Choice-nominated band Hal are back in action, with two live dates to road test new material.

Having spent the bulk of 2006 in the studio, Hal return to live duty.

Hal’s year has got off to an excellent start with the band picking up an EU ‘European Border Breakers Award’.

Shorn of studio embellishment, one had to wonder just how they would refashion their music for a live audience.

Irish indie-poppers Hal have confirmed full details of their September homeland tour.

Hal have managed to fend off legal action from an Anglo-French dance act of the same name whose collaboration with X-Files star Gillian Anderson,...

Hal will perform in the lavish setting of The Sugar Club

Neil Young that is. Up and coming Dublin rockers Hal are earning serious kudos for their winning take on classic ’70s rock sounds. And despite dark...

Wasn’t 2004 the year that we were all supposed to get very excited about Hal? Hmm, don’t remember them rocking my world with that one single.

Going to the pub is a no-no tonight as Hal and Iain Archer have their sets broadcast live from Eurosonic in Groningen on 2FM.

The Irish entrants for the EuroSonic 2005 festival have been announced, with Hal also confirming a Delays support tour

Just hurry up with the album lads!

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Hal attempt to justify all the hype with the April 23 release of 'Worry About The Wind', the Dubliner's debut Rough Trade single which also features 'Out...

Not many bands with zero recorded output to their name could draw a packed house, mid-week, on what turned out to be the coldest night in over two years.

Chances are you won’t have heard much of Hal’s music yet. Not many round these parts actually have, yet 2004 is shaping up to be their year.

They’re the hottest new act in Ireland – and the record companies think so too.

The A&R fraternity were out in force at Hal's recent Sugar Club gig