Tag: Glastonbury

Noel Gallagher has been putting in the studio hours for the hotly anticipated follow up to 2015’s Chasing Yesterday. In a...

Birthday Boy, Ben Howard celebrates his 30th birthday today! The English singer songwriter was born in London in 1987 but was...

Morning Glory's Conor & Marty ask Al Stewart about all that and more including what it was like living with Paul Simon! Al...

What great news for a Wednesday, Mexican acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela are returning to Ireland this summer! The pair have just announced two dates in Ireland. The first gig will be in the National Concert Hall July 15th and the second at The Academy Dublin Sunday 16th July.

The year is 1970 and ‘Van the Man’, Mr. Van Morrison himself is set to play Manhattan’s famous Fillmore East. The venue became known as ‘The Church of Rock and Roll’ and played host to greats like Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Crosby Stills Nash & Young. So it was a major coup for little English pub rock band, Brinsley Schwarz’s to be booked as Van’s support act. Brinsley Schwarz were named after their guitarist of the same name. With Nick Lowe on bass and vocals, keyboardist Bob Andrews and drummer Billy Rankin, the band evolved from the 1960s pop band Kippington Lodge. At this time, the band's style was changing from pop into more of a folk-rock band.

George Ezra announces “Top Secret” tour. The young English singer-song writer has been keeping a low profile since catching our attention with the release of his top 10 hit single 'Budapest'. He hasn't been resting on his laurels however. The singer announced over on Twitter today that he's been hard at work on his second record. His debut studio album Wanted on Voyage hit the #1 spot in the UK and reached #5 in the Irish album chart. Today's tweet comes with the announcement that he's to embark on a his Top Secret tour this year.

Following two revealing and highly controversial magazine interviews in 2010 with Rolling Stone and Playboy magazines, John Mayer withdrew from public life, moved to rural Montana, grew his hair and took to wearing questionable hats.

This Year's full Glasto line-up has been revealed and it's a good'un!! We were already suitably impressed with the festival’s three headliners – Radiohead, Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran - when they were confirmed earlier this month. Now 88 acts have been added including The xx, Brit nominated Biffy Clyro, The National, Brighton duo Royal Blood, Lorde, Katy Perry and Father John Misty.

Kasabian revealed via Twitter today that they are set to play Dublin’s Olympia’s Theatre on Saturday, April 22nd - six days before their new album 'For Crying Out Loud' is released.

Future Islands will be sampling the Irish summer this year! The Baltimore trio have already been confirmed to play Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens in July and have now been announced for dates in Galway, Limerick & Cork.