It’s hard to believe, what with the silicon dockers and the five euro cups of coffee, but Dublin’s Bord Gáis Theatre stands on a one time den ...

The Gold Coast Singer/Songwriter delivers a still acoustic performance of Weekends for The Mahogony Sessions. Currently supporting Vance Joy on his U.S tour, Amy Billings - who ...

Concrete and Gold debuts at No.1 this afternoon. The band's ninth album is a welcome return for the much-lauded stadium rockers. We caught ...

The official cover marks the song's 40th Anniversary tomorrow. An eerie, poorly lit studio sets the scene for a classic song coming together with a classic band. Depeche Mode ...

April showdown in Dublin's the Academy & Belfast's Limelight Theatre The Alarm will embark on their first European tour in over a decade in Spring ...

The Dublin Alternative Band are back. After a busy summer including a slot in Stradbally at Electric Picnic and a show sharing the stage with James Vincent McMorrow in which they launched ...

Stay with us here: Right Said Fred has released a version of his hit song "I'm Too Sexy", mashed up with a cover of Taylor Swift's latest single "Look ...

Hollywood Star Emma Stone did not have a stable childhood, after she revealed that as a seven-year-old, she was in therapy for panic attacks. Today ...

It's Nick Cave's 60th birthday today- we're looking back at the Hot Press interview with the man himself from 2003. Happy Birthday, Nick Cave! The Australian musician, writer, ...

The Dublin four-piece will be performing in the Workmans on November 25th with support from Silences. Tickets will go on sale Thursday 28th September. Orchid ...

Twenty One Years since the release of platinum selling Jelly Legs, Mundy remembers with a vinyl, a signing and an Irish tour. Ahead of a string of October gigs, the Offally folk singer ...

Art-rock mavericks The Horrors on their album of the year contender V, touring with Nine Inch Nails and collaborating with Gorillaz. One of the ...

Special guests will include director of The Filth and the Fury and The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle Julien Temple and former-Big ...

The Horrors' latest LP is frighteningly good. Ever since their inception in 2005,the Southend-On-Sea art rockers have been a conundrum wrapped in a riddle. After spending the guts ...

Having written two books with Jimmy Magee, Hot Press senior editor Jason O’Toole has a unique insight into the life of the late broadcasting legend. ...

First emerging in August 2016, Super Silly have quickly made a name for themselves as one of Ireland's hottest up-and-coming live bands. An R&B foursome, the group first met while ...

The Killers Fifth Album Wonderful Wonderful is the first LP from the Las Vegas mega-stars since 2012's Battle Born. Featuring ...

Indie rock/post-punk outfit Brass Phantoms have released their brand new single 'Indigo' today. According to the band, "The idea behind the video ...

The English singer-songwriter will be playing Belfast's SSE Arena on Friday, March 23rd and Dublin's 3Arena on Saturday March 24th. Faith has ...

Ed Sheeran has released the lyric video for his new single 'Perfect'. 'Perfect' comes from Ed Sheeran's third album Divide, which was released back in March and has pretty ...

Linda McAuley, Seamus Mac Géidigh (RIP), Billy McCarthy (RIP) and Joe King announced as the 2017 inductees at BAI Offices in Grand Canal Dock this ...

One of the most promising voices in electro-pop, Galway native LAOISE brings us another elegantly haunting track. After her appearances on the festival circuit this summer, (including ...

Following on from the success of 'Inside I'm Dancing' and 'You've Dissapeared' the Raheny native is back with the release of his third single. In ...

Dublin is one of a dozen cities where Iron Maiden recorded songs for their new live album, which was two years in the making. Entitled ‘The Book Of Souls: Live Chapter’, the new album ...

The Rocket Man singer, who is currently on tour Down Under, has taken to social media to write a poignant note about his experience of being a gay man ...

Mongoose have just released the first single from their new EP entitled 'Four', which will be out on 4 November. Ahead of the EP release, the new single ...

The pop star has released a new track 'Week Without You' from her eagerly awaited new album, which is out on 29 September. You can listen to it here:

Catching your eye from bus, Luas or on that daily commute, Ireland’s urban street art is being celebrated with a quartet of stamps being issued this week by An Post. The stamps (€1) ...

Yoko Ono, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton and Bryan Cranston to name just a few of the A-list cast for Anderson's latest canine inspired stop motion. From the man who brought us The Grand ...

The single is taken from his debut album Flicker, which is out on October 20. The official video for “Too Much To Ask” – the new single from Niall Horan’s debut solo album, ...

Jairus McLeary’s new documentary, The Work, is a powerful exploration of a therapeutic programme that’s changing the lives of US ...

It's the first birthday we're celebrating without the acclaimed songwriter, who would have turned 83 today. Happy Birthday, Leonard Cohen. Born on September 21, 1934, the genius ...

