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Horslips matter. They mattered in the 1970s and their reunion proves they matter still. Why? Perhaps, to quote from the opening narration of Return of The Dancehall Sweethearts, the 2005 documentary on the band, “We saw in Horslips something that was ours, something that was of us...[they are] part of what makes us, us.”

While at the Oxegen music festival in 2007, friends Shane, Joe, and Callum decided they wanted to be on stage, not in front of it, and thus Bipolar Empire was born! They approached Mark Maguire, a talented guitarist, songwriter, and longtime friend - and Bipolar Empire became a quartet.

A year on from the sell-out triumph of their December 2009 concerts in Dublin and Belfast, Irish rock legends Horslips are back with a new tour for 2010 and are coming to The Royal Theatre, Castlebar, this Sunday night, November 28.

THE CRANE Bar on Sea Road has a feast of great gigs coming up over the next week with performances from Niall Connolly, Danny Meehan, John Carty, and Declan Sinnott.

ONE OF the darkest days of the Irish music scene occurred on July 31 1975 when three members of The Miami Showband band were killed by UVF paramilitaries at a fake army checkpoint outside Newry.

The Deans blues/rock trio from Galway are set to take the small stage (or area!) in Ryans by storm tonight Friday for a gig that will leave fans yearning for more.

RENOWNED GUITARIST, music arranger, and producer Declan Sinnott brings his Small Town Talk to the big city next week.

This Thursday Night at the TF Royal Hotel sees the start of what is hoped to become one of the finest trad nights in Mayo. We are inviting all local musicians; traditional, Celtic rock, and bluegrass to come along and join us for this new night of a ‘Royal Seisiún’!

EAMON CARR, the music journalist, poet, and former Horslips drummer, will read at the North Beach Poetry Nights in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Monday at 9pm.

Re-Seisiun are a new, exciting and energetic music group based in Athlone. The traditional and popular music group consists of five young lads under the age of 20. Liam, Patrick, Keith, Stephen, and Conor are in the final of this year’s All Ireland Talent show. The next round is on RTE 1 on Sunday January 3 at 6.30pm.Vote throughout the series to keep the guys in the show until the end and crown them the winners.