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Live Report: The Mary Wallopers set Belfast reeling!
  • Music
  • 24 Dec 25

Live Report: The Mary Wallopers set Belfast reeling!

Hot Press Christmas Summit '25: With Cliffords, BIIRD, Junior Brother, Daniel Lambert, Steve Wall, Shark School and DUG
  • Music
  • 24 Dec 25

Hot Press Christmas Summit '25: With Cliffords, BIIRD, Junior Brother, Daniel Lambert, Steve Wall, Shark School and DUG

<i>Hot Press</i> History In The Making: The Concert - Revisiting a classic interview with Van Morrison
  • Music
  • 23 Dec 25

Hot Press History In The Making: The Concert - Revisiting a classic interview with Van Morrison

50 Best Albums of 2025
  • Music
  • 22 Dec 25

50 Best Albums of 2025

50 Best Tracks of 2025
  • Music
  • 21 Dec 25

50 Best Tracks of 2025

NIYL on the return of Pop Maximalism: "Somewhere between the sacred and the synthetic, pop still believes in something"
  • Music
  • 21 Dec 25

NIYL on the return of Pop Maximalism: "Somewhere between the sacred and the synthetic, pop still believes in something"

30 Best Folk Albums of 2025
  • Music
  • 20 Dec 25

30 Best Folk Albums of 2025

Florence Road release cover of 'Georgia' by Phoebe Bridgers.
  • Music
  • 19 Dec 25

Florence Road release cover of 'Georgia' by Phoebe Bridgers.

New Irish Songs To Hear This Week
  • Music
  • 19 Dec 25

New Irish Songs To Hear This Week

WIN: €250 Gift Card for Ticketmaster
  • Competitions
  • 19 Dec 25

WIN: €250 Gift Card for Ticketmaster

<i>Hot Press</i> announces "History In The Making: The Concert" at 3Arena to kickstart 50th Anniversary activities
  • Music
  • 19 Dec 25

Hot Press announces "History In The Making: The Concert" at 3Arena to kickstart 50th Anniversary activities

Steven Drozd leaves The Flaming Lips after 34 years
  • Music
  • 18 Dec 25

Steven Drozd leaves The Flaming Lips after 34 years

KNEECAP's Móglaí Bap and Greta Thunberg greeted by President Catherine Connolly during run for Palestine in Dublin
  • Music
  • 18 Dec 25

KNEECAP's Móglaí Bap and Greta Thunberg greeted by President Catherine Connolly during run for Palestine in Dublin

The Dublin Bowie Festival announce 50th anniversary of <i>Station To Station</i> show
  • Music
  • 18 Dec 25

The Dublin Bowie Festival announce 50th anniversary of Station To Station show

Massive Attack, Brian Eno and hundreds more musicians sign open letter calling for Live Nation to cut Israel ties
  • Music
  • 18 Dec 25

Massive Attack, Brian Eno and hundreds more musicians sign open letter calling for Live Nation to cut Israel ties

Van Morrison announces new album <i>Somebody Tried To Sell Me A Bridge</i>
  • Music
  • 18 Dec 25

Van Morrison announces new album Somebody Tried To Sell Me A Bridge

Jane's Addiction part ways after year of lawsuits
  • Music
  • 18 Dec 25

Jane's Addiction part ways after year of lawsuits

The Stunning and The Coronas among acts announced for new Galway Festival, Momentum
  • Music
  • 18 Dec 25

The Stunning and The Coronas among acts announced for new Galway Festival, Momentum

10 Best Dance & Electronic Albums of the Year
  • Music
  • 18 Dec 25

10 Best Dance & Electronic Albums of the Year

CMAT scores <i>Hot Press Annual</i> double with both No.1 Album and Track of 2025
  • Music
  • 18 Dec 25

CMAT scores Hot Press Annual double with both No.1 Album and Track of 2025

My 2025: Michael Fox - "I saw a man have a swim in a bin during the heatwave... And I have thought about that video every single day since"
  • Culture
  • 18 Dec 25

My 2025: Michael Fox - "I saw a man have a swim in a bin during the heatwave... And I have thought about that video every single day since"

The Waterboys, Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill to headline When Next We Meet festival
  • Music
  • 18 Dec 25

The Waterboys, Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill to headline When Next We Meet festival

25 years ago today: Kirsty MacColl died, aged 41
  • Music
  • 18 Dec 25

25 years ago today: Kirsty MacColl died, aged 41

Death in Vegas add second Button Factory gig
  • Music
  • 17 Dec 25

Death in Vegas add second Button Factory gig

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