline ...

Starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton, Bright is an alternative universe police action thriller that arrives on Netflix on 22nd December. ...

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Lorraine McColgan is the voice behind new project Dark Honey. Having previously released music with Ed McGinley under The Winters' moniker, she, ...

The lead singer of the Tragically Hip was 53. Downie was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer back in May of 2016, however, he continued to tour with the Tragically Hip over the course ...

For far too long, there has been a conspiracy of silence about the issue of sexual and emotional abuse. Now, that has to change... By Roe McDermott. ...

Irish singer Outsider has premiered his new single 'Míol Mór Mara’ with Hot Press today. Sean Corcoran, aka Outsider, has made massive waves recently. Signing to Warner Records ...

A week after her decade-long Newstalk show was abruptly cancelled, Dil Wickremasinghe will be returning to your ears, minds and hearts. She has joined The HeadStuff Podcast Network ...

Albania is the last undiscovered secret of Europe and the capital of Tirana is its heart. This fascinating city offers the best of the Mediterranean lifestyle and surprises visitors ...

Director Bryan Singer (X-Men, The Usual Suspects posted the picture on Instagram. Bohemian Rhapsody, which is slated ...

Sophisticated fare from jazz vocalist. An award-winning jazz singer, who combines teaching with live performances and recording, Tipperary native Edel Meade has been active for ...

Texas troubadour shows real lyrical flare. Jesse Dayton has a five-star pedigree in the roots/Americana world, along with some solid movie credentials. As well as releasing a half-dozen ...

Rebekah Fitch has become something of a Northern Irish pop phenomenon over the past year, with her hook-heavy electronic music receiving airtime on radio stations from Philadelphia ...

Ballymena-based singer-songwriter Lilla Vargen first made a splash in 2015 with her single ‘This Is Love’. Subsequently, she retreated into the wilderness for two years in ...

With the threat of secession looming in different parts of the world, a period of dramatic instability seems likely. We have been here before, of ...

"The last time I did an interview this long I was on cocaine, it was called Stay Strong" In her second documentary since the aforementioned ...

Little One are Dublin five-piece consisting of John Sheil, Zach Douglas, Samuel Doogan, Sean McManamon and Rob Kennedy. In their two singles to date, 'Corner' and 'L/0', the band ...

Roy Price, who is a close friend of Harvey Weinstein, has stepped down from his position at Amazon Studio following allegations of sexual harassment. ...

An executive producer on Stephen King's 'The Mist' is sensationally accusing Bob Weinstein of sexual harassment during the production of the ...

The former teen icon star of 'Sixteen Candles' and 'The Breakfast Club' has opened up about how a film director "stuck his tongue in my mouth" when she was only 14-years-old. Writing ...

Hot Press has learned that patients in drug addiction clinics could be moved to 'primary care' treat, a move which could seriously affect patient health, as well as seeing ...

The Game of Thrones star is the latest actress to come forward with a story about the film executive, all of which have taken on a chilling ...

'Little Dark Age' is the first track from their upcoming fourth album, which is due out in 2018. Featuring fruit on tree stumps, vaping goths and ...

The world's best-loved TV show that doesn't have "Game" and "Throne" in its title returns to the screen after several miserable months. Can it reclaim its small screen crown asks Ed ...

Inaugural Castlefest gig kicks off on October 28, with The Blizzards, Little Hours & Chasing Abbey all headlining Castlefest have announced that ...

Ireland will be playing away to Denmark for the first leg on Saturday November 11th. The home leg at the Aviva Stadium will take place on Tuesday November ...

Women who regularly use permanent hair dye may be putting themselves at increased risk of contracting breast cancer, new research findings suggest. ...

Ahead of a brief tour around Ireland, Irish electronic musician Elaine Mai has released her new single 'When I Go'. The new single comes on the back of a successful appearances at Body ...

Woody Harrelson oozes charisma as a dysfunctional dad in this too-tidy adaptation of Jeannette Walls' 2005 memoir. The second film this issue that's based on a memoir, The Glass Castle ...

Rock icon still going strong. “Going jazz” is a precarious notion. Remember how good The Police were? Then Sting gets the saxophone in – and not the cool Clarence Clemons/Bobby ...

Dublin rockers draw on Americana influences. Four years on from the release of their effervescent debut album, The Crayon Set unveil its intriguing sequel. Boasting a slight shift ...

Former wild child straps on guitar and ten-gallon hat. Is the world ready for a fully-normalised Miley Cyrus? Having put us collectively off our suppers with outrageous antics, wacky ...

Following a divisive and independence referendum, which the Spanish Constitutional Court has deems void, Catalonia is entering a period of profound uncertainty. Peter McGoran ...

FIFA have announced the draw for the upcoming 2018 World Cup Russia play-off games this November. The draw took place in Zurich at 13.00 today, with ...

Hugely talented Derry man Conor Mason welcomes in autumn with his allegorical new track 'Falls To Ground'. A beautiful piano melody gives cinematic scope to Conor Mason's hushed, ...

