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It's on December 6 in the Olympia.

He's playing 13 shows in September 2010.

You'll have to wait till the New Year though.

It's his biggest yet in the Olympia.

Pierce Turner has announced three Irish dates before his appearance at New York's Carnegie Hall with Philip Glass on February 26 2010.

U2 played an electrifying mini-set to an audience of 10,000 at Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate) this evening, to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.


The comedian will be meeting fans and signing copies of his new DVD Desfunctional on Saturday 7 November at 1pm.

A slew of Ireland's top acts will be guesting on his Today FM radio show.

They're playing Live At The Marquee next June.

When Under Ether debuts on RTE One next Tuesday.

The musician's Long, Dark Night Tour comes to the Academy 2 on January 29.

Tickets are on sale now for the blues-rock artist's December 8th show.

The band will play on the 7th, 8th and 9th of January following their sold out Olympia show.

Due to high demand, the best-selling artist will play an additional date at the O2.

Other tour stops include Dublin and Limerick in addition to the Cork City gig on December 3.

In addition to the November 6th single release, the band will be playing across Ireland this month. They also invite fans to participate in their logo competition.

The American songwriter returns to Ireland to play on November 11


The Mary Stokes Band have announced a special show at The Purty Loft in November.

Get yours for his Dublin date at The Academy on December 14

Band member Dan Luscombe has been hospitalized with pneumonia.

The singer will play three shows in Ireland with Steve Cooney and Graham Henderson.

The London three piece will play Dublin's Academy and Cork's Opera House

Gemma Hayes is set to play what has been described as "an intimate acoustic show", at Crawdaddy, in Dublin, in December.

The Chapters are the latest Irish band to make waves across the water, with their single 'Videotapes' set to get a hugely sought after airing on the highly popular UK soap Emmerdale.

The godfather of synth-pop tells Hot Press what he's up to as well as what to expect from his upcoming shows.

The Irish vocalist will play an intimate acoustic set on Friday 4 December.

Don't miss the German DJ play this Friday

See the 17-piece band play every Monday in November.

The two impressive acts come to Upstairs at Whelan's on November 18

Michelle Ann Kelly has been added to the concert in aid of cancer at the Mermaid Theatre in Bray on November 19.

The performance will coincide with the release of their third album, The Courage of Others.

The Charlatans frontman tells Hot Press interviewer Patrick Freyne about his next record in the works.

Eureka Machines and Evil Knievals will be providing double support for the Detroit rockers on December 5.

In addition to their two Cork shows in November, the duo will play in Dublin's intimate venue on December 2.

Live at Tripod on November 6

She will kick off her 2010 headline tour with a Dublin performance on March 16

'Orally Fixated' is out here on November 13.

We're looking for a hot to trot penslinger to review our Absolut Vodka Rock Edition gig.

Fans who missed out on their sold-out show at the Academy can buy tickets starting November 5th


The festival will start with two shows in Dublin followed by a nationwide promotional tour

Their wrestling ring concert coincides with the release of 'Lend Me Your Face' (80KIDZ remix)

The X-Factor finalists will be signing copies of their debut album JLS on Friday 6 November at 4pm

Stephen Gately will feature on two of the tracks.

There's also a multi-band launch party to look forward to in The Village!

You can catch next March in Vicar St.

Joining them at Upstairs in Dolan's will be Black Robots and the Vagabonds

Tickets for Dublin, Belfast and Cork on sale Thursday 5 November

The highly anticipated new production will be invading Dublin and Belfast in November 2010

The release coincides with the band's November performances

Foo Fighters, Shakira, and Leona Lewis among those to perform

Presented by Adrian Crowley and Foggy Notions at Whelan's

Bon Jovi will release their 11th studio album on November 10 entitled The Circle.

Waterford band Ghetto Amaretto have released their first single ‘Savio’.

Concern Worldwide launches book to the US President

The Mexican duo will return to Cork this December for two special performances.

The Saw Doctors, one of Ireland's most enduring acts are back in the frame. Their To Win Just Once, The Best Of The Saw Doctors album has debuted at No.3 in the Irish album charts.

