A joyous mood was beginning to build all over Ireland, especially among young people, as exit polls commissioned by the Irish Times and RTE indicate ...

New albums from James Bay and K-Pop group, BTS, made the most noteworthy entrances into the Irish album charts this week. Love Yourself - Tear, the third studio album by South-Korean ...

The referendum on the 8th Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland takes place on Friday, May 25th. During the final week of the campaign, Hot Press is bringing you Home for Yes ...

Brand new music and arts festival All Together Now has added a slew of new acts to its already impressive line-up. Among those added are the bassist/vocalist/songwriter Thundercat, ...

Dublin-based post-punks, Fontaines D.C., have announced they are signing to indie label, Partisan Records. In an Instagram post, which can be ...

Listen to Snow Patrol and 'Just Say Yes'! Today is the day we have been waiting for. The day that decides whether we are taking a step forward, or whether we rather stick to the terms of ...

British electronic music collective, Rudimental, have revealed the details of their eagerly awaited third album, Toast To Our Differences, ...

Brighton singer/songwriter Passenger has announced a return to Ireland with two headline shows in Dublin and Belfast this year. Along with his performances in Ireland Passenger ...

So we're all hoping for unreal sunshine this June but lets be honest, we don't have a very good track record. So incase we're locked in doors, we have you covered with what to look out for ...

Fast-rising Irish producer and singer-songwriter, EDEN, returns to The Olympia Theatre this November, following the success of his debut album and a sold-out Dublin show earlier ...

Pop icons Boy George & Culture Club have announced they will play a headline show in Ireland this year. On top of their live show in Dublin the band ...

The Mullingar group will play the venue as part of the Cork Jazz Festival The Academic have announced a gig at the Cork Opera House on 26 October in what will be their biggest headline ...

Florence + the Machine has announced a string of new tour dates including a show in Ireland later this year. The news comes after Florence announced the much-anticipated release of ...

Tickets are on sale now. The Dublin singer/song-writer will play a second date at Vicar Street on 23 October after tickets for his first show sold-out in minutes. The extra date ...

A limited number of extra tickets have been released for Kodaline’s Malahide Castle show on June 8. Extra production tickets held for the gig ...

The music icon celebrates his 60th birthday today (Friday, 25 May) and to mark this momentous occasion, Paul has a special treat in store for his fans with the release of a beautiful ...

ABC and Disney have come under fire for a new documentary which the Michael Jackson Estate claim is a "another crass and unauthorized attempt to exploit the life, music and image" of ...

The conservation of a former tenement house at 14 Henrietta Street in Dublin’s north inner city, which will open to the public for advance tours ...

The Hollywood star's new track 'Dinero' features Cardi B and DJ Khaled! You can check it out here...

The video hosting site has made the surprise announcement that its closing down their music website and mobile apps operations. Vevo started in 2009 as a joint partnership between ...

Big Guerrilla Productions have teamed up with Seamus O' Rourke to stage a play with a unique and entertaining take on rural Ireland and bachelorhood, ...

The Hollywood icon has issued an apology after he was accused yesterday of sexually harassing eight woman. CNN revealed yesterday that they had ...

The Deadpool star has revealed that he gets "pretty depressed" and needs to exercise every day in order to keep his "demons" at bay. "I tend to get pretty depressed and I have some issues ...

Queer Eye will return with season two to Netflix in June and it promises to transform the "stylistically challenged into hip and happening savants" at the hands of the new Fab Five. ...

The band will play Vicar Street on June 3. Speaking about their music, Harvest said: “Neil Young’s music and song writing - spanning more than 45 years and 35 albums of rock and roll, ...

Following his sold-out show in Vicar Street last November, Mac DeMarco has confirmed two Irish legs in his latest European tour. The Canadian singer-songwriter will play Belfast’s ...

JC Stewart has today released his new single ‘Medicine’ A chorus empowered by backing vocalist accompanies this piano track. While ultimately still a pop-song, JC Stewart uses ...

The emotional track was written in 1995 about the Irish women who travel overseas each day in order to access abortions and the proper medical care. ...

Gallery of a great co-headline night at the 3 Arena between the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Beck!

‘Spree’ is the Belfast native’s most recent single Some lo-fi techno with a hint of indie guitar provides the platform for this track. However, the most interesting feature ...

Over the coming days, as we move closer to an historic opportunity for the people of Ireland to get rid of an archaic part of the Constitution, we'll be sharing the words of singers, artists, ...

The large group effort took place during rush hour on O’Connell Bridge and lower O’Connell Street. For many in Ireland, Margret Atwood’s ...

