Multi-platinum singer/songwriter Scotty McCreery will be returning to the UK next month for a string of headline dates across Belfast, Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester, closing the tour at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town on 30th May. Full dates can be found below – limited tickets remaining for Belfast and Birmingham. “It’s been too long and I cannot wait […]
Doors – 6.45pm / Tickets – £23.50+bf Starts 7.30pm With a voice that “could melt icebergs at 50 paces” (VOX), Briana Corrigan of The Beautiful South has returned to the stage after a 10-year hiatus with 2 hugely successful and largely sold-out tours throughout the UK and IRELAND already completed, a new album in the pipeline and a series of brand new
Belfast Operatic Company in collaboration with St. Agnes’ Choral Society, Ulster Operatic Company and the Grand Opera House Trust are thrilled to host a historic first this week which sees Belfast open the first production of Les Misérables: Let The People Sing!, a UK wide project celebrating the 40th anniversary of the world’s most popular musical. By special permission
The 4 Corners Festival is returning in 2025 for its 13th year, and is jampacked with a range of exciting practical workshops, talks, discussions and sport activities across Belfast. The thought-provoking theme of this year’s festival is HOME?. Steve Stockman, the festival’s co-founder, describes home as “a powerful metaphor, used by poets, preachers, politicians and
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Let’s face it, Trucker Diablo have nothing to prove in terms of their music, but their new album, (out now) Social Hand Grenade takes them on to a level many wish and cannot attain. When an album is described as mature, it is sometimes the death knell for an act, but the Big Truck’s maturity here is
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A new study has revealed the top songs featured in summer playlists on Spotify, with Calvin Harris’s Summer coming out on top. The research, conducted by sweepstake casino, Vegas Gems, used the Spotify playlist tool, Playlist Miner to find all public playlists that contain the words ‘summer songs’ in the title. The 970 playlists found
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A Tyrone music tuition school is composing plans for expansion after receiving assistance from the government-backed Go Succeed business enterprise programme. Omagh Music Academy already caters for more than 180 students but has plans to grow that number yet further. Founder and Director Claire Bowes said mentorship received through Go Succeed has given her the
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With a series of summer music events planned for Belfast during August, Translink is calling on attendees to plan ahead and pre-book their travel. Key concerts being highlighted by the public transport company are the Belfast Vital Music events with Liam Gallagher (16 August), Noah Kahan (17 August) and Emerge Festival (24th and 25th August)
Cool FM revealed that the station has swept the board to reach No.1 in Northern Ireland on all counts. For almost two years Cool FM has been outperforming its nearest rival (BBC Radio Ulster) in audience terms but for the first time ever Cool has also overtaken the broadcaster for the total length of time
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Michael Harrison and the Really Useful Group are delighted to announce that South Shields-born X Factor winner, Joe McElderry, will next year return to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, where he is set to perform at The Grand Opera House from 18 to 23 February 2025. Tickets are on sale now and can be
James Nesbitt delighted guests at a Fermanagh hotel at the weekend when he jumped on stage for an impromptu gig. The Coleraine actor had anything but cold feet as he blasted out his version of Teenage Kicks with local trio, The Davy K Project. Guests at the plush four-star Knockninny Country House and Marina cheered
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Black Dog Moon introduced their music to the world through their self-titled album released on June 28 2024 and have now announced seven upcoming dates across Northern Ireland. Starting on Saturday August 3, the 5-piece band will be visiting Newcastle, Annacloy, Lisburn, Killyleagh, Cookstown, Ahoghill and Comber on their nationwide tour. Led by frontman Conal
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One of Northern Ireland’s most iconic singles of the ‘90s, ‘Time Flies’ by Belfast band The Minnows, will soon be available to stream or download for the first time as the band give their debut album ‘Holyland’ a long overdue digital release on July 29. ‘Time Flies’ was released on vinyl and cassette by The Minnows (then known as tiBeriuS’ minnoWs) as their
