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4th Leonard Cohen Date Confirmed

Leonard Cohen will play a fourth Dublin gig this autumn.... READ MORE

Guns N' Roses rock Dublin

Check out our gallery of pics from the band's O2 show....READ MORE

Free Music Friday!

Starring Willie Nelson, Garbage, Gossip, Best Coast, Beach House, Cornershop, The Civil Wars and more......READ MORE

Listen to the lions

In 1982, a band emerged on Dublin’s northside that would go on to write some...READ MORE

Jägermeister Freezer Session: line-ups

A diverse selection of bands will play at the five events....READ MORE

Children Of The Son hook up with Thin Lizzy

Rock legends meet stars of the future at the O2....READ MORE

Shane Filan signs solo deal with Universal

Work commences on his album after Westlife's final tour....READ MORE

What the world knows

Ed’s cousin delivers the goth pop goods on second record...READ MORE

Heat fightin' men

The new Radiators From Space album features re-workings of tracks by Dublin-based beat groups from...READ MORE

Better off Greg

His first book was a scandalous tell-all chronicling his stint as a Dublin medical journalist...READ MORE

Irvine Welsh on what drives drug consumption

"You’ve got whole communities, for generations, that are using drugs to hide", says Trainspotting author....READ MORE

Liss Ard is back with a bang

Chic, Lisa Hannigan and Toots & The Maytals are heading south!...READ MORE

Pink friday: roman reloaded

How do you solve a problem like Nicki?...READ MORE

Electric Cables

Fannies’ member gets a little help from his friends...READ MORE

Cross-dressed for success

Having received an Oscar nomination for her role as the label-eschewing cross-dresser Hubert in Albert...READ MORE

Tricky situation

Bristolian legend Tricky is hitting the road to perform his 1995 masterpiece Maxinquaye in its...READ MORE

Weapons

Welsh rockers with a bang...READ MORE

WATCH: New video from Roisin O

Single 'Here We Go' is a taster for what's to come....READ MORE

Inking in the name of

Now in its ninth year, the Dublin Tattoo Convention attracts tattoo artists from across the...READ MORE

Here comes the judge

With a solo career, family commitments and her gig judging The Voice to juggle, Sharon...READ MORE

The Bogey Boys rock Navan

The reformed band recently played in their native town....READ MORE

WATCH: Marc O'Reilly video

Taken from his forthcoming debut album My Friend Marx....READ MORE

Bridgetown School scoops €5k in rock gig comp

HP's Jackie Hayden was on the panel of judges....READ MORE

Azealia Banks back on for Electric Picnic

She's found the time in her schedule to hit Stradbally in September....READ MORE

Sleep play short Irish tour

Classic ‘90s stoner rockers Sleep are in town to play dates at the Button Factory,...READ MORE

Steve Severin comes to Dublin

The Siouxsie & The Banshees man is over this month....READ MORE

Enemies & Kowalski added to Glasgowbury bill

The Draperstown fest takes place over the weekend of June 21....READ MORE

Up the republic

A push to have the anniversary of the 1916 Proclamation declared a national holiday is...READ MORE

Marina & The Diamonds back on top of Irish Album Chart

New entries from Tenacious D and Beach House in the Top 10....READ MORE

The Rocker

An interview with the late Thin Lizzy guitarist, from the Hot Press archives...READ MORE

Sleep play short Irish tour

Classic ‘90s stoner rockers Sleep are in town to play dates at the Button Factory,...READ MORE

Jimi's Music Store of Walkinstown needs help

In the aftermath of a weekend robbery, they urgently require information and aid to recover...READ MORE

Cri De Coeur

In 2000 he was a young musician with nothing to tie him down. The intervening...READ MORE

The war on drugs cannot be won

There is a growing international consensus that a different approach to drug legislation is needed....READ MORE

What Dreams May Come True

On the eve of her biggest ever date, a homecoming gig at Dublin's O2 Arena,...READ MORE

Afar beyond driven

And So I Watch You From Afar have established themselves as one of the most...READ MORE

Micky Flanagan comes to the Olympia Theatre

The Whitechapel stand-up is over next year....READ MORE

UTV Radio Stations Give Irish Music Major Boost

Stations including FM104 and Q102 will chose one Irish song per month to occupy a...READ MORE

Kevin Myers

Best known for his Irish Times column An Irishman s Diary, KEVIN MYERS has been...READ MORE

The secret history of 'The Joshua Tree'

For many people it is U2's greatest album. Twenty years on, to mark it's re-release,...READ MORE

Lockout

Absurdly stupid and derivative sci-fi action flick is a cinematic black hole...READ MORE

Lá Ceoil hits Dublin this June

It's all part of a global music celebration....READ MORE

Friday on my mind

Gavin Friday is among the most artistically ambitious Irish musicians of the past thirty years....READ MORE

Sheer art attack

Returning with an album of dark, alluring sonic journeys into the avant garde, Laura Sheeran...READ MORE

Are You Right There, Michael?

He’s best known for his role in Quentin Tarantino’s seminal Reservoir Dogs, but 54-year-old cult...READ MORE

UPDATED: Tributes continue to pour in for the late Derek Nally

Friends share their memories of promoter, manager and music business entrepreneur Derek Nally....READ MORE

Chatroom with a view

Annual article: The Electric Picnic wasn’t just one of the musical events of the year;...READ MORE

Frankie Boyle announces third Dublin date

The controversial comedian is over this December......READ MORE

The Power Of Positive Thinking

Ask Jamie Heaslip how we are going to do in the World Cup in the...READ MORE

U2 photo exhibition opens

Running until the autumn......READ MORE

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