Franz Ferdinand have announced a mini Irish tour in advance of the release of the band’s fourth studio album, which is due out later this year. The Scottish group will play three dates in May across Ireland. They play Cork on Sunday 20th May in Pavilion. You’ll no doubt have noticed that Dublin has been omitted from the list and while this might annoy some hardcore Franz Ferdinand fans in our capital it’s a refreshing change to see some...
There will be an assisted performance of Second Age Theatre Company’s production of “Macbeth” at the Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork, on Wednesday 21st March, at 8pm. This performance, a first for the Everyman, gives audience members with sensory impairments full access to theatre by means of Audio Description for blind and visually impaired people, and Captioning for people who are deaf, deafened, or hard of hearing. Facilitated by Arts...
The headquarters of the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) was packed to capacity for the IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Awards 2011. Cork Opera House CEO Mary Hickson was on hand to accept the premier accolade of IMRO National Live Music Venue of the Year, which was presented by IMRO Chairman and legendary Moving Hearts man Keith Donald and IMRO CEO Victor Finn. Eoin Ahern from Cork’s Cyprus Avenue picked up the Munster Live Music...
The Delorentos have recently released a 12-track album, ‘Little Sparks’. They have also announced a full electric tour to co-incide. Recorded with Mercury Music Prize Award Winner Rob Kirwan (PJ Harvey), the 12 tracks are the fully-fledged fruits of the band’s recordings over 2011 and display a depth of songwriting prowess that ably eclipses the band’s first two albums and offers a real insight into the ever-growing potential of the...
