What do Star Wars, the GAA and the legend of Cúchulainn have in common? They’re all part of a wicked concoction that make up the must-see stage musical of the spring; The All Star Wars.
They were one of the most important bands in the history of popular music. Without The Byrds, we’d never have seen The Stone Roses, REM or The Strokes. In his mammoth new history of the group, Johnny Rogan traces their rise and fall and asks why they are so under-appreciated today.
After a dozen series critiquing the arts and keeping close to the hearts of viewers around the country, The View is no more, rebranded and reupholstered as The Works. Hosted by John Kelly, it aims to reinvent RTÉ’s cultural wheel with a new magazine format.
The flamboyant editor of Ireland’s best-selling newspaper, The Sunday Independent, Aengus Fanning recently passed away. He was an ardent news man but his true love was music. He adored jazz, worshipped rock and roll and carried a tin whistle around just in case a situation needed enlivening. Here his son Stephen, a member of The Last Tycoons, recalls his father’s life-long musical passions.
A mooted government crackdown on cheap booze comes amid growing hysteria about Ireland’s alleged problem with drinking. But do we really consume more than fellow northern European countries? And will calling a halt to bargain drink prices truly solve the problem?
It’s been described as “a new performance practice” and shows can last up to 5 hours! Jackie Hayden talks to Trevor Knight about his latest venture, The Devil’s Spine Band.
It’s one of the world’s most exciting and dangerous cities. Now a local filmmaker aims to construct an accurate portrayal of the misunderstood metropolis of Johannesburg.
Craig Fitzsimons meets Kara Scott, poker’s 2011 ‘Personality of the Year’, who’ll be in the thick of the high-stakes action when PKR WPT Ireland takes place between January 5 – 8 in Dublin’s Citywest Hotel.
