A one-day mini-festival with a hell of a bill. Snow Patrol have enjoyed a productive 2018 with the release of latest album Wildness and a host of Irish gigs that packed ’em in across the world. Just last week they sold out Dublin’s 3Arena and they’ve already made plans for Malahide next June with The […]

7 years ago

The gig announcements just keep on coming. And having witnessed Ash’s lively Main Stage performance at Electric Picnic on Friday, this is a great one. There seems to be no signs of Tim Wheeler and company slowing down – or, indeed, ageing – as their blistering set to kick off the weekend proved in abundance. […]

8 years ago

Day one in Stradbally saw a changing of the guard. It would be wrong to say that nobody saw this coming. It would be fair to say that nobody saw it happening quite so soon. Before we get to Friday night’s Electric Picnic much-hyped international main event, let us first look closer to home. Jostling for position […]

8 years ago

Karaoke in Japan

11 years ago

Mount Sinabung has been erupting on and off for months now, and the latest pictures show an enormous plume of ash shooting into the sky.

13 years ago

According to government officials, volcanic ash has been spewed as high as 8,000 metres due to sporadic eruptions in recent days.

13 years ago