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SWELL SEASON IN RADIO CITY NEW YORK

by Shawn Lynch

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PICNIC NEWSFLASH: Manic Street Preachers confirmed for for Hot Press Chatroom

U2 ALBUM recording 'going great'

THE SLEEPING Years sign French record deal

LAURA IZIBOR to release live EP

DUKE SPECIAL announces tour dates

MORE ADDITIONS to Hot Press Chatroom at Electric Picnic

MY BLOODY Valentine to reform?

Strokes back in the studio
Their new Angles album has...
PLan B gets Novello nod
While we’re obviously biased and...
Pete Doherty features in new documentary
He may have been absent...

Music industry talent escorted to The Music Show in the eagerly awaited Alfa Giulietta car.
Top Irish and international talent...
Newton Faulkner Dazzles At Music Show
It was standing room only...
Louis Walsh Challenges Minister Over Lack Of Irish Music On Irish Radio
Westlife manager and X-Factor judge...

hotpress: Yoyo - we've got tickets to give away for Grant Lee Buffalo's Vicar St gig tomorrow night!! http://bit.ly/iGL9b8

hotpress: RT @PaoloNutini: Did some photographs yesterday with the lovely Mark Nixon from Dublin ... http://t.co/7iRICLz

hotpress: More tickets for Take That at Croke Park: A limited number of final tickets will go on sale this Friday http://bit.ly/msypiz

hotpress: Tupelo announce June festival dates: The acoustic roots act will perform at the Temple House music festival next month http://bit.ly/jJTfTh

hotpress: Protobaby for Bialystok Rock Festival: The Limerick rock quartet will be performing at the Polish music festival... http://bit.ly/kyNVqZ

hotpress: Morrissey Says the Queen Should Give Six Counties Back to Ireland: With the visit of Queen Elizabeth to Ireland ... http://bit.ly/k5qmJZ

hotpress: Morrissey Says the Queen Should Give Six Counties Back to Ireland http://t.co/i7Z60nx #Morrissey, #TheQueen

hotpress: Meet Philomena Lynott this weekend!: As her book My Boy remains at No. 1 in the Non-Fiction Paperback bestseller... http://bit.ly/k5luhW



WITNNESS 2003 Live Photos from Witnness 2003 by Roger Woolman and Liam Sweeney. MORE >>	OXEGEN 2007: VIDEO INTERVIEWS Video interviews with the hottest acts at Oxegen... MORE >>	SWELL SEASON IN RADIO CITY NEW YORK by Shawn Lynch MORE >>	Get the Flash Player to see this player.



QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE AT THE AMBASSADOR, DUBLIN "...don’t be fooled: Queens Of The Stone Age, especially with their current personnel, are breathtaking musicians." MORE >>	QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE AT THE AMBASSADOR "Yes, it looks like Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen limbered onstage full of attitude, and grabbed the nearest rhythm section they could find. But don’t be fooled: Queens Of The Stone Age, especially with their current personnel, are breathtaking musicians." MORE >>	ODE TO FOY He once played a gig in a Belfast loo. Now Foy Vance is hanging out with David Holmes and has seen his music make the Grey’s Anatomy soundtrack MORE >>	SONIC ADVENTURES Ahead of Electric Picnic, seminal band Sonic Youth chat to Hot Press. MORE >>	TEST ARTIC MONKEYS tst MORE >>


THE ORACLE: TWO MUSICIANS, ONE NAME Need help, advice or a second opinion? Put your music industry question to the oracle@hotpress.ie. This fortnight, Christy in Derry has the same name as another well known Irish singer and wants to do live gigs in his home area soon. Will he need to change his name in order to do so? MORE >>	AHA SHAKE HEARTBREAK This is the sound of four young men wringing every last sweaty riff from the rock ‘n’ roll dream and loving almost every minute of it. MORE >>
THE REGAL HAS LANDED Raised in the Bible belt, Kings Of Leon have fallen in love with the devil’s music. In an exclusive interview, they explain why rock ‘n roll is just like preaching and reveal what’s in store on their next album. MORE >>
THE HISTORICAL CONQUESTS OF... To be fair to Ritter, he’s played the hand he’s been dealt with bravado and good grace. MORE >>
THE CORAL OF THE STORY Their music might be chilled-out psychedelia, but, in person, The Coral are capable of Gallagher-level rowdiness. Not that they harbour dreams of being the next Oasis. The Liverpool outfit are happy being a cult act... MORE >>


THE SWEET BELL OF SUCCESS Having outgrown Billy Elliot, former teen star Jamie Bell is making his way as a sensitive adult actor on his new film Hallam Foe. MORE >>	PICNIC PERFECT Hot news and gossip from the domestic front MORE >>
THE TABLE DOES LIE The early season form-book may have been turned on its head, but normal service will soon be resumed. MORE >>
CAUGHT IN THE NET Ever dreamed of tucking the old knife-and-fork into someone’s throat, chest, groin or eyes? The Japanese will look after you presently... MORE >>
STAGE: TALKIN' BOUT MY GENERATION The Dublin Theatre Festival celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year. MORE >>


“I SCREAMED AND SCREAMED BUT NO ONE ANSWERED...” When 28 people died in an Israeli massacre at Qana, Lebanon, the Derry Anti-War Coalition occupied Derry's Raytheon Plant. Eamon McCann reports on their visit to Qana. MORE >>	O HAPPY DAY Weeks of blind terror for the nation’s Leaving Cert students finally came to a halt on D-day, as those envelopes were opened... MORE >>
KEEPING UP WITH THE SMITHS AND JONESES Contrary to anti-immigrant mythology, England’s Browns, Smiths and Taylors still outnumber the Singhs, Hussains and Ali’s. MORE >>
THE SYSTEM IS SHAPED BY DUNCES The Leaving Cert results are out, and college offers have been made. But is it not time to reform a system that rewards rote learning over critical thinking? MORE >>
REEFER MADNESS? New research suggests cannabis is five times more damaging than cigarettes and can increase the risk of psychotic illness. But not everyone’s convinced. MORE >>