In a tense New York Times interview with the cast members of Arrested Development, Jessica Walter spoke for the first time publicly about Jeffrey ...

Paul Nolan reports on a night of rip-roaring rock action in the docklands If ever there was a band who are a testament to the beautiful power of simplicity, it’s the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. ...

The xx were supposed to have outgrown their early shyness but for a moment during the first of the band’s two super-intimate Tivoli, Dublin shows ...

The referendum on the 8th Amendment seems to be finely balanced – to the extent that every possible ‘Yes’ vote counts. So let’s go out there – and collectively win it. Whichever ...

Moses Farrow has penned an emotional blog in which he claims that his sister was not sexually assaulted by the film director. Back in 1992, a police investigation was launched after ...

The team behind One Direction, Niall Horan, Little Mix and 5 Seconds Of Summer are coming to Dublin to hold an open casting call for male singer /songwriters aged between 15 and 19 to ...

Fans of 'The Simpsons' will no doubt be excited to learn that Matt Groening has created a new adult animated comedy fantasy series called 'Disenchantment', ...

Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that her then boyfriend Brad Pitt slammed the disgraced movie producer up against a wall and threatened him after ...

The acclaimed Brian Friel play 'Lovers' is coming to the Pavilion from Tuesday 12th to Saturday 16th June next. From acclaimed Irish dramatist Brian Friel ('Philadelphia, Here I ...

Netflix has just released the trailer for 'The Staircase', the compelling story of Michael Peterson, a crime novelist accused of killing wife Kathleen after she is found dead at the ...

A proposed bill which would restrict the act of ticket touting was discussed by an Oireachtas committee yesterday. The bill was proposed ...

In our new flip cover issue, we'll be looking ahead to Forbidden Fruit Festival, as well as talking to The Killers about playing the RDS this June. ...

The new adult animation comedy fantasy series, Disenchantment, will launch on Netflix later this year. In Disenchantment, Simpsons creator ...

New wave English outfit Echo and the Bunnymen have announced a string of shows across the UK and Ireland starting at Dublin’s Olympia theatre. ...

Former songwriter, producer and lead singer of one of Ireland's most innovative, influential and hit-making groups, Republic of Loose, returns to the spotlight with his new track. ...

Following their sold-out Dublin show last March, The Stunning return to The Olympia Theatre for one night only later this year. The Stunning formed in 1987 in Galway, Ireland. They ...

The referendum on the 8th Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland takes place on Friday, May 25th. During the final week of the campaign, Hot Press is bringing you Home for Yes ...

Over the coming days, as we move closer to an historic opportunity for the people of Ireland to get rid of an archaic part of the Constitution, we'll be sharing the words of singers, artists, ...

Darwin Deez has announced a headline gig in Ireland with a show in Dublin’s Workman’s Club in October. The California born indie rocker is set to release his 4th studio album 10 ...

Last night the final live debate on the upcoming referendum was on RTE's prime time and Simon Harris absolutely destroyed TD Peadar Toibin with ...

It’s taken seven hard years to make, but Wildness is the Snow Patrol record that GARY LIGHTBODY is most proud of. In a searingly honest interview, ...

The Dublin man has announced a European leg of his tour which is currently underway. The European tour is the biggest he has headlined to date and concludes with a gig in Vicar Street ...

She’s the biggest pop star in the world – beloved by millions but not above the occasional controversy. As Taylor Swift prepares to touchdown in Croke Park, Ed Power looks at her ...

Ms. Lauryn Hill today announces a 3Arena date this Novembers for her World Tour, celebrating twenty years of her anthemic debut solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Of the tour ...

The Icelandic musician performed two tracks on Later… With Jools Holland last night, which was her first TV appearance in almost a decade. She played the tracks 'Courtship' and ...

Labour LGBT is calling on all in the LGBT community and beyond to vote yes to repeal the 8th Amendment next Friday, 25 May. Co-chair of Labour LGBT Aoife Leahy commented: “Next Friday ...

The Irish singer-songwriter performed ‘Always’ for the first time on TV on Brazil’s 'The Noite', which is described as their version of Jimmy Fallon or Graham Norton. Coinciding ...

There's been rumours flying about that Dua Lipa has been asked to write the next Bond song. But the singer herself has now revealed that she's not yet been approached about it but that ...

The giant of American literature, who won the Pulitzer, National Book Award and Man Booker during his writing career, has passed away at the age of 85. Philip Roth died of congestive ...

Undecided voters are being urged to vote in favour of repealing the 8th Amendment. The call was made by Women’s Health in Ireland – a cross-party, cross-professional group established ...