The single will be premiered later today on Beats 1 at 5pm. Ahead of its release, the psychedelic duo have shared a ten-second teaser and the song's lyrics via Twitter.

The draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia play-off matches will be made today at 13.00 in Zurich, Switzerland. With the nine European group winners ...

They say revenge is a dish best served cold... and Carrie Fisher literally took this to heart when she gave one Hollywood producer a cow tongue with ...

The BBC TV show has just put together a brilliant tribute to Sean Hughes, which they've shared online The 11-minute long video clip shows some of ...

Manson says that he would never get into a fist fight with the Canadian superstar because he doesn't like to "fight with girls"! He also said that Bieber has "the mind of a squirrel"! The ...

Controversial filmmaker Lars Von Trier has gone on record to categorically deny allegations that he made any inappropriate sexual advances to the Icelandic superstar. As every ...

Hurricane Ophelia death toll is now at three people after a man was killed in his car by a falling tree north of Dundalk Co. Louth, while the number ...

RHA’s Hennessy Lost Friday returns for its final instalment of 2017 on Friday, October 20. As with previous events, Lost Fridays will showcase ...

Faulkner was due to play Cyprus Avenue tonight. The impact of Hurricane Ophelia however has meant that the show will be postponed until a later, ...

The Swedish singer-songwriter was due to play the Olympia Theatre, Dublin this evening (16th October), but was forced to cancel as a result of Hurricane Ophelia. It has since been ...

This is the latest on the effects of Hurricane Ophelia nationwide. Hurricane Ophelia has so far resulted in the death of two people. The first was ...

The Breeders are the latest band to cancel their show tonight due to Hurricane Ophelia. They were set to perform at Vicar Street, and had Tweeted earlier about travelling across the ...

The Steven Soderbergh "storytelling experience" is due in January... HBO is going interactive in January with Mosaic, the new Steven Soderbergh ...

The Swedish singer was due to play her headline show at the Olympia Theatre, but had to cancel the gig because of Hurricane Ophelia. Olympia Theatre ...

The British singer-songwriter was due to perform at Dublin's Button Factory tonight and tomorrow (17th October). Aiken Promotions have announced ...

The legendary comedian passed away this morning, with many prominent comedians voicing their respects. Hughes was a team captain on Never ...

When Roisin Dwyer met him in 2013, the Irishman appeared to be in a good place... Laconic funnyman Sean Hughes explains how the death of his father ...

The comedian, who rose to fame in the '90s from appearances on Never Mind The Buzzcocks and his own sitcom Sean's Show, passed away this morning. According to International Business ...

A red wind warning has been set nationwide, with the fastest recorded gusts (as of 10am) being measured in Cork Airport at 124km/h and Fastnet Rock, ...

1000 Beasts are an alt-electro/pop project that collaborates with different artists on every release. 1000 Beasts' latest release features Irish actor & singer/songwriter Ryan ...

Maybe it‘s because I personally first discovered Johnny Flynn at this time of year, or perhaps it’s down to the subject matter of a lot of his music, but it feels really fitting to ...

It’s unseasonably warm for October, which is almost a shame. Standing by the fire in the front bar in Whelan’s feels like it would be the prefect pretext for what we’re about to ...

Kate Winslet and Idris Elba charm their way through boring romance flick. Based on Charles Martin’s novel, old-fashioned romance The Mountain Between Us is an oddly generic project ...

Highly experimental sophomore album from 2015 Mercury Winner. When your debut album is the surprise winner of the most prestigious music industry award in the UK, how do you follow ...

Visually jaw-dropping and philosophically complex sci-fi sequel simply astounds. Director Denis Villeneuve is a philosopher, exploring personal, social and metaphysical issues ...

Excellent effort from prolific Irish artist. Brooklyn-based Corkonian Niall Connolly obviously has a serious work ethic, but the highly prolific ...

Impressive covers album from Norwegian Chanteuse. Inspired by a brief love affair, the seventh studio album from Swedish-based Norwegian songstress Ane Brun features radical ...

Composer and music producer Glen Austin conceived the rendition with his band, New Airs. The powerful cover was arranged for voice, violin, viola, ...

Dubliners are up in arms after the Church of Scientology, which Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin described as a “cult” during the weekend, just opened a major new complex in ...

After it was revealed last week that UK police had opened an investigation into claims that the Hollywood mogul had allegedly raped a famous British ...

Pat Carty attains rock nirvana in twenty seconds, and wakes up with his head in a sling It begins with a drone, like some hokey religious ceremony, or an approaching B52 raid, there’s ...

Released on October 6th, the younger Gallagher's debut album, As You Were has shot straight into the number one slot. After receiving acclaim for his first solo effort since ...

The Hot Press contributing editor had an up-and-close and personal insight as Martin O'Neill's charges commenced a remarkable weekend I headed ...

The I Wouldn't Be EP was released today, featuring four brand new tracks. Released ahead of their as-yet-untitled third album, which is ...