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Your guide to live music for May, June, July and August in 2026 from CMAT, Forbidden Fruit, Fontaines DC, The Cure to Electric Picnic
Enough is never enough for the country star Luke Combs, whose tiresome new LP runs down the clock with a patience-testing 22 tracks
The North Carolina native will be the first country act to headline at Slane Castle
In terms of the bums on seats, squeeze the punters until they scream corporate touring world, the options are narrowing
A beer-chugging, jeans-wearing all-American, Combs’s music is propped up on escapism, heartbreak and nostalgia
The 35-year-old is the first country music singer to lead the billing at the celebrated Co Meath venue
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