As the temperatures of fall continue to drop lower and lower, now is the time to start thinking about a new jacket. There is no better way to stay warm and confident than in a faux fur coat. ...

Triskel Cinema Patron Aidan Gillen will appear in person at Triskel on Saturday 23rd September to celebrate the 20th Anniversary ofMojo, ...

After spending the majority of this year making waves in the US, Westmeath indie rockers The Academic return for what will be their first and only Irish headline show of 2017, at Vicar ...

Irish fusion band 'Jiggy' take the internet by storm with new video celebrating the global togetherness of dance. Jiggy released their new video ...

A former Hot Press Art Director, a movie critic, and a long-term Daily Telegraph columnist, Neil McCormick is set to release his debut novel, ...

Showcasing songs from his debut album, Bound Together, David Rooney will be performing with keyboard player Jay Wilson in the Dolmen Theatre, ...

After illness forced the Red Hot Chili Peppers to reschedule their two sold-out shows in Dublin’s 3Arena from December 2016 to September 2017, the mood ahead of Wednesday's performance ...

The Armagaddeon-obsessed fundamentalist Christians among Trump’s supporters fear the end is nigh – and they’re not the only ones… Donald Trump couldn’t have been elected ...

Red Hot Chilli Peppers show us that the wait was worth it in their electrifying performance at the 3 Arena.

Speculation is rife about the identity of the screenwriter behind Steven Soderbergh’s new heist flick, but there is a long history of pseudonyms in Hollywood. There are few real ...

Raw and intimate doc about therapy in prison explores effects of toxic masculinity. An unprecedented examination of toxic masculinity, Jairus McLeary’s remarkable documentary ...

Following on from their debut EP 'Simple Words, Complex World', the Dublin Duo are back with a killer brand-new track. Recorded with multi-talented Irish producer Gavin Glass, "You ...

Gritty but high-energy underdog tale about rap launches a new star. Films about young women striving to break into the music industry are hardly rare, so writer-director Geremy Jasper ...

Darkly spellbinding debut from Dublin singer. Following on from her well-received, Shane MacGowan-produced EP, this long-awaited debut album from Dublin-born, Berlin-based ...

Art-rock legends back in saddle for 3,678th LP. Mark E Smith has made an art form out of being the pissed-up prick that stumbles on to the stage at his local pub to perform a rendition of ...

Proceeds from the live record will benefit MusiCares’ hurrican relief fund. Bruce Springsteen has released a live archival album of his 1978 ...

Dublin Jazz Presents: Love... and All That Jazz will see the trio join up in Bagots Hutton Live, Dublin on Saturday, September 23rd. Flo ...

Lisa Hannigan is set to tour Ireland this Autumn, with dates in Wexford, Clare, Limerick, Cork and Belfast. At Swim, Hannigan’s critically acclaimed third album, was released ...

The arrival of September is upon us. With the change of season, now is the perfect time to change your wardrobe as well. Check out this parade of new looks that designers are presenting ...

Dave Allen at Peace will also star Game of Thrones's Conleth Hill, Father Ted's Pauline McLynn and stand-up comic, Tommy ...

Legendary Brixton blues rockers Alabama 3 have announced headline shows in Dubin and Belfast for 2018. The group's most recent album release, 2016's Blues, brought together ...

Manson is gearing up for the release of his tenth album. The track will appear on Manson’s forthcoming record Heaven Upside Down, which comes out on October 6. The track ...

Her 'As I Wake, Still I Dream' autumn tour will begin at Arthur's, Thomas Street, Dublin at 9pm tonight (September 20). Bringing her Audio/Visual show across the country, while also ...

The Suppliant Woman, thought to be written 2,500 years ago, will open the 60th Anniversary programme for the Dublin Theatre Festival. ...

Pale Waves have unveiled the video for their new single ‘Television Romance’. The video was filmed in the band’s hometown of Manchester ...

As a new Channel 4 series celebrates the work of Philip K Dick, Ed Power looks at the influence on television and cinema of science fiction’s most ...

Solid return from early noughties favourites. The stadium sized ambition, the heart-on sleeve sincerity, the gargantuan hooks and the kind of indie earnestness NME would fawn over ...

Impressive effort from synth-pop veterans. Sparks were always one of the more interesting bands to emerge in the early ’70s. Intelligent and wry, they presented brilliantly arranged ...

As she prepares to play Dublin, Aimee Mann explains how the election of Donald Trump influenced her new album and why a glum evening in Ireland inspired her writing process. Only after ...

The Social Network Depending on how you look at it, David Fincher’s modern classic about the birth of Facebook is either a glowing advertisement for dropping out of college, ...

Tinder may be the leading dating app among people in college, but there are also plenty of alternatives for students seeking love. Tinder: Tinder is a great way to meet people in your ...

The national treasure died last night at the age of 82 after a long illness. The New York-born TV/radio star and best-selling author, who was raised in County Louth, first got into the ...

