Multi-platinum recording artist Bryan Adams will be rocking Sandown Park in style with his greatest hits and new tracks from his latest album this evening. Over his 35-year career, Bryan Adams has sold over 65 million records worldwide, with hits including Summer of 69, Heaven and Run To You making him a household name. Undoubtedly …
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Nineteen-time Grammy winner, legendary entertainer and New York City native Tony Bennett celebrates his 90th birthday today. Famous for chart-toppers including Because of You, Rags to Riches, and his signature song, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, the newly turned nonagenarian has no plans of retiring and is in talks with Lady Gaga about a second album. "It feels …
Love Me Again singer John Newman has confirmed that his brain tumour has returned but has vowed to continue making music. Newman discovered that he had a non-cancerous brain tumour after visiting an optician for eye tests in 2012 and the tumour was subsequently removed through his nose by neurosurgeons. The popular performer posted a …
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IT’S the reunion many said could never happen – even the members themselves have admitted it. Busted are back and the original trio are touring this summer for the first time in 12 years. Matt Willis, James Bourne and Charlie Simpson will perform all their greatest hits together live this evening at Sandown Park Racecourse as part …
The four Dundalk siblings took to the blustery Epsom Downs Racecourse stage last night to cheers from die-hard Corrs fans, and those who came for the racing but stayed for the superb music. After many years of waiting, I finally got to see The Corrs perform live for the first time — and they did …
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MY earliest memory of The Corrs was sitting in the back of a people carrier on a rainy day winding back their cassette tape over and over to learn the words for ‘Runaway’. I was bravely entering my first winning talent contest aged around six years old. My favourite childhood band took a ten year …
IRISH Country music star Nathan Carter played to a sell out audience at the Hayes Beck Theatre last night. The Liverpudlian lad’s new record Stayin’ Up All Night is his fourth number one album in his adopted country of Ireland, and his success is now filtering to these shores. Nathan’s nan, famous for selling his CDs from …
Leon Bridges rounded off the European leg of his tour with a secret charity gig at Under the Bridge in Fulham last night. The 26-year-old danced his way onto the stage, at the venue beneath the turf of Stamford Bridge football stadium, in a vintage blue suit to cheers from young and old in the …
Thousands of emerald-clad party-goers took to the streets of Green Park for the annual St Patrick’s Day parade and festival in London last week. Six marching bands, ten sports groups, six dance groups, a giant puppet and a wolfhound accompanied 45 floats adorned with flags from every county. The colourful procession of Irish marching bands, …
A spectacular procession of Irish marching bands, energetic dance troupes and colourful pageantry will launch London’s world-renowned St Patrick’s Day parade and festival on Sunday. This year’s event will include top Irish talent in Trafalgar Square and the Tube, a special movie premiere, a street food market with fine Irish fare and a huge Céilà …
Rory O'Connor 