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Our Indie Sleaze Disco party is back this September!

Our Indie Sleaze Disco party is back this September | Nialler9

The fourth edition of our Indie Sleaze party is back after its last venue outing in May and appearance at All Together Now. Once more into the indie

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Update: ALL Irish bands have now cancelled their official SXSW performances this week. That makes 12 Irish & Northern Irish acts to cancel. In lieu of the planned Irish showcases, the artists will make a joint statement at the Velveeta Room at 8pm on

All Irish bands have now cancelled their official SXSW performances | Nialler9

What began with an initial boycott and cancellation of SXSW Festival shows this past weekend by Kneecap in the wake of their US TV debut has now resulted

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4 years

This new Irish government is enough to drive you to a substantial meal.

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Devastating to hear the news of the passing of Sinead O'Connor. After the recent autobiography and film celebrating the courage and conviction she showed in the face of the horrible things she had to endure, you'd hope that her story wouldn't end tragically. She was ahead of her

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6 months

The full statement read out from the Irish artists who pulled out of SXSW in Austin this week live from one of the official showcase stages they were due to play.

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2 years

We’ve got the keys to Dublin’s iconic Fruit and Veg Market off Capel Street for @CultureNight on Sept 23rd and are putting on Night Moves, a special & free night of DJs, discussions and dancing for one night only.

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It's so depressing and upsetting that we literally don't know what we can do from next Friday. I'm involved in five gigs as a band manager, DJ, promoter and curator from Oct 22 with thousands of euro on the line and no alternative if they don't go ahead.

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3 years

Hey, this is working really well, let’s stop doing it.

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Over the last 11 weeks, more than 300,000 people have experienced the traffic-free streets of Capel St & Parliament St. This weekend is the final scheduled weekend so be sure to check it out! #Dublin #CityRecovery #Pedestrianisation

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Great yeah. Close the nightclubs that have been diligently opening safely, putting measures in place and with contact tracing and all and throw everyone out at the same time and encourage house parties and lawlessness. This is loo-lah.

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4 years

Make revenge porn a criminal offence in Ireland

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Who’s on for a night club that starts at 6 in the evening? @tarakumardj did it last week.

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O’Connor was a maverick artist, who never compromised her personal integrity or artistry, who was often ridiculed, and deemed the mad Irish women who shaved her head, who spoke up for minorities, criticised the church for child abuse coverups, Magdalene laundries (which she had

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4 years

This is not a photoshop.

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3 years

It is time for big names of Irish music & art to put pressure on the minister and the government. The Irish live event industry needs a roadmap NOW not at the end of August. Please Speak up. Here’s why:

The Irish live event industry needs a roadmap NOW not at the end of August | Nialler9

Today, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht Sport and Media Catherine Martin T.D. made a statement that was supposed to provide hope for the

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RIP. Eoin French of @thisistalos has passed away after a short illness. Thank you for your music, your positive energy, and for your warm smile in greeting. RIP you beautiful soul.

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Unprecedented. 7 of the 10 Irish acts set to play SXSW have now cancelled their showcases this week, along with 1 Northern Irish act (who get separate funding) Solidarity with Palestine, and military sponsorship of the festival are the cited reasons.

Irish artists pull out of SXSW in solidarity with Palestine and protest of festival military...

Update: See latest article here: All Irish bands have now cancelled their official SXSW performances. A multitude of artists, including Ireland’s own

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3 years

Well this was pure magic. A night of celebrating family and community with @gemmadunleavy1 and her nearest and dearest doing Up De Flats.

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5 years

Something needs to be done to recognise culture as essential in this city. We are losing so much. #fightforyourrighttoparty

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5 years

Very bad news for Dublin city. @TheBernardShaw is to close for good

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4 years

Iconic stuff from @denisechaila + @GodKnowsRF on @OtherVoicesLive in @NGIreland tonight. #courage2020 . Full stream up on YouTube right now. Unreal to see.

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Can only imagine the energy @ItsEricaCody who has been directly targetted by Versatile has to muster to even address it (or any Black Irish person for that matter), never mind call them out repeatedly. @MPIArtists , by representing them they represent you. #DEPLATFORMVERSATILE

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RIP Larry.

