Cat Laughs festival revellers lap up cream of comedyMore than 50,000 people travelled to Kilkenny this weekend for the annual Murphy's Cat Laughs comedy festival, the biggest date…Mon Jun 04 2001 - 01:00
Thunderously exciting U2 set raises the roofIf Bono can pull off the stunt he did at the end of last Saturday night's U2 concert in Miami at Slane Castle in August, it would…Mon Mar 26 2001 - 01:00
U2 will play Slane Castle in AugustU2 have confirmed they will play a concert at Slane Castle, Co Meath, on August 25thThu Mar 01 2001 - 00:00
Preachers' concert helps convert Castro to rockFidel Castro led the standing ovation at the end of a rare rock music gig in Cuba last Saturday night when Welsh band The Manic…Mon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Not only here for the geerBuyer beware: if you think this is a history of end-of-pier gottle of geer merchants, think againSat Jan 13 2001 - 00:00
Watching men behaving like menPutting masculinity under the microscope in Certified Male: (from left) Nicholas Grennell, John Ryan, Vincent McCabe and Ben …Sat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00
Confessions of a stand-upAn intriguing line-up at a "Murphy's Exclusive Audience" show at Cork Opera House last Saturday night saw local act Des Bishop…Tue Nov 28 2000 - 00:00
Lost In The Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman, by Bill Zehme (Fourth Estate. £7.99 in UK)The seminal US TV programme, Saturday Night Live, gave an initial leg-up to some big names - John Belushi, Bill Murray, Chevy…Sat Nov 18 2000 - 00:00
One Step BackAn interview (or should that read question and answer session?) with Steps in the Sunday Express, revealed that the stage school…Fri Nov 03 2000 - 00:00
Some men may very well be from VenusFrom the planet Venus, Aidan Walsh, the self-proclaimed "Master of the Universe", was arguably Ireland's first pop-art celebrity…Sat Oct 28 2000 - 01:00
In Britain it's really the art of the quangoThe Arts Council of Great Britain was established in 1945 and has long been seen as the model for other European countries' approach…Wed Oct 18 2000 - 01:00
Return Of The TapFirst known as The Originals, and then as the New Originals, these legends of Hair Metal didn't fully impact until they changed…Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
The Shock Of The NewIn E.H. Gombrich's classic phrase, too much of criticism is "based on what we know rather than what we see"Fri Oct 06 2000 - 01:00
Comedy TheatreThere's a sort of mini-comedy festival contained within the Dublin Fringe and if you only see one of the shows, make sure it'…Sat Sept 30 2000 - 01:00
Birth of a bandHow to get signed to a record company? Don't send them a demo tapeFri Sept 29 2000 - 01:00
Welcome to the Hall of FameThe night Rich Hall won this year's Perrier comedy award for his show in which he plays a prisoner, he found himself in a real…Sat Sept 23 2000 - 01:00
Disappointment for Ireland's Anna as Craig becomes `Big Brother'Close but not close enoughSat Sept 16 2000 - 01:00
Not a drop of Irish"There's nothing Irish in it at all, you'll be glad to know," says Navan comic Dylan Moran of his new sitcom, Black Books, to…Sat Sept 16 2000 - 01:00
In their own wordsJust after filming the Anthology TV series in 1996, the three surviving Beatles sat down in their Apple office to write their…Sat Sept 16 2000 - 01:00
The Stars Are UndergroundTold you so. Badly Drawn Boy kept my immaculate Mercury Music Prize tip-the-winner-months-before-anyone-else record intact by…Fri Sept 15 2000 - 01:00
Bob Dylan fans treated to intimate Dublin show"Ladies and Gentlemen, would you please welcome Columbia record artist, Bob Dylan" with these words from Dylan's tour manager…Thu Sept 14 2000 - 01:00
Thai transvestitesThe number one nightclub in Thailand - The Mambo Club - is home to the Lady Boys of BangkokSat Sept 09 2000 - 01:00
The band stripped bareThey take their name from a childhood slang term for naked women, they're proud to call themselves a novelty act, they're fat…Fri Sept 08 2000 - 01:00
