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Shine Through the Ages
This Saturday Belfast's longest-running electronic music promotion celebrates its twentieth birthday with a heavyweight roster of acts who have graced its club nights over the course of its tumultuous...
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Beat Root
In terms of giving scarcely-seen, true artists a rare platform in Northern Ireland, the Moving On Music folk tend not to disappoint.On this, the third and final night of their Beat Root alternative...
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U2 Announce First Northern Ireland Shows in 18 Years
After a week of online speculation Irish rockers U2 have confirmed their first Belfast gigs since their PopMart Tour came to Botanic Gardens in 1997.The band will play the SSE Arena, formerly the...
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Listen to SOAK's Debut Album
A little over two years since she first began to make waves in the music world, the first full-length album by Derry songstress SOAK is finally live for all to hear.Preceded by two self-released EPs...
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Watch U2's Historic Botanic Gardens Concert in Full
Tickets went on sale this morning for U2's first live concerts in Northern Ireland in 18 years. Fans queued through the night for the chance to see the band play two recently-announced shows at...
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Fever Spreads for Discobeard
With their idiosyncratic interpretations of classic pop, rock and soul tunes, and no frills approach to music-making, Discobeard have taken the live music scene in Belfast and beyond by storm.Featuring...
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Belfast Music - October 2015
View a selection of musical performances in venues and spaces throughout Belfast this month, with a packed line-up of exciting gigs and more from emerging artists and international names.More Than...
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David Lyttle Makes History with MOBO Nod
Acclaimed County Down musician, songwriter and producer David Lyttle has been recognised by one of the UK’s most prestigious music institutions with a nomination for this year’s MOBO awards. He is the...
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Gary Lightbody Announces Belfast Christmas Show
Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody will return to Belfast for an intimate homecoming show at the Waterfront this December.The announcement follows a string of similar stripped down performances which have...
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Johnny Crampsie Song and Dance Music Festival
The Alley Theatre in Strabane is delighted to be hosting the 20th Anniversary of C.R.A.I.C. with the ‘Johnny Crampsie Song and Dance Music Festival’, with concerts and workshops taking place throughout...
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SOAK Nominated for Mercury Prize
Derry star SOAK has been named amongst the nominees for this year's Mercury Prize, which annually recognises the best album from the UK and Ireland.The singer-songwriter's debut Before We Forgot How to...
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Top Ten Radar Gigs
Since 2005 Radar has given a pronounced platform for local artists in the form of regular, free-to-attend shows in the heart of Belfast, at Queen's University's Students Union. Whether on the Speakeasy...
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Requiem for a Scene
Image by Carrie Davenport PhotographyAround Queen's Students Union last Thursday night, all the talk was of 'the end of an era'. Radar, the free weekly showcase for Northern Ireland's best...
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Cinema Paradiso
Saturday, November 21, 8pmDown Arts CentreCinema Paradiso offers a special evening of romantic and inspiring music from uplifting films including Chocolat, Amélie, Titanic, Twilight, The Mission and...
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U2
Images from U2Start.comIt's a long time since U2 last played Belfast. Babies born in May 1998 are doing their A-levels next summer. It was three days before the Good Friday Agreement was ratified by...
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Watch U2's Historic Botanic Gardens Concert in Full
Tickets went on sale this morning for U2's first live concerts in Northern Ireland in 18 years. Fans queued through the night for the chance to see the band play two recently-announced shows at...
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A Not So Lyttle Year
After almost a year as Musician-in-Residence at the Nerve Centre your tenure is soon drawing to a close. Can you give us an outline of what the year has involved?David: I've been collaborating with a...
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Still Getting Their Kicks
It’s hard to believe that The Undertones’ 'Teenage Kicks'– legendary DJ John Peel’s favourite song – burst onto the airwaves thirty seven years ago. Or that The Undertones, the progenitor of Irish...
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Steve Albini to Speak in Belfast
One of the world’s top music producers is to visit Belfast next year to inspire those working in the industry here.Steve Albini – who has worked with the likes of Nirvana, Pixies, Manic Street...
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Mydidae
A play set in a bathroom, on the anniversary of a stillbirth, when a husband and wife, traumatised by loss, experience their marriage painfully disintegrating.Such is the scenario of Jack Thorne’s...
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