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5 years

May as well add myself to the pile. April 13th is the last week of my regular columns for the Irish Times Ticket. That's New Artist Of The Week, Songs you Should Check Out & This Album Changed My Life. That’s another outlet for new music in print every week in Ireland gone. :(

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A @LankumDublin gig in Germany was cancelled due to their support for Palestine 🇵🇸

Lankum Germany gig cancelled due to band's support for Palestine

Lankum's gig Sunday night in Leipzig was cancelled by the festival due to the band's show of solidarity with the people of Palestine. The TransCentury

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#DEPLATFORMVERSATILE

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6 years

. @GretaVanFleet bound for Olympia date in March

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6 months

None of the bands from Ireland took this decision lightly. They should be applauded for making such a decision particularly those who travelled all the way to Texas,only to react in real time as hundreds of other international and US bands there ignore the issue. Solidarity and

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Update: ALL Irish bands have now cancelled their official SXSW performances this week. That makes 12 Irish & Northern Irish acts to cancel. In lieu of the planned Irish showcases, the artists will make a joint statement at the Velveeta Room at 8pm on

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Sorry to see @PMcLoone ’s 22 year radio show coming to an end. A music lover and great broadcaster through and through. His last show is on @TodayFM tonight.

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Congrats to @gemmadunleavy1 for being 1 of 10 recipients of the Markievicz Award 2021

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RIP David Bowie.

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Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar shot the video for new song ‘The Hillbillies’ in the Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre

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It sounds like we just go ahead with full cap gigs and nightclubs because none of what was announced makes any sense and it's all about "general advice" + "protective measures where appropriate."

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3 years

HSE has not been collecting contract tracing information from live venues or nightclubs as they are not "priority areas.”

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3 years

So no standing gigs then but nightclubs can go ahead? what the fuck is going on ?

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Government website says indoor live music/drama/sport should be fully seated, but that people can stand at their seat. That puts paid to any standing-only gigs

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7 years

A massive Stormzy mural has appeared in Smithfield “due to the fact that we all think he’s a complete boyo”.

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7 years

Big love to the man Willie Meighan at @Rollerkilkenny who has terminal cancer and still talked to me about running a record shop for 27 years.💚

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5 years

Here’s ALL the details of @flyinglotus ’ new 27-track album Flamagra with 2 new songs, 1 featuring @LittleDragon

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3 years

It’s really hard to make a living in live music in Ireland right now. 💔

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💔 #WeWillDanceAgain

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Gigs and nightclubs are not just money and jobs either. We need that release. We can't go on like this. 3/4 of people in hospital are unvaccinated. Keep the vaccine certs but let us get back to our lives. Begging.

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3 years

Live music is back: Standing gigs to 1500 people & nightclubs at full capacity from tomorrow

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4 years

If you’re going into a shop this weekend, wear a facemask. This isn’t over yet and we’ve still months before gigs etc can come back to anything like normality.

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3 years

Three Kings 👑👑👑

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@KennyGoo It's relevant because the bands go through separate funding and programme strands. Some NI bands on UK funding. Still some NI bands playing while all Culture Ireland funded bands have now cancelled.

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5 years

🔥Maryland MC @Rico_nastyy for Dublin date in May 🔥

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3 years

WOW. @DeniseChaila wins the @choiceprize 2020 Big congrats to the @narolanerecords crew!

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5 years

For my last Irish Times new artist column, rather than single out 1 act that I’m excited by, I highlighted 36 of the most exciting new Irish acts to watch for in 2019. Signing off.

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3 years

If everyone gets one of these then we can do live gigs on Friday.

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👑 @DeniseChaila nominated for a Music Moves Europe Award

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5 years

. @orlagartland gets 'Heavy' on beautiful new single

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The contrast between the North and South is plain to see.

10,000 people went to a gig in Belfast last night while the Irish government continue to fail us |...

Last night, 10,000 people attended a gig in Falls Park, Belfast as part of Féile an Phobail. The Diversionary Féile Music Night featured DJs Paul Van Dyk

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3 years

My hope was keeping me going and fueling my mental health since Sept 1st. Planning and looking forward for 6 weeks, only for uncertainty to be reintroduced. We are heading towards 2 years of restrictions if we don't open up next week, as if not next week, when will it happen?

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According to Morning Ireland just there, NPHET recommends keeping restrictions on hospitality for "several more months" So many full cap shows sold out til Christmas. It would devastate the live industry and its people. Let us open. 89% over 12 fully vaccinated.