Mission ImprovisationHaving developed their own little cult following over the last eight years by performing every Monday night at the Comedy Cellar…Sat Sept 02 2000 - 01:00
The boys and the bubbleTonight at midnight in Edinburgh, the Perrier comedy award will be celebrating its 20th year on the Fringe with a champagne-drenched…Sat Aug 26 2000 - 01:00
Radio Gold StarIt all began with Dave Fanning on Big D; and while he may have long been the sole outpost of quality music radio, now it's all…Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
TheatreADA Leverson was a renowned socialite and wit - a contemporary of Oscar Wilde's - and her life and times are marked by a Bewley…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Dylan MoranIn advance of his upcoming Channel 4 sitcom, Black Books, Navan man Dylan Moran took to the stage of HQ last Sunday night to …Thu Aug 03 2000 - 01:00
Brendan Burke, Dara O'Briain, Paddy Courtney, Des BishopIn a month's time, the Perrier Award (still the biggest and the best in the business) will be announced at the Edinburgh Fringe…Mon Jul 31 2000 - 01:00
A Cook's tour of British comedyIt wasn't just sexual intercourse that began in the 1960s - "between the end of the Chatterley ban and the Beatles' first LP", …Sat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
Hot hot hotJust how indie you can get? You're a white four-piece guitar band, you form while at University, you release your debut single…Fri Jul 28 2000 - 01:00
Now the picnic's overIf you think that the last big successful wave of Irish comedy has now left somewhat of a lull in its wake, check out some of…Sat Jul 22 2000 - 01:00
Better, laterGet a load of these figures: during his career, Nick Drake sold about 30,000 albumsFri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
Into the grooveThe casual pop listener, or reader of Q magazine, might think that the mix of 1930s blues and 1990s hip-hop was invented, refined…Fri Jul 14 2000 - 01:00
Beware of Greeks bearing riffsFrom Orpheus and his lyre to Liam Gallagher and his leer in 358 pages flatSat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
What's up, doc?Dr Dre twice revolutionised hiphop, first as a member of N.W.A. and again with The Chronic solo album in 1992Fri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
The Kay ClubA few years back at a gig in Edinburgh, Phil Kay was having terrible problems with his soundSat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00
Rapid Eye MovementsA tale of two Blinks: little-known fact, but the multi-million-selling US neo-punk rockers, Blink 182, used to be known as Blink…Fri Jun 23 2000 - 01:00
On the right soundtrackA soundtrack album for a film that's yet to be made - we've been down this route before, most notably with U2 and Eno's brill…Sat Jun 17 2000 - 01:00
Download and be damnedYou know how it is: you're a grungy, disaffected teenager who plays a bit of a guitarSat Jun 17 2000 - 01:00
Turn left at BristolThe festival season is about to kick in with the dance-fest of Creamfields, the rather big Witness two-day event, another day…Fri Jun 16 2000 - 01:00
Apres Match team is hit of the festival with eerily accurate impersonationsKevin Myers takes to the stage to great applauseMon Jun 05 2000 - 01:00
African BeatSince their explosive performance at Nelson Mandela's inauguration, the Soweto String Quartet have been thrilling audiences worldwide…Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
Faster, Harder, LouderNo Spandex, no poodle hair, no Spinal Tapisms and most definitely no 15-minute drum solosFri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
Ha Ha HaAll roads lead to Kilkenny next week for the sixth Murphy's Cat Laughs Comedy FestivalSat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Wake up and smell the Caffe LatteIn a book that veers from Kant to Puff Daddy in the blink of a designer-framed eye, at a time when the avant garde has collapsed…Sat May 20 2000 - 01:00
Strike up the bandWhen your debut album sells 10 million copies and you're a multi-Grammy winning vocalist, you'd think you would have more on …Sat May 20 2000 - 01:00