Having stolen the show at Radio 2’s Live in Hyde Park earlier this month, multiplatinum, multi-award winning Shania Twain announces 6 unmissable UK & Ireland arena dates for autumn ...

The politician who was the Lord Mayor of Dublin when Suu Kyi was first awarded the Freedom of Dublin in 2000 has slammed the iconic figure's handling of the Rohinga crisis as "deplorable" ...

The upcoming release of the David Bowie 'A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982)' box set will be celebrated with an event at the world-famous Hansa Studios, Berlin on Tuesday 26 September ...

Clonakilty International Guitar Festival kicks off tomorrow with music from Wallis Bird, Talos, Otherikin, John Spillane, Lankum, and many more. The festival runs until this Sunday ...

The Portland rapper arrives in Dublin December 7th. Fresh off releasing his debut album 'Good For You' in July, a collection of upbeat, often off the wall tracks, hip hop's rising star ...

Morrissey takes a not-so-subtle jab at the media with his latest. This is the first single from Morrissey's new album Low in High School, ...

After a solid September playing a string of gigs including a slot in Stradbally at this year's Electric Picnic, the Limerick lads continue to rise the ranks as they release their second ...

The band will be performing at Dublin's Academy on Tuesday 16th of January. The Pennsylvanian four-some have also unveiled the details for the ...

Selena Gomez (25) is now part of the Puma family a few days after the singer ('Bad Liar') revealed that she had received a kidney transplant while battling Lupus disease. Making a speedy ...

Anyone who regularly scrolls through his or her Instagram feed has certainly discovered the latest autumn trend. The ultimate sartorial statement appears on every second photo. ...

Debut album from Dublin-based electro duo is no Ryanair affair. Former Hot Press graphic designer Paul Woodfull has had an interesting artistic career since leaving this parish ...

People who make fortunes from bloodshed attended the International Arms Fair in the Docklands, London in their droves. It is time to think: how can we fuck them up? Back in June 2008, ...

Internationally acclaimed and Grammy-nominated artists Galantis’ announce they will return to Dublin to play a live show at The Olympia Theatre, ...

Despite announcing the end of his rap career, Glover says he better make a Childish Gambino collaboration with Chance the Rapper, or "a bunch of ...

Following in the footsteps of giants such as R.E.M. and Radiohead, The National have carved for themselves that most elusive and exclusive of niche: artistically credible, politically ...

Ahead of his new album, Low in High School due out on November 17th, the former-Smiths singer has shared his latest single, 'Spent the Day ...

'Lose Control' is the second single from rising Irish Stars Wild Youth. Released on Friday September 8, the video, which stars Thalia Heffernan ...

The Hot Press cover stars have just put up on a social media a short fun film about the making of their brilliant new album, 'Concrete And Gold' It's only just been put up online and it certainly ...

Chester Bennigton's band mates have decided to play together for a one-off special tribute concert to honour the late singer, who tragically took his own life back in July. The gig ...

Catherine McGrarth has just released the first single from her eagerly anticipated debut album due out in early 2018 and has confirmed that she will be playing at Vicar St in December ...

Both Matt Cooper and Ivan Yates, who are gearing up to take over Vincent Browne's late night TV3 current affairs show, believe that George Hook will ...

Ahead of the first public meeting of the Dail Committee on the 8th Amendment this Wednesday, in which the recommendations of the Citizens Assembly ...

Everyone who attended the band's gig in Dublin on Sunday night was in for a real treat. Photos by Kathrin Baumbach

This Was Our Scene by Irish photographer Gregory Nolan will be showing at Fumbally Exchange, Dublin from 19th to 22nd of October 2017. London, ...

After spending the majority of this year making waves in the US, Westmeath indie rockers The Academic return for what will be their first and only Irish headline show of 2017, at Vicar ...

Ashley Graham, the 29-year-old star and model from Nebraska, who walked for the plus-size fashion line Addition Elle at New York Fashion Week this season, called out Rihanna for her ...

Halawa and his three sisters have been acquitted of all charges at their trial today in Cario's special anti-terrorism court. After the mass trial was adjourned for the 25th time in ...

In Los Angeles last night, the red carpet was rolled out once more for the 69th Emmy’s, television’s most prestigious set of awards. In addition ...

The sentencing of the 21 year old Irish citizen and is expected to be delivered today after the trial was adjourned for the 25th time last month. Halawa ...

Serenading planet-like creatures with a flute and commanding kaleidoscopic orbs, her video for 'The Gate' was part of a special collaboration ...

The band will play in Dublin's Olympia on Tuesday 5th and Sunday 10th December. Following the success of their album, Trust the Wire, the ...

The Hollywood heartthrob, who directed the Irish actress back in 2014 in his movie 'Lost River', has talked glowingly about his memories of working with Saoirse and reveals that he ...