- Music
- 19 Feb 14
Graham Norton comes out fighting and Mike Tyson talks sobriety, while musical heavyweights Foals, St. Vincent and Foals open up…
He's one of the biggest TV stars around and, this fortnight, Graham Norton exclusively gives Hot Press his take on RTE's handling of Pantigate and homophobia in Ireland. In a frank interview, the beloved BBC presenter brands the Iona Institute as "idiots" and comes down hard on the "moronic" decision to pay them off.
In the Hot Press Interview, we get up-close-and-personal with one of the most compelling sports stars of all time. Former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, Mike Tyson, comes to Dublin's Olympia Theatre on March 27 and ahead of his one-man show he tells us about his extraordinary life. On the agenda? Dodging drug tests, embracing Islam in prison, being declared bankrupt, staying sober and… Irish history?
"I had no idea how much you guys hate the English!" says the legendary boxer. "My friend told me about Cromwell. That was some bad shit he did."
Turning to all matters musical, the ever-charming St. Vincent gets reacquainted with Ed Power as she prepares to release the album of her career to date, Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis talks to Craig Fitzpatrick about voodoo, Vampire Weekend and how he's just fine with not being part of the 'guitar band' scene, and Damien Dempsey reflects on his career and time spent with Bruce Springsteen and Morrissey.
Critical Mass has reviews of all the big albums, as we rate new offerings from Elbow, Katy B, St. Vincent, Nina Persson anymore. We relive gigs from Rudimental, Lisa O'Neil and this year's Other Voices as well.
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In our film pages, Irish actor Hugh O'Conor, star of The Stag, opens up, while Quirke star Nick Dunning talks Gabriel Byrne, Michael Gambon and Celtic noir in our new Your Tube section.
Frontlines meet a former British sex worker and visit Ireland's Fluoride Free Town. With chats to the likes of East India Youth, Metronomy, TVVINS and more – and all our regulars – it really is an issue to get lost in.
So pick up the new Hot Press, available now!