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Gallery and Set-lists: Pulp / Richard Hawley / The Orielles – St Anne’s park, Dublin 09.06.2023

Another baking hot summers day and back at St Anne’s park Raheny Dublin, this times its Pulp to headline with Richard Hawley and The Orielles opening. The Orielles photos &…

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Meet: Saul Davies of Manchester band James.

With James set to release their 40th anniversary double album of greatest hits reimagined with a full orchestra & choir this June and head out on the road for a…

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Live Review: Bulmer’s Secret Orchard Live Festival at Leopardstown Racecourse, Dublin 16,06,2022

Bulmer’s Secret Orchard Festival is a series of shows held at Leopardstown Racecourse south Dublin consisting of four shows kicking off mid June and running throughout July, held on a…

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Album Review: Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth: Tell Me Yours (20th Year Collectors Edition)

I remember moving to London during the peak of the Brit Pop years in the midst of the Blur versus Oasis hyperbole. But the albums from that era that really…

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News: Travis announces tour and performances of The Man Who live

It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly twenty years since the release of the album ‘The Man Who’ by Travis. Released in the midst of the Brit Pop phenomena and…

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Live Review: Kula Shaker – Albert Hall, Manchester, 10.12.2016

Kula Shaker, named in honour of one of the twelve alvars of Southern India, are a band that need no introduction and the almighty tour they are currently on is testament…

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Album Review: Luke Haines – British Nuclear Bunkers

Luke Haines is one of Britain’s genuine rock n roll eccentrics. As lead singer of The Auteurs he created some of the greatest albums of the era, including my personal…

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