Irish Examiner

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Music promoters, venue owners, and artists have said the Government should continue with the use of Covid certs, but warned against cutting capacity, cancelling shows or reducing opening hours ahead of Cork’s Jazz Festival

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4 years

Worst summer ever.

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8 years

Ireland's oldest raver, John Leslie passed away today at age 99. He loved nightclubbing and "the…

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3 years

What a buzz back with @weareleboom 🎷🙌🔨⚡ @whelanslive

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3 years

A €1 Bandcamp sale equals approx. 300 Spotify streams It’s #BandcampFriday , support a local artist by buying their latest release. Some suggestions:

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1 year

Róisín Murphy’s statement about her trans comments is disappointing

Róisín Murphy's statement about her trans comments is disappointing | Nialler9

Last week, a screenshot of a comment that singer Róisín Murphy made with her private Facebook profile on a post was made public, with many fans expressing

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5 years

Girl Band being the best live band in the country.

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5 years

An aerial photo of the @KaleidoscopeIre campsite taken by the organisers. A great example of #LeaveNoTrace No tents left behind. A family festival can do this. Why not regular campers? Take your tent and stuff home with you if you're going to a festival this summer. 💪

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11 months

Exploring the parameter space: A longform conversation with Autechre A big chat with Sean Booth and Rob Brown ahead of their Dublin show next week.

Autechre: An interview about music, art, funk & emotion | Nialler9

Over the course of a career that has spanned more than three decades, Autechre’s Sean Booth and Rob Brown have transcended their origins as one of the

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We are only allowed do government-sponsored sit down events with financial support. #rtept Yet, we are well ahead in vaccination programme but live music & events have literally no information about our re-opening. So depressing.

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So many artists, musicians, producers, stage techs, front of house, bar staff, promoters, security, DJs, engineers, managers etc etc face getting the rug pulled from under them again.

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Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin accepted the award for Best Original Folk Track at last night's RTE Folk Awards and used to platform to speak up on Genocide in 🇵🇸, specifically the 🇮🇪 Irish government's weak response. The awards were broadcast live on RTE Radio 1. Support for Palestine

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5 years

Very bad news for Dublin city. @TheBernardShaw is to close for good

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3 years

Hi. Just a reminder that Nialler9 has been writing about & sharing new music for over 15 years now. The last year has been really tough, the site is back down to 1 person full-time. If you can show your support, then please consider supporting the Patreon

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3 years

So explain to me why we can only have 200 people at a gig in a field ?

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FANS AT GAMES📢 Pleased to confirm attendances for important upcoming fixtures : -24k-All Ireland Semi Finals 🏐🏒 -40k-All Ireland Finals 🏐🏒 -25k -World Cup Football Qualifiers ⚽️ We will continue to build on the progress to date to get as many fans safely back to our stadia

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5 years

Just listened to 75 new Irish tracks submitted to us. A lot of new music on this island and a lot released this week alone.

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Nick Cave, Johnny Depp, Cerys Matthews & members of Primal Scream, Sex Pistols, Libertines, & Blondie will celebrate Shane MacGowan’s Birthday in Dublin in January

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🖤 @forthoseilove . A cathartisic gig centred on friendship, hardship, grief and love. I have never been at a gig that opened the channel of tears so easily, or accessed billowing comforting sadness so deeply and the magnetic acknowledgement of connection in loss. Beauty 🖤

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44 Irish female artists team up for cover of Cranberries ‘Dreams’ to raise funds for @SAFEIreland To donate €4 now text SAFE to 50300

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5 years

EU musicians and artists will have to pay for a visa to perform in the UK soon

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3 years

So 10,000 people went to a gig in Belfast last night while the Irish government continue to fail us...

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3 years

Reducing nightlife hours again isn’t going to make a lick of difference. It’s just going fuck over people’s livelihoods once again.

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Understand the time being considered is midnight - to be off the premises by midnight, meaning service would stop earlier. Ministers may vary in final decision. Carve out for hotel bars.

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4 months

Legends only

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10 months

Watch @cmatbaby perform live and chat on Graham Norton Show

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5 years

Girl Band closed with the EastEnders theme last night. 💥🐶

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3 years

Today, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht Sport and Media Catherine Martin T.D. made a statement that was supposed to provide hope for the live music industry sector, but actually dashed mine, and made my heart sink lower than I thought…..