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The renowned performer, Peter Corry MBE, is set to bring his highly anticipated live show, Peter Corry in Concert, to the picturesque Antrim Castle Gardens on Saturday 3 August, as part of the Six Mile Festival weekend. Peter Corry in Concert promises an evening of musical excellence, featuring an eclectic mix of songs that span Peter Corry’s illustrious
Music plays a massive part in many people’s views, and its power can be highly therapeutic. It doesn’t matter how you consume music; maybe you prefer to listen to it, produce music, write lyrics, or play an instrument. There are so many benefits of music that it’s no wonder it’s a fundamental part of lives
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SNOW PATROL have announced their eagerly awaited return with a brand new album. Titled ‘The Forest Is The Path’, the album is the Northern Irish band’s first in six years, following 2018’s ‘Wildness’, and is set for release on September 13th via Polydor Records. It is produced by Fraser T Smith (Adele/Dave/Stormzy) and the band. Now comprising the trio of Gary
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TITANIC Belfast has launched a unique event that is set to take guests on a journey of emigration and exploration through an eclectic and exciting mix of choral music in partnership with Cappella Caeciliana. Some Distant Shore, on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th June, will give people the opportunity to experience three of Titanic Belfast’s
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After 10 billion streams, 12 million album sales, six UK #1 albums and two Platinum-certified US singles, The Script return with the release of their new album ‘Satellites’ on 16th August 2024. Announced alongside news of a UK and European arena tour which includes a Belfast show at The SSE Arena on Wednesday 13th November, the album is previewed today by the single ‘Both Ways’.
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Celebrate an unforgettable evening of music in support of Marie Curie Hospice Northern Ireland with the PM Big Band, featuring vocalists Ceara Grehan and David Hamilton (pictured) at Theatre at The Mill, Newtownabbey on Friday 31 May at 7.45pm This one-off performance, A Big Band for a Big Cause, promises a thrilling journey through the
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NOW That’s What I Call A Musical, a brand-new musical written by award-winning comedian Pippa Evans and directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood is coming to Belfast’s Grand Opera House from November 19-23 during it’s UK and Ireland tour. Get ready to relive the playlist of your life by celebrating 40 years of the
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Following the successful release of his third solo album Lighthouse in October 2023, Duff McKagan is thrilled to announce a forthcoming headline UK and European tour in October 2024. Kicking off from Dublin, the series of shows will see the iconic musician play in fifteen cities in eleven countries bringing Lighthouse to life with his legendary live performances. Duff
Arguably one of Europe’s most successful techno acts, Scooter, announced today that they will be returning to the UK and Ireland later this year as part of their 30th-anniversary tour – the ‘Thirty, Rough and Dirty’ tour. Hitting venues including London’s OVO Arena Wembley, the trio around frontman H.P. Baxxter is set to give fans an unforgettable party
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Set against the backdrop of Ulster American Folk Park, Bluegrass Omagh is back, and this year’s festival promises an unforgettable weekend of music, culture and history. Scheduled for the May Bank Holiday weekend 4 to 6, Bluegrass Omagh honours the enduring legacy of Appalachian settlers who carried their songs and stories across the Atlantic. The
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Renowned pop artist Gareth Dunlop returns with his latest offering, the emboldening single Go Down Swinging, via Zenith Cafe. The track serves as another incredible preview into the Belfast musician’s highly anticipated third album, Welcome To The House Of I Don’t Know. During the release of this pivotal album, Dunlop will be on his UK headline
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Celebrating 150 years since Holst’s birth and 90 years since his death, the Portico of Ards in Portaferry is delighted to welcome the Kammer Philharmonie Europa in a return visit to its stage in a performance of Holst’s exquisite “Suite for String Orchestra op.29 Nr.2” – the St Paul’s Suite. This world-renowned chamber orchestra continues
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The Ards International Guitar Festival arrives in Newtownards next week with a fantastic line-up celebrating local and international guitar talent. Featuring everything from classical to rock, the programme promises something for every musical taste. Hosted by Ards and North Down Borough Council, the festival runs from Wednesday 17 – Sunday 21 April. Highlights on this
