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COLEEN, BERNIE, Linda and Maureen are back on their first tour together in 25 years The Nolans ‘In The Mood again tour’will come to the Royal Theatre in Castlebar on November 9.

Our Ladies’ School of Evangelisation, Knock presents Rexband in concert at the Royal Theatre Castlebar, on Sunday August 30. Our Ladies’ School of Evangelisation is a charity organisation. The school is a Catholic school that runs a nine month course in evangelisation training. Its aim is to empower people to live the gospel more fully in their lives and in turn transmit the love of their faith into the wider community. This concert is one of the fund-raising efforts being made in order to keep the school open and functional.

Gemma Hayes has just been announced as the support act for Ray Lamontagne who plays the Royal Theatre Castlebar on Sunday September 6. Gemma is enjoying the success of an artist that comes from years of hard work and love of music, and this showed this January when Hayes was nominated for Best Irish Female at the 2009 Meteor Irelands Music Awards. Hayes' third album The Hollow of Morning was released in May of last year in Ireland, and debuted at number 12 in the Irish Albums Chart, and earlier this year she performed at the Oscar Wilde party in Los Angeles, California. The annual event takes place days before the Oscars, and celebrates the best of Irish popular culture.

While Radiohead (and many rock critics) will not admit it, we all know OK Computer was The Wall for the 1990s and that Thom Yorke and co are indebted to Pink Floyd.

ACOUSTIC SKA/reggae star Chris Murray will play upstairs at the Roisin Dubh tomorrow. A gifted songwriter and dynamic performer, he has captivated audiences throughout the US, Europe, South America, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Canada with his embracing music, penetrating lyrics and soulful presence. From the prestigious Fuji Rock Festival to poverty stricken Oaxaca, Chris delivers his message of hope and humanity with a raw sincerity that connects with the hearts and minds of all.

The upcoming Gael Force West event may be a bit too much for some of you to have a go at, but that doesn’t mean that you have to miss out on all the fun of the event. Once the prize giving is out of the way for the people who put their bodies to the limit during the day, the mother of all after parties will kick off in Westport House when the Legends of Rock take to the stage in the stately home.

Critically acclaimed Irish cellist Gerald Peregrine and pianist Cathal Breslin perform a programme of much-loved cello works at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday September 10 at 8pm.

Snow Patrol have announced a very special Irish tour to take place in December 2009. Snow Patrol Reworked is a live celebration featuring highlights from the band’s 15 year career to date, specially reworked and reinvented. They will be bringing these rewordings live to the stage in Castlebar in the Royal Theatre on Sunday December 6. Snow Patrol are a truly global multi platinum, multi-million, selling success story and the Reworked tour offers a chance to look back to the early days of their career as well as giving fans the opportunity to hear their work interpreted in a new way — at each show Snow Patrol will be joined by other musicians and surprise guests.

A Band Called Wanda are an enigmatic, energetic four-piece band from the west of Ireland.

Kilkenny’s newest theatre The Set is playing host to UK electronic music group The Orb this weekend which is sending shivers of excitement down the spines of many ‘90s music fans throughout the county.