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Here's what we did last summer...

Take a look back at two of the biggest summer festivals that took place this year - Witnness and Lisdoonvarna

We've collected all the super duper, exclusive to hotpress.com, video interviews for you to peruse throughout the idle winter days of Christmas...

Interviews with the Witnness all stars: Recorded ON SITE @ Punchestown

We've got

Nicky Wire The Manic Street Preacher opens up

Ollie Cole tours Punchestown - portaloos 'n' all

Wayne Coyne from The Flaming Lips gets all fired up

OK GO! turn human beat box on us...

The Stands suffer fessie fever

The Futureheads butt heads

Bobby Hecksher from The Warlocks has a pint

Ron Sexsmith goes acoustic

The Raveonettes rave on

Mark Geary gets a little complicated!

Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol takes the festival taste test

Mull Historical Society

And then there was Lisdoonvarna, held for the first time in Dublin's RDS, where hotpress.com caught up with some of the day's biggest names...

David Kitt talks about Square One and sings Sam Cooke's Bring It On Home To Me

Damien Dempsey seizes the biggest day of all

Mundy talks to hotpress.com in between phone calls, and does a rendition of Burt Bacharach's 'This Guy's In Love'

Katell Keineg talks to hotpress.com about riding donkeys

Paul O'Reilly chats with Colm Quearney and sings a whisper-soft Songbird tune

Colm Quearney sings The Buzzcocks' 'Ever Fallen In Love With Someone'

Josh Ritter feels proud to be an honourary Irishman at Lisdoonvarna, and treats us all to 'The Bad Actress'

Glen Hansard gets fired up with Fake


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NEWS: 12 Jul 2003
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NEWS: 11 Jul 2003
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NEWS: 11 Jul 2003
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NEWS: 11 Jul 2003
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NEWS: 10 Jul 2003
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NEWS: 09 Jul 2003
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INTERVIEW: 09 Jul 2003
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INTERVIEW: 07 Jul 2003
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NEWS: 04 Jul 2003
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NEWS: 04 Jul 2003
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NEWS: 24 Jun 2003
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INTERVIEW: 17 Jun 2003
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INTERVIEW: 17 Jun 2003
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NEWS: 12 May 2003
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NEWS: 08 May 2003
Another bunch of artists have been added to the Witnness line-up including Gemma Hayes, Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club and more



NEWS: 23 Apr 2003
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NEWS: 17 Apr 2003
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NEWS: 17 Apr 2003
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NEWS: 09 Apr 2003
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NEWS: 07 Apr 2003
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NEWS: 04 Apr 2003
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