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  1. U2 rocks Boston on 360 Tour
    September 21, 09

    Irish megaband U2 brought their 360 Tour to Boston on Sunday night, rocking out with a crowd of 60,000. The band’s spaceship-like 150-foot stage, “The Claw,” landed in Gillette Stadium in the Irish-American city.

  2. Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody laughs off Go Kart crash
    August 12, 09

    Ya gotta love Gary Lightbody, the frontman with Snow Patrol, who's currently "resting" after a go-kart accident in Germany. Instead of hiring a lawyer and suing some poor schmuck, the 33-year-old picked himself up, dusted himself down and took a swipe at himself for being an idiot.

  3. The Boss rules Ireland again
    July 16, 09

    Bruce Springsteen might as well purchase some property in Dublin, such is the frequency of his visits to the Emerald Isle. The Boss was there last weekend for two sold-out, outdoor shows at the RDS, and though the weather was pretty awful, the music was fast and furious.

  4. Barcelona rocks as U2 launches 360 Tour from spaceship!
    July 01, 09

    U2 kicked off their new 360 Tour in front of 90,000 screaming fans in Barcelona last night from a spaceship. Well, it's not really a spaceship but it sure looks like one! The band walked on to the stage at 10 p.m. to the sounds of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” It was a fitting choice for an intro, being that the band’s stage, The Claw, resembles a spaceship on legs.

  5. U2 ready to roll with 360 Tour
    June 30, 09

    Months of preparation and build up will come to an end tonight as U2 kick off their 360 tour at the Camp Nou in Barcelona.

  6. Irish band Bell X1 looks back in new album
    June 25, 09

    Bell X1’s new album might be called "Blue Lights on the Runway," but it should probably have been named "Pretty in Pink" if it were true to its color.

  7. Rock on! This summer's best festivals in Ireland
    April 24, 09

    Check out the IrishCentral guide to the best music festivals in Ireland this summer

  8. Holmes 'Best Act' in Ireland today
    April 06, 09

    The Belfast DJ has been voted by music critics as No.1 in a list of Top 50 Best Irish Acts around today

  9. Happy the Man Who Makes Music for a Living
    March 10, 09

    The Guggenheim Grotto is a band from Ireland that has just released its second album, "Happy the Man." Up to November they were a trio until percussionist and pianist Shane Power left to concentrate on his career as a music producer and sound engineer. Now, the Dublin-based duo (Kevin May and Mick Lynch) are playing in three venues in three cities during January to promote "Happy the Man" (World CafZ in Philadelphia, The Living Room in New York and Lizard Lounge in Cambridge), before heading on a nationwide tour in February.

  10. Off the Record Gift Cards Put to Good Use
    March 10, 09

    I got a few emails during our break from distraught readers who got iTunes gift cards from Santa with no idea how to spend them. We should all have such problems! Santa put some of those gift cards in my stocking this year as well, and I always see them as an opportunity to either round out my music collection with back catalogues of my favorite artists, or guilty pleasures that are not worthy of my cash in normal circumstances. A word to the wise - never mix Scotch, a computer and iTunes at 4 a.

  11. What a Mess!
    March 10, 09

    The weather in Ireland, as you may know, is bad - really, really bad. But the rain and the muck didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the thousands who descended on the annual Oxegen music festival last weekend at Punchestown racecourse in Co. Kildare.

  12. A Very Tasty Cake
    March 10, 09

    IS it me, or do you sometimes feel suckered by charity albums? Don't get me wrong - the intentions are great. Socially conscious music in CD packages, however, is typically packed with album filler, half-baked b-side ideas or tepid live versions from your favorite bands that are peddled as "new songs."

    If you're looking for something sweet and original, might I suggest dropping in on The Cake Sale? The album, recorded in Dublin last year and spearheaded by Bell X1's Brian Crosby, is a collection of alternative acoustic gems performed by a who's who of Ireland's music scene.

  13. The Bells Toll on Flock
    March 10, 09

    SINCE black pudding and rashers are stocked in the frozen section of many grocery stores nowadays, it is harder to come back from a trip to Ireland with something unique in tow. In the past, I wowed my friends with CDs from Bell X1, but now even that is no longer a novelty.

    Bell X1 struck a deal with U.

  14. A Gem of a Singer
    March 09, 09

    Young, blonde, and hotter than donut grease - musical careers have been made (and, in Britney Spears' case, derailed) on much less than this. On her new CD "The Hollow of Morning," Tipperary-born Gemma Hayes proves that she is much more than just a pretty face.

    She is an Irish sister-in-arms to Jewel and Dido, offering an enticing package of lilting poetry, catchy acoustic melodies and a come hither persona that comes at you loud and clear, despite her penchant for whispering throughout The Hollow of Morning.

  15. New Snow Patrol
    March 09, 09

    Snow Patrol will release "A Hundred Million Suns" (Polydor/Fiction/Geffen Records) on October 28. The album is preceded by the fantastic single "Take Back The City" which comes with a video shot in East London courtesy of acclaimed video director Alex Courtes. Gary Lightbody says, ""I'm so proud of this record.

  16. The Snow Patrol Snooze
    March 09, 09

    Consider this week's column as more of a late excuse note. I have been sitting on the new Snow Patrol release for weeks and haven't said a peep about it. I know faithful readers of the column turn to this page to get the latest Irish rock happenings the very minute they happen, and for that, I apologize on my tardiness.

  17. Irish Soulsters on the Loose!
    March 09, 09

    There are some who felt that any soul revival in Ireland stopped and started with the blockbuster film "The Commitments." But anyone who feels that way has never heard of Republic of Loose, a band that is stirring the soul pot with an infectious jam band earthiness. The eagerly anticipated third album from Republic of Loose, "Vol.

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