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The only thing I had to look forward to professionally this month is now cancelled. 😥 I know this is all for the greater good. My mental health is finding it hard though.

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4 years

I’m getting to DJ this month @HangDaiChinese on September 25th! I haven’t DJed in public since March 6th. 🔥

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Can’t wait until Dublin’s only cultural offering is single weekend lottery draw for a sit at Portobello Plaza ✌🏻

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18 days since I posted this and STILL no info from the gov. Promoters can’t sell any more tickets than the current guidelines allow for Sept / Oct. Venues can’t wait til September to action safety and ventilation guidelines. They need to know

The Irish live event industry needs a roadmap NOW not at the end of August | Nialler9

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3 years

Over 100 Musical instruments now available for teens to loan to try at Ballyfermot Library Great work @GirlsRockDublin

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There were over 1400 applicants & only 13% funded. It’s worth remembering that pandemic or no, the arts is underfunded so if you didn’t get funding in one of the strands, it doesn’t mean you’re not worthy of it. Meanwhile, greyhound racing industry is to get €19.2m in 2021 🤷🏻‍♀️

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184 artists awarded €896,000 funding from Music Industry Stimulus Package for recording

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A lot of talent turned out to play for Shane McGowan's 60th birthday. Nick Cave, Sinead O'Connor, Bono, Damo, Imelda May, Bobby Gillespie, Sharon Shannon, John Sheahan, Camille, Cerys, Carl Barat, Lisa O’Neill, l Lankum, Glen H, and many more. It was like a funeral for Ireland.

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One day I won't have to spend all my time writing about crisis funds and grants and get back to announcing festival lineups. 🌝

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4 years

#Budget2021 : An overview of live music, arts and entertainment funding announced today.

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Watch @PostPunkPodge & @tpmlaws ’ comedic new song about toxic masculinity – ‘Hard Man’

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Please don’t get annoyed if I don’t reply to your new music email requesting feedback or my thoughts. We are all doing our best and time / capacity is limited. 👍🏻 🙏🏻

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For The Culture, Ireland’s first Black Irish music festival announces acts to play Fairyhouse Racecourse

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That's not to mention the PUP winding up and looking once, again, as having no agency to make a living. We need more hospital beds long-term anyway not more punishment of those who have risen to the ask so many times since March 2020

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The excellent songwriter & musician @orlagartland sings about male emotional repression on ‘Zombie!’ 📷 @annalisakarina

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No joke, this is in 9 days time. "I love Europe and after playing Glastonbury, have decided to play a few more shows in various countries around my Hyde Park Show in London on July 9th. Today I am announcing shows in Amsterdam on July 4th, Dublin on July 7th and Paris on July

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Lana Del Rey for Dublin, 3Arena show next week!

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4 years

. @orlagartland wrote a song inspired by friend jealousy – ‘More Like You’

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Mass confusion from government as nightclubs allowed but standing gigs not? Such a mess they’ve made 72 hours out.

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Had a dream I went to two gigs last night. I miss gigs. 😩

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Billie Eilish doesn’t know the band Van Halen. So what? @AndreaCleary_ writes about how we quiz teenage girls interested in music.

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According to Coolio in the new Versatile song, Ringsend is the Compton of Europe.

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There is no excuse for the continued ineptitude on display from the government around the events industry.

Give Us The Night

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Irish venues, nightclubs and music events are being disregarded, and more closures are certain if this continues. We wrote to @MichealMartinTD @LeoVaradkar @cathmartingreen laying out a range of necessary measures to help our industry reopen safely and swiftly.

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Pharoah @DeniseChaila in her armour, shouldering for the rest of us on @OtherVoicesLive tonight 🇮🇪💪

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Nialler9 is 13 years old; here’s 13 great songs, one from each year to celebrate

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The music merch market is back @TGSDublin for Christmas so you can directly support restricted musicians Here’s the big list of artists showing up with their merch.

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Aoife Granville

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Ceol binn Ashling Murphy. Beannacht léi.

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In case anyone wonders what I do with my time.. I spent the morning listening to 187 Irish songs sent to me. It was music of all sorts of genres from Irish artists all over. Either sent direct to irish @nialler9 .com, some PR and tips too.

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