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A year ago, we wrote about David Bowie on the occasion of his 65th birthday and wondered if we’d ever see him perform in concert or release new music again. A year on, as he turns 66, there’s the re-return …
It was bound to happen: an Irish music festival with a half-marathon thrown into the mix. That’s what’s on offer at the Valentia Isle festival happening on Valentia Island off the coast of Kerry on September 14 to 16. Aside …
One of the finest venues on this here island has to be the Ulster Hall in Belfast. I’ve seen some great shows there over the years – I remember The Waterboys playing a stunner back there when I was a …
Yes, I know, OTR has been amiss with the aul’ updates due to being Stateside and a couple of hours behind y’all, but here’s a round-up of news stories which you may know about and news stories you may not …
Every time Chris Brown’s name comes up – and it has come up a lot in the last week – I think of the over-priced baseball caps. It’s January 2009 and Brown is in Dublin to play four sold-out Irish …
We’re big fans around these parts of the Red Bull Music Academy and how it works. A school for DJs, producers and music makers, you’ll find many of the RBMA’s past pupils in your record collection. Craftsmen and women like …
It may have been rather quiet in the last few months but Dublin’s O2 still puts a lot of bums on seats. The venue was the fifth best-attended music arena globally in 2011, with ticket sales of €36.26 million, per …
