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2FM hits the road for festival season 2025

This summer, 2FM is taking the show on the road, broadcasting live from some of Ireland's biggest and best music festivals, starting with Forbidden Fruit this June Bank Holiday weekend.

Music • 30 May

Nelly Furtado to play Forbidden Fruit next year

First acts announced for Forbidden Fruit 2024

Nelly Furtado, Four Tet and Bicep are among the first wave of acts to be announced for Forbidden Fruit Festival 2024.

Music • 22 Nov 23

First Forbidden Fruit acts announced

The first acts for June's Forbidden Fruit Festival at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham have been announced, with Eric Prydz, Central Cee and Rina Sawayama all on the bill.

Music • 31 Jan 23

Lorde to play Ireland for first time at Forbidden Fruit

New Zealand superstar Lorde will perform in Ireland for the first time when she takes to the stage at the Forbidden Fruit festival next summer.

Music • 25 Nov 21

Queen and Adam Lambert. Photo credit: Jojan Hohnjec

Queen, Saint Sister among acts announced for Irish gigs

Queen, Saint Sister, and Tindersticks are among the acts that have announced new Irish gigs as the music industry makes its first tentative steps out of lockdown.

Music • 25 May 21

Forbidden Fruit expands its stall with more acts

Jorja Smith and local heroes The Murder Capital are among the latest acts to be announced for the Forbidden Fruit festival at the Irish Museum of Modern Art at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham this May.

Music • 30 Jan 20

Underworld - Helping Forbidden Fruit celebrate its 10th birthday

Forbidden Fruit announces first acts for 2020

The Forbidden Fruit festival has announced the first acts of its 2020 line-up, with Underworld among those set to grace the Irish Museum of Modern Art at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham next May.

Music • 24 Oct 19

Listen! Unlocked: Festival Fashion & Love Island Cast

Listen to Episode 2 of the new podcast Unlocked, as Emma Power and Laura Fox talk festivals and Love Island...

Unlocked • 30 May 19

Fontaines DC to play at Forbidden Fruit

Fontaines DC will be joining the Forbidden Fruit line-up this year, while First Aid Kit have dropped out.

Music • 19 May 19

Skepta, Elbow to play Forbidden Fruit 2019

Some of the acts that will play the Forbidden Fruit festival in 2019 have been announced and they include grime artist Skepta and British band Elbow, who will headline the closing night of the festival.

Music • 10 Dec 18

The three-day festival runs until Sunday

Rock am Ring gets go-ahead after more security checks

The Rock am Ring festival in Germany is going ahead this weekend after police carried out further security sweeps following information received about a "possible terrorist threat".

Rock am Ring • 03 Jun 17

Extra precautions are being taken at Forbidden Fruit this weekend

Tighter security checks at Forbidden Fruit this weekend

Security at this weekend's Forbidden Fruit Festival in Dublin has been tightened following the recent terrorist attack in Manchester in which 22 people were killed at an Ariana Grande concert in the city.

Forbidden Fruit • 03 Jun 17

Tame Impala to play Forbidden Fruit

Tame Impala, Jungle, Battles and Freddie Gibbs are among the first acts announced for this year's Forbidden Fruit, the music and arts festival taking place at The Royal Hospital in Kilmainham in Dublin this June Bank Holiday weekend.

Entertainment • 11 Mar 16

Forbidden Fruit

Wu Tang Clan, Jamie xx and Earl Sweatshirt were among the acts who played the second day of the Forbidden Fruit festival in the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin yesterday.

Entertainment • 31 May 15

Lisa O'Neill for Forbidden Fruit festival

New acts added Forbidden Fruit line-up

Lisa O'Neill, Girls Names, and Daithi are among the new acts announced for The Forbidden Fruit festival at The Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin from May 31 to June 1.

Entertainment • 14 May 14

Flaming Lips play their first Irish gig in three years

Flaming Lips and Bell X1 for Forbidden Fruit

The Flaming Lips and Bell X1 are among the first acts to be announced for this year's Forbidden Fruit Festival at Dublin's Royal Hospital in Kilmainham this June.

Entertainment • 12 Mar 14

Forbidden Fruit Night announced

Forbidden Fruit Festival which is taking place this weekend in Dublin, with headliners Primal Scream and Kasabian, have just announced a new addition.

Entertainment • 11 Jun 13

Forbidden Fruit

2FM hits the road for festival season 2025

First acts announced for Forbidden Fruit 2024

First Forbidden Fruit acts announced

Lorde to play Ireland for first time at Forbidden Fruit

Queen, Saint Sister among acts announced for Irish gigs

Forbidden Fruit expands its stall with more acts

Forbidden Fruit announces first acts for 2020

Listen! Unlocked: Festival Fashion & Love Island Cast

Fontaines DC to play at Forbidden Fruit

Skepta, Elbow to play Forbidden Fruit 2019

Rock am Ring gets go-ahead after more security checks

Tighter security checks at Forbidden Fruit this weekend

Tame Impala to play Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit

New acts added Forbidden Fruit line-up

Flaming Lips and Bell X1 for Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit Night announced

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