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Hothouse Flowers announce new dates for their 2026 Ireland tour
  • Music
  • 05 Jan 26

Hothouse Flowers announce new dates for their 2026 Ireland tour

Fans and musicians mark 40 years since the passing of Phil Lynott
  • Music
  • 05 Jan 26

Fans and musicians mark 40 years since the passing of Phil Lynott

Hozier condemns "criminal acts of imperial aggression" following US attack on Venezuela
  • Opinion
  • 05 Jan 26

Hozier condemns "criminal acts of imperial aggression" following US attack on Venezuela

Prince streams increase by 190% following <i>Stranger Things</i> finale
  • Film And TV
  • 05 Jan 26

Prince streams increase by 190% following Stranger Things finale

Whitney: “When you're recording yourself, you're making something that sounds a little more charming and less computerised.”
  • Music
  • 05 Jan 26

Whitney: “When you're recording yourself, you're making something that sounds a little more charming and less computerised.”

50 years ago today: Bob Dylan released <i>Desire</i>
  • Music
  • 05 Jan 26

50 years ago today: Bob Dylan released Desire

Peter Gabriel announces new album <i>o/i</i> with new single ‘Been Undone’
  • Music
  • 05 Jan 26

Peter Gabriel announces new album o/i with new single ‘Been Undone’

Mani: Revisiting a Classic Interview from the Hot Press Chat Room at Electric Picnic
  • Music
  • 05 Jan 26

Mani: Revisiting a Classic Interview from the Hot Press Chat Room at Electric Picnic

12 Interviews of Christmas – Inhaler: "I'm really honoured to be part of what feels like another glory age for Irish bands and Irish culture in general"
  • Music
  • 04 Jan 26

12 Interviews of Christmas – Inhaler: "I'm really honoured to be part of what feels like another glory age for Irish bands and Irish culture in general"

Miranda Sawyer: “I remember Alex from Blur saying to me, that if wasn’t for Damon, he and Graham would be sat at home picking their noses"
  • Music
  • 03 Jan 26

Miranda Sawyer: “I remember Alex from Blur saying to me, that if wasn’t for Damon, he and Graham would be sat at home picking their noses"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Peter Doherty: "Everybody’s talking about AI, but something that can’t be replicated digitally is the human soul and the warmth of human contact"
  • Music
  • 03 Jan 26

12 Interviews of Christmas – Peter Doherty: "Everybody’s talking about AI, but something that can’t be replicated digitally is the human soul and the warmth of human contact"

Yusuf / Cat Stevens: "The idea of looking after people rather than big companies has gone out the window"
  • Music
  • 02 Jan 26

Yusuf / Cat Stevens: "The idea of looking after people rather than big companies has gone out the window"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Joan Baez: "I feel as though I found my people when I came to Ireland and the Troubles"
  • Music
  • 02 Jan 26

12 Interviews of Christmas – Joan Baez: "I feel as though I found my people when I came to Ireland and the Troubles"

Kneecap face new legal threat as British government appeals dismissal of Mo Chara charges
  • Music
  • 01 Jan 26

Kneecap face new legal threat as British government appeals dismissal of Mo Chara charges

Hugh Jackman on playing Neil Diamond: "Singing is like this fast-track to vulnerability"
  • Film And TV
  • 01 Jan 26

Hugh Jackman on playing Neil Diamond: "Singing is like this fast-track to vulnerability"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Hozier: "We’ve watched a live streamed genocide unfold with little or no meaningful response from the most powerful Western leaders who have enabled it"
  • Music
  • 01 Jan 26

12 Interviews of Christmas – Hozier: "We’ve watched a live streamed genocide unfold with little or no meaningful response from the most powerful Western leaders who have enabled it"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Jordan Adetunji: "I really want to link up with some great Nigerian artists. It’s such a musical hotbed"
  • Music
  • 31 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas – Jordan Adetunji: "I really want to link up with some great Nigerian artists. It’s such a musical hotbed"

Victoria Mary Clarke curates New Year's Day Ceilidh in Dublin's Cobblestone Bar
  • Music
  • 30 Dec 25

Victoria Mary Clarke curates New Year's Day Ceilidh in Dublin's Cobblestone Bar

<i>Hot Press</i> History In The Making: The Concert – Revisiting a classic interview with The Frames
  • Music
  • 30 Dec 25

Hot Press History In The Making: The Concert – Revisiting a classic interview with The Frames

RÓIS: "We’ve lost a lot of our culture and our customs, through technology, and this fast-paced, very individualistic culture"
  • Music
  • 30 Dec 25

RÓIS: "We’ve lost a lot of our culture and our customs, through technology, and this fast-paced, very individualistic culture"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Orla Gartland: "It’s an Irish thing – we just can’t own our successes. But I’m trying to get better at it…”
  • Music
  • 30 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas – Orla Gartland: "It’s an Irish thing – we just can’t own our successes. But I’m trying to get better at it…”

12 Interviews of Christmas – Bob Geldof: "The only available language our generation had to articulate the deep societal, economic and moral corruption in Ireland was rock ‘n’ roll"
  • Music
  • 29 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas – Bob Geldof: "The only available language our generation had to articulate the deep societal, economic and moral corruption in Ireland was rock ‘n’ roll"

12 Interviews of Christmas – The Last Dinner Party: "We always have the best shows in Ireland – every single time"
  • Music
  • 28 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas – The Last Dinner Party: "We always have the best shows in Ireland – every single time"

<i>Hot Press</i> History In The Making: The Concert - Revisiting a classic interview with Imelda May
  • Music
  • 27 Dec 25

Hot Press History In The Making: The Concert - Revisiting a classic interview with Imelda May

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