Robbie Williams is the latest top name to pull out of a show.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are working towards releasing a new album in the second half of next year, according to their drummer Chad Smith.

An upcoming Foo Fighters gig at Studio 606 in California, will be broadcast live on Facebook.

The Michael Jackson concert documentary This Is It took in $20 million worldwide on its first day.

The Mulkerrin Brothers, winners of the first ever RTE All-Ireland Talent Show, have announced details of their first Irish tour, with special guests to be announced in the coming weeks.

This year’s JD Set finalists Chapman Society are to release the track ‘Fire Fire Fire’ as a free download single.

Paul Weller’s visit to a urinal has resulted in him selecting half the tracks for a forthcoming soul compilation called Lost & Found; Real R'N'B & Soul.

Sonic Youth have suggested they are unlikely to be added to the bill for the Glastonbury Festival in 2010.

But not before the mother of all closing parties!

Canada's Juno award-winning Annabelle Chvostek kicks off her tour of Britain and Ireland with a gig in Belfast on Wednesday, November 11 at The Real Music Club at The Errigle Inn.

Alphastates have confirmed that ‘You Talked I Can Tell’ will be the third single to be taken from their second album Human Nature, with tour dates to support it.

Eminem had his performance from the annual BET Hip-Hop Awards bleeped last night when the show was broadcast on BET because it included a reference to his dick in relation to rape.

Elton John's concert at the O2, Dublin this coming Friday, October 30 has been postponed.

The Profile Music Group will present their first Artist Showcase on Wednesday, November 11 at 8pm in The Sugar Club, Dublin.

Tired Pony are making their studio debut in January.

Those of a sensitive disposition are advised to stay at home!

We're being promised a "cauldron of mixed-media innovation"!

MCD are among those involved.

To celebrate the fact that we've had so many damn fine covers over the years, we've decided to have a fun competition to test your knowledge!

HMV’s acclaimed 'my inspiration' campaign – where artists reference a song or lyric that has inspired them, is to be taken to a new level with the first-ever album compilation of 'my inspiration' covers.

The Belfast band (ASIWYFA for short) has been chosen as their main act for the annual festival, Europe's most important live music industry event.


The band has offered up $50,000 in the search for Morgan Harrington, a fan who disappeared at one of their concerts earlier this month.

Funds raised to benefit CLIC Sargent, HMV's charity of the year.

'Up To Now' will be a collection of the band's best-loved songs as well as some new ones and will be released on November 6th.

The band picks what is arguably the unluckiest day of the year (Friday 13th November) to release their new single.

A music company claims the band plagiarised the melody from their children's song.


The lead vocalist of the bands Empire State Human and The Garland Cult is also offering his vocals as a guest service to other acts out there.

He will play an exclusive DJ set after his sold out Academy show on Friday November 6th.

The controversial comic announces a December 'World tour' of the county!

U2 will perform a free show at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to mark the 20th anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

Bruce Springsteen cancelled his concert early this week at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, after a member of the E-Street Band’s road crew was found dead in his hotel room at the InterContinental Hotel.

Damien Dempsey has been confirmed to play a rare solo show at the Bog Lane Theatre in Ballymahon, Co. Longford on Saturday November 28.

There's also some double-jobbing as The Undertones play a Derry City fundraiser.

Morrissey has been released from hospital in England where he had been held overnight following his collapse during a show last week.

Liam Gallagher has told a Scottish newspaper that he plans to form a new band in 2010 and says it will be different type of band from Oasis.

He's also been hanging out with a Hollywood legend.

Comments by Robert Plant have fuelled speculation that Led Zeppelin may play next year’s Glastonbury festival.

An album of teenage Irish bands has stormed into the number 13 slot in the Irish compilation album charts.

Their new album is also streaming online.

It's taking place before Christmas in The Academy

'Sometimes' is an absolute belter of a tune!

Pierce Turner has been confirmed to perform at Carnegie Hall on February 26th, 2010.

She's also releasing a new version of her Fame album.


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