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Ireland's fastest growing independent music and arts festival, Forest Fest, returns to the picturesque village of Emo, Co. Laois this July 25th - 27th for its fourth edition with its most ambitious line-up yet.
Flying the flag for Irish shoegaze, as Ireland's first and only shoegaze festival, GazeFest, returns with a line up that promises to be even bigger than last year
Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn and Kate Bush are amongst 1,000 musicians that have united to release a silent album in protest at the UK government's planned changes to copyright law.
Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame announce 2025 nominations, with Oasis, Joy Division/New Order and Soundgarden being some of the bands up for consideration
Anticipated to be a moment in rock history, the meeting of The Beatles and Bob Dylan for the first time in 1964, would lead to nothing more than a hang-out
In 1966 an unknown Jimi Hendrix had traveled to the UK with the intentions of becoming a star. The first part of his plan was to de-throne Eric Clapton.
Despite the publicity around Bob Dylans 1964 appearance at Newport Folk Festival, Dylan had already explored folk and electric, back in 1962