Monday 25 October, 2021
In 2014, Micheál Martin called for legislation to allow Brooks to play five nights at Croke Park.
“If I get to play and go to Ireland and play music again, we will be the luckiest people on the planet,” Garth Brooks said this week.
Pressure is mounting on the government to review the restrictions on live music events in Ireland.
Government has said it will follow through with its commitments to provide a comprehensive plan for the sector.
James Vincent McMorrow played a pilot live gig in Iveagh Gardens in Dublin last night.
Some large pilot concerts and matches, plus smaller outdoor events, are lined up for next month.
Drug testing could be up and running for music festivals next summer (if they are able to take place).
Tickets for the festival Longitude scheduled to take place in July 2021 have already almost fully sold out.
The Tánaiste said it may be “some time yet” before mass gatherings are allowed.
Minister Catherine Martin says she hopes some smaller live performances will take place before Christmas.
Live music venues, big and small, will be able to apply for a minimum of €10,000 under the scheme,
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly and Minister for Arts Catherine Martin are meeting artists today.
Only young, healthy volunteers were allowed to attend in a bid to limit infection risks.
As music venues slowly begin to host live gigs again, they face a series of financial and logistical challenges.
Images of a socially-distanced concert in England were widely shared during the week.
Cinemas could reopen in August, said Taoiseach Leo Varadkar today.
The concert was his first show Irish show in over nine years.
Additional security and Garda resources will be in operation on Irish Rail trains over the weekend.
Spice Girls’ Mel B said she hopes the sound quality will be “much, much better” at future gigs.
No compensation has been paid to the would be concert goers from the new charges.
The death of the promoter has sent a wave of shock through the Irish music and festival scenes.
It would also prohibit the use of bot software to purchase tickets.
The company has started to roll out this system in the United States in a bid to tackle touting.
Tickets will go on sale this Friday.
The singer suffers from fibromyalgia, a condition which can cause severe pain all over the body.
It would join two Taylor Swift gigs on 15 and 16 June and Michael Bublé on 7 July.
He used forged ‘all area access’ passes to bring concertgoers into the stadium.
The men in question also allegedly planned to target concerts in New York.
Tickets for these shows officially go on sale online and from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide tomorrow morning at 9am.
Up to 5,000 soldiers will be deployed on British streets following the attack.
A number of objections to alcohol sales at Dublin summer concerts were rejected.
The Boss is in town. What better time to check your knowledge of the biggest summer gigs?
They’re not pocketing all the cash from their Irish shows – some will go towards supporting the ‘next U2′.
New rules are going to take effect from October.
Charleville Lodge Hotel is at it again.
“This is a no banana tour.”
The figure has increased since 2012.
The musician has postponed his Castlebar concert.
