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Happy St Patrick’s Day!

Happy St Patrick’s Day! Check out our top 17 Irish tunes for today!

5ive Are Getting Very Loud and Intimate

After more than 10 years apart, British boy band 5ive, which comprises Scott Robinson, Ritchie Neville and Sean Conlon, were asked to reform as…

Ho Ho Ho …It’s the X Factor Semi Final!

Yes, it was the X Factor semi final and being the month of December, there was a decidedly festive flavour to proceedings. But who…

Essentially Pop Checks Out The Dublin Scene

Think of Ireland and three things come to mind. Green, Guinness, and Great music. Often you get all three in the one place, especially…

Introducing: Mannequins

First listen to French band Mannequins and I’m transported back to the 1980s and 1990s when guitars were heavy and hair was high. This isn’t at all a bad thing.

Bearforce1 Announces Comeback!

Dutch/Northern Irish band Bearforce1 have announced their comeback as they enter the competition for Swiss Eurovision selection! The band were discovered by celebrity blogger…

Jedward Release Ferocious Video

John and Edward give us a visual feast in new music video Ferocious. The song was released last Friday and has debuted at number…

Jedward Get FEROCIOUS

John and Edward, in speaking to RTE1’s Derek Mooney today, announced their next single shall be “Ferocious”, with the release date of October 24 to coincide with their Dublin concert date. They also suggested they might have a CD signing on that day.

The New Jedward? What’s Wrong with the Old One?

No doubt you’ll have seen and heard all the XFactor hoo-ha about “Blonde Electric” being the new Jedward – with the girls going on…