As well as May and Regan, Josh Ritter, Buzzcocks and Tinariwen will headline the forthcoming Belfast Festival at Queens, running from October 16 to 31.
'Dambé, The Mali Project' – a documentary featuring Irish musicians Liam O Maonlai and Paddy Keenan – has been added to the bill for this year's Jameson Dublin Film Festival.
The Sex Pistols are back! In what has the look of a major coup for the event, punk’s great trailblazers are among this year’s headliners at Electric Picnic 2008, which takes place in Stradbally over the final weekend in August.
While the line-up may not be as strong as it has in previous years, the fact that the schedule isn’t crammed with must-sees means we have more capacity to take in everything else on offer.
Friday at Electric Picnic saw Sigur Ros pull off a spellbinding main stage performance, Christy Moore lift the mood of all, and many comings and goings at the Hot Press Chatroom.
In her new documentary – Dambe, The Mali Project – Dearbhla Glynn follows musicians Liam O Maonlai and Paddy Keenan on a musical journey to the heart of Mali.
