8 d. ago Friends Again: Glasgow 1980s new wave band reforms for Celtic Connections gig

Described at “the missing link between the Postcard Records sound and the Bellshill sound” by Record Collector magazine, Friends Again will play a concert to revisit a moment from the early 1980s Glasgow music scene.

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8 d. ago 'Genuinely exciting acts': Elton John says Irish music is having a moment

The legendary singer-songwriter reveals his excitement about a new wave of Irish talent

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1 week ago Fake sexualised images created through X ‘very serious’ – Irish media watchdog

‘It’s possible that they could end up withdrawing parts of the service,’ John Evans of the Irish media regulator said.

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2 w. ago ‘By 15, I was hanging out with Skrillex’: the idiosyncratic club music of reformed EDM kid Villager

Disillusioned by his early EDM success, Alex Young bought hardware, embraced UK dance culture – and reinvented himselfFrom Washington, DCRecommended if you like Floating Points, Jon Hopkins, Joy OrbisonUp next A slew of new music from the vaultIt was probably the moment when he was paid $10,000 to DJ a spin fitness class that Alex Young, barely 16 at the time, felt he had lost touch with what music was all about. “At 13, I was like, if I could ever hang out with Skrillex, my life would be complete,” he says, sipping a pilsner on an icy day in Washington DC. “Then by 15, I’m doing it.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago John Major ‘shouted at’ by Irish justice minister in Troubles

Minister Padraig Flynn was exercised by a range of security issues.

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3 w. ago Awkward moment Venezuela tyrant Maduro salsas with robot as US flies special operations troops into Caribbean

THIS is the moment Nicolás Maduro sways awkwardly to Venezuelan Christmas music, grinning as he shuffles side-to-side with a humanoid robot. The a bizarre, almost comic spectacle was staged just as the United States tightens the military and economic noose around his regime. Footage shows the Venezuelan tyrant bobbing to the beat of a 'gaita',...

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