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Fever’s Candlelight concert series are bringing special Spring shows to Belfast. Evoking the most floral of the seasons, a limited number of performances hosted in the city will feature the spectacular display of blossoms. Illuminated by thousands of candles and flooded with a sea of colourful artificial flowers, the following shows will host Candlelight Spring:
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Belfast musician Stefan Murray, 51, has released a single in aid of Down Syndrome charity Down Right Incredible and Hanwood Down Syndrome Football Club. The single, Down Right Incredible, was inspired by Stefan’s own experience. His two-year-old son Killian was born with Down Syndrome after being told he had a one in seven chance of
Blues-rock legend Van Morrison is to perform two exclusive, intimate shows this Easter in Belfast’s Culloden Estate and Spa. The lunch and jazz event will take place on Easter Sunday and Monday, March 31 and April 1 at the five-star hotel, which is part of the Hastings Hotel Group. Tickets are on sale on Ticketmaster,
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Lounges.tv, the new, disruptive streaming platform backed by global music mogul Simon Cowell, is transforming the way musicians are performing online – helping them make money and get noticed! Thousands of artists have signed up to the platform which, in addition to Simon Cowell, is backed by Prince’s former manager Kiran Sharma and BBC iPlayer founder
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Upon entering the The Studio, you’ll meet the ever-positive Cupid: god of love, desire and attraction. Cupid runs a bar, ‘Cupid’s Bow’, where some of opera’s most recognisable, famous and infamous characters come to unwind, share their stories and to sing of falling in love, looking for love and falling out of love. Meet operatic legends, including
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BIG SPECIAL have announced their highly-anticipated debut album POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES for release on 10th May via SO Recordings. The Black Country duo are also sharing their first new music of 2024, in the shape of huge new single DUST OFF / START AGAIN, along with more UK / EU headline shows and festival appearances.
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Pop icons, The Corrs announce an eight-date UK & Ireland tour titled ‘Talk On Corners’ in November 2024. Performing tracks from the acclaimed album plus a selection of their greatest hits to fans all over the United Kingdom & Ireland, the multi-million selling sibling quartet will kick off the tour at Belfast’s SSE Arena before heading to Manchester’s AO Arena, Glasgow’s OVO
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LIVE music lovers are in for a real treat over the coming months as The Court House in Bangor hosts The Beamish Sessions, a series of intimate gigs with a stellar line-up that includes Hothouse Flowers, David Holmes, Duke Special and punk legend Jah Wobble. Supported by leading stout brand Beamish in partnership with Arts
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Another wintery, bleak February Sunday afternoon but, yet again, Portico has the antidote – Pavel Kolesnikov, the greatest Chopin exponent of his all too youthful generation, will be playing Waltzes, Nocturnes and Mazurkas by Chopin and Schubert’s Sonata No21: could there be any reason not to attend for this sublime, winter-blues therapy? If you doubt
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Celebrated singer-songwriter Anthony Toner is set to enchant music lovers across Northern Ireland with six additional dates on his latest tour. This series of live shows comes in celebration of his fourteenth release, “Ghost Notes Vol 2”, a carefully curated collection of cover songs that showcase Toner’s distinctive musical style. Having already graced stages in
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After an illustrious career spanning four decades, Brazilian metal icons Sepultura are set to bid a grand farewell to their fans with a monumental 40th-anniversary tour, culminating in a highly anticipated performance at The Telegraph Building in Belfast on 10 November 2024. This follows closely on the heels of their Dublin show at the 3Olympia
Folk music stars Trú have been confirmed as the latest musical act to be added to the 4 Corners Festival lineup next month. The band will be taking to the stage at An Evening In Conversation with Trú where 4 Corners Festival co-founder Steve Stockman and committee member Mylie Brennan will interview the band about
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Tommy Fleming has released his Christmas single, an old classic that reflects the joys of the season and reminds us that not everyone may be as fortunate as ourselves. A season recognised for goodwill and cheer – Christmas also denotes harsh contrasts amongst us as consumerism is glorified and tends to mask the many real
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