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Behind the music - Stepping On Lego

Mayo act Stepping On Lego AKA Conor Waters has released his new single Teen In The Eighties, ahead of new album, Wide Eyes. We asked them the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 23 Aug

Sam Segurado. Photo credits: Katya Rezvaya

Behind the music - Sam Segurado

Irish-Portuguese Sam Segurado artist is set to release his new album, The Remainder, and plays the Workmans Cellar, Dublin with support from Navya on 25 February. we asked him the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 21 Feb 24

Behind the music - Miso Extra

London-based singer, rapper and producer Miso Extra is among the acts playing new music showcase Borderline at Dublin's Workman's Club on 15 and 16 February. We asked her the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 13 Feb 24

King Kong Company. Photo by Colin Shanahan - DigiCol Photography

Behind the music - King Kong Company

Waterford ravers King Kong Company play 3Olympia Theatre on 13 October. We asked Colin Hoye of the band the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 08 Oct 23

Daft Punk star says group 'had run its course'

Daft Punk musician Thomas Bangalter said he is relieved he can look back on the group's nearly 30-year career feeling like they "didn't mess it up too much" and that the act "had run its course."

Music • 04 Aug 23

Daft Punk join TikTok

Dance legends Daft Punk may have hung up their robotic helmets last year, but they are hoping to build a new generation of fans with their own TikTok channel that launched on Monday.

Music • 17 Oct 22

The Cope. Photo by Ruth Medjber @ruthlessimagery

Behind the music - The Cope

Dublin/Berlin-based electronic producers and audio-visual artists The Cope have released their debut single and accompanying dance film True Romance. We asked them the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 03 Aug 22

Daft Punk's back catalogue sales up by 2000%

Following Monday's shock announcement that they were splitting up, sales and streams of Daft Punk's back catalogue have rocketed by over 2000%.

Music • 25 Feb 21

Daft Punk say 'fini' after 28 years

French dance music icons Daft Punk have split after 28 years.

Music • 22 Feb 21

An emotional Nile Rodgers told the audience at Glastonbury that he is cancer free

Chic's Nile Rodgers reveals he is cancer free

An emotional Nile Rodgers took a break from his Glastonbury set on Sunday to tell the audience that he is cancer free, having been diagnosed with an "extremely aggressive" form of cancer six years ago.

nile rodgers • 26 Jun 17

Watch! Trailer for French dance music film Eden

Eden, the new film from director Mia Hansen-Løve (Goodbye, First Love), is part of the line-up at this year's Sundance Film Festival and tells the story of Daft Punk and the French dance music scene in the 1990s – watch the trailer here.

Entertainment • 27 Jan 15

Helmets off! Daft Punk documentary in the works

Are we about to get lucky and finally see the men behind the masks?

Entertainment • 27 Jun 14

Pharrell credits Daft Punk for re-launching career

Pharrell Williams has credited Daft Punk for re-launching his solo career after their hit collaboration Get Lucky was so successful.

Entertainment • 01 Mar 14

Moroder confirms he is working with David Guetta

Godfather of dance music Giorgio Moroder has confirmed he is working with dance music princeling David Guetta and he also says he's interested in collaborating with Miley Cyrus.

Entertainment • 15 Feb 14

Justin Timberlake receives Michael Jackon Vanguard Award

Timberlake joined by *NSYNC at VMAs

From surprise reunions, incredible performances and of course, the awards themselves, this year's MTV Video Music Awards pulled out all of the stops.

Entertainment • 26 Aug 13

President Obama – Another Grammy on the way?

Obama 'sings' Daft Punk's Get Lucky

A new mashup video of US President Barack Obama singing Daft Punk's Get Lucky has gone viral.

Entertainment • 25 Jun 13

The emperor’s new space helmets – pretty and shiny but not much else

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

Will Daft Punk be playing at your house, your house this summer? After hearing their fourth studio album, RTÉ Ten's Alan Corr finally falls out of love with the French duo

Music Reviews • 22 May 13

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