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“ONLY ONCE every 10 years or so does one hear a new band this good, this bursting with ideas, this audibly in love with music... It is beyond stunning. This band is the complete package.”

The Swell Season - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - have announced they will play The Town Hall Theatre on Sunday November 30 as part of their upcoming Irish tour.

CLASSICAL MUSIC to thrill the ears and readings from poems and novels which will stir the imagination are set to be the order of the day at the Clifden Community Arts Week which begins tomorrow.

One of the most distinctive voices in the world of music is coming to the Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Sunday December 21. Gaynor Hopkins was born in South Wales where her father worked in a coal mine and her mother shared her love for music with her family of four girls and two boys. Having tried out the stage name of Sherene Davies in the early stages of her career, the talented youngster eventually decided to call herself Bonnie Tyler.

Kilkenny's metal fans are getting ready for one of the most highly anticipated shows of the year as local legends Slave Zero are set to rock the foundations of The Zoo Club on Sunday when they headline the Underground gig.

A QUOTE from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream - “The lunatic, the lover and the poet are of imagination all compact” - inspires the programming of the Music for Galway concert in NUIG’s Aula Maxima next Tuesday at 8pm.

A unique opportunity to see two of the country’s up and coming bands in action presents itself this weekend in Mullingar. This Saturday, September 20, The Stables hosts a double header with The Gandhis and The Urges live on stage.

The festival is named in memory of Irish musician Johnny Keenan, who died in 2000.

Amnesty International's new Ambassador of conscience honoree, Peter Gabriel and former recipient U2's The Edge launched the organisation's Small Places Tour in London last week. The event, held at the Hard Rock Café, outlined a preliminary list of 500 Small Places concerts in 47 countries. Organisers expect the list to grow to 1,000 concerts.

MOZART’S MISSA Brevis will be performed by The Galway Choral Association, under director Mark Keane, in St Augustine’s Church this Saturday at 8.30pm.