O Emperor sign management deal

Highly-rated Waterford outfit O Emperor have signed a management deal with MPI and John Dunford whose roster also includes such Irish heavy-hitters as Sharon Shannon and Declan O’Rourke.
The drawers of a healthy crowd last weekend on the Hot Press New Band Stage at Oxegen, the band have completed their Hither Thither album, which will be trailed shortly by lead single ‘Po’.
You can get a sneak preview at www.myspace.com/oemperorofficial or when they visit Cork X Southwest, Skibbereen (July 31); Spraoi, Waterford (August 1); and The Pavilion, Cork (13).