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I Dreamed I Dream. Photo credit: Erin Plaice

Behind the music - I Dreamed I Dream

New Irish band I Dreamed I Dream's launch their new single, Fags, from their forthcoming EP, BOYOPOISONING, with a gig at Bello Bar in Dublin on 3 May. We asked Ella of the band the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 07 Apr

U2 (pictured on stage in Seoul, South Korea in December 2019) will follow in the footsteps of Paul McCartney, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, and Kate Bush when they receive the Ivors Academy Fellowship in the UK

U2 to make history with songwriting honour in UK

U2 will make history as the first Irish songwriters to be awarded an Ivors Academy Fellowship in the UK, the highest honour the songwriting organisation bestows.

Music • 20 Mar

Patti Smith. Photo credit: Robert Mapplethorpe

Patti Smith announces Dublin show for October

Patti Smith and her band are to mark the 50th anniversary of their album Horses with a show at the 3Arena in Dublin on 6 October.

Music • 11 Feb

Tomás Doncker: "Good, honest, soulful... and really good on some days." Photo credit: Rob Blackham

Behind the music - Tomás Doncker

New York alt-R&B songwriter Tomás Doncker has released his new single, Wha-Gwaan!, featuring guest drums and vocals rom Frank Benbini of Fun Lovin' Criminals and UB40. We asked Tomás the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 07 Feb

Penelope Trappes: Pagan liturgy and gothic drone opera

Behind the music - Penelope Trappes

Brighton-based Australian vocalist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Penelope Trappes has released Red Dove, the new single from her fifth full-length album, A Requiem, which is due in April. We asked her the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 04 Feb

Behind the music - Aoife Wolf

Belfast-based singer Aoife Wolf has released her new single, The Woman Who Shot Andy Warhol. We asked her the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 18 May 22

Steve Von Till - "I don't have to be the best; I just have to be inspired" Photo: Bobby Cochran

Steve Von Till makes his best album 'quite by accident'

On his new album No Wilderness Deep Enough, Neurosis vocalist and guitarist Steve Von Till takes his bravest leap into the unknown.

Music • 22 Aug 20

Fontaines D.C. will make their only Irish festival appearance this year at All Together Now

All Together Now reveals line-up

Patti Smith, Hot Chip, Father John Misty, and The Good, The Bad & The Queen are among the new line-up announcements for the All Together Now festival, which takes place this August Bank Holiday Weekend at Curraghmore Estate, Co Waterford.

Music • 19 Feb 19

John Lennon said that if anyone other than his wife, Yoko Ono, had helped him write Imagine he would have given them credit

Yoko Ono awarded co-credit on John Lennon's Imagine

Over forty years after Imagine's release, Yoko Ono has been awarded an official songwriting credit for her late husband John Lennon's biggest solo hit.

Music • 16 Jun 17

Patti Smith moves Dublin show indoors

Patti Smith has been forced to move her show tonight at Dublin's Royal Hospital, Kilmainham indoors due to Inclement weather and gale force winds.

Entertainment • 02 Jun 15

Smith - Tickets go on sale on Monday February 23

Patti Smith bringing Horses to Dublin

Music icon Patti Smith is to perform her seminal 1975 debut album Horses in its entirety at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham on Monday June 1.

Entertainment • 20 Feb 15

Patti Smith to recite Nico’s final lyrics in NY

Patti Smith has teamed up with her daughter, Jesse, and Soundwalk Collective members to devise her Killer Road performance piece, in which she recites Nico's final lyrics.

Entertainment • 25 Jun 14

Patti Smith