The Irish band’s quest for €20,000 from their fans has already raised some ire in certain quarters
After the parties come the protests. In the last 12 months, you were no-one if you didn’t get out there, do some fuming, shake your fist and say that you were as mad as hell and were not going to …
Sometimes covering the music business beat is a bit like Groundhog Day with the same old issues coming up in new guises. You’ve technology stories, record-labels-are-bad-lads stories, record-labels-are-numpties’ stories, live music bandit stories, Ticketmaster stories and artists getting huffy stories. …
It may be an idea to print off Michael Lewis’ article from Vanity Fair and keep it by the front door for when a canvasser from a government party calls by over the next few weeks. After visits to Iceland …
Crack dealer, actor, label boss, would-be fashion mogul, energy drink entrepreneur, video games’ producer, the most entertaining man on Twitter and, once in a while, rapper: is there anything that 50 Cent can’t do? Now, he’s even bested the stock …
There are times when you can sense the indignation from the radio long before the text messages start to roll. Last Saturday morning, property developer Simon Kelly, a dude who says he owes €200 million to the banks, got a …
Are you right there Michael, are you right? Chances are, like all returning holiday-makers, former banker Michael Fingleton had a lot of things on his mind when he landed at Dublin airport yesterday. He was probably trying to remember where …
Last week’s news that Dublin’s Road Records would be closing for good caused a predictable wave of sadness and regret. Another record store bites the dust. Another essential component of the Dublin music community disappears. Another small independently-owned and operated …
