This time 1 week, if you have a thursday camping ticket you could be in Oxegen right now awaiting the class acts coming your way over the forthcoming 3 days. Well do NOT go to Oxegen without some for of dress up because this is why. Oxegen this year are launching Fancy Dress Friday. What does this mean i hear [...]

More additions to the Electric Picnic 2010 festival lineup today as the heat builds on Festival season. Last time here they had a few sellout gigs, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip are on the lineup, Brendan Perry and Heathers add to the mounting Irish talent and Wolf Parade and Japanese popstars are bound to be popular additions. Check the [...]

Despite the similarity in name, no were not involved in this one. There is a young peoples music festival event organised by 14-21 year olds under the guidance of the Feile na nÓg festival and is to be the open piece of that festival. Its a drug / drink / weapon free event. They have 11 usigned acts including Bebop [...]

Well it was only a matter of time wasnt it, we’ve been bashing on about Oxegen 2010 for MONTHS now, telling you every little change in the lineup and it hasn’t gone un-noticed as our friends in Vodafone Ireland have given us a pair of tickets to Oxegen 2010 for you to win. Now i had to sacrifice a bit [...]

MCD’s yearly Platform V competition which has in previous years provided winners such as Miracle Bell , Kill City Defectors and Seven Days has concluded this year with Awake Young Soldiers and Funzo who with both play the 2FM / Hotpress Academy Stage at Oxegen 2010. Platform V is an initiative to get top bands in Kildare to play the festival and showcase [...]

Oxegen have teams up with 2Wheels.ie to offer a way to travel to Oxegen in the greenest possible manner, help out a charity and get festival fit. Obviously earlier in the week we heard about the Electric Picnic one, which is raise 500, cycle to Stradbally and get a free ticket. This one is a little less intensive fund raising [...]

As the yearly pilgrimage to Pilton begins in earnest today we thought it might be a handy little guide for those heading over the Glastonbury 2010 to do up a little guide on the Irish acts playing at Glastonbury this year and where you can find them. It’s just a quick rundown so if you want to support the Irish [...]

3 Weeks and counting, and goldenplec is hoping to be among you guys living it up at Punchestown watching the best acts in the world strutting their stuff. Nokia Live Stage Today we’ve been sent news about what you can expect to keep you entertained when the music isn’t your type of thing. First off The Nokia Live Stage will [...]

Athlone Music festival are proud to announce their 2010 lineup for the festival taking place on Saturday 31st July on Sunday 1st August (around the same time as Indiependence and Castlepalooza). The Festival will be held at hte Athlone town football club and the lineup for both days features some of the top Irish acts around.Tickets are priced €50 for [...]

Indie’Go Festival has launched it’s initial lineup, including acts like Afresh, TKO, Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club, Dirty Epics and much more. There will be music and performance and it will be held in Fenagh, County Carlow on the weekend of  August 6th, 7th, 8th 2010. Tickets cost €90 for Family 1 day tickets (2 adults and 3 children [...]