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The singer died at his home in Killarney, Ireland.

Badly Drawn Boy and Sugarhill Gang are among the first names revealed for the ReadiPop Festival 2022.

The Quietus , June 5th, 2021 07:56 With the publication of his new book, When Quiet Was The New Loud, Tom Clayton seeks to re-assess the oft-derided music of Coldplay, Travis, Turin Brakes et al I can’t remember exactly when, but there was a moment when I realised much of the music I’d grown up with was Not Cool. My formative listening years – roughly between the ages of 12 and 16 – ran from 1998 to 2003. I spent them digging the vaguely anxious, mild-mannered cluster of bands the NME called the ‘New Acoustic Movement’ (NAM). Alan McGee, while referring to Coldplay’s debut alb...

It was October 2019, a long-ago place where we took gigs for granted and Covid-19 meant nothing. The annual Hard Working Class Heroes festival — showcasing the best of emerging Irish talent — had been renamed Ireland Music Week and among those hoping to get noticed was Dublin singer-songwriter Aaron Smyth. One of the shows he played was at the Workman’s Club, and Andrea Madden was among the industry attendees. Smyth wasn’t to know it at the time, but she was music supervisor for Made in Chelsea and on the lookout for new songs to use in the hit TV show

Tom Dunne's Music & Me: Fr Ted, Ian Gillan and other tales from my secret soccer past  An alternative football scene in the 1990s gave some of us from the Irish music world a chance to rub shoulders, and kick shins, with our celebrity brethren from the UK. It was a lot of fun, and occasionally got a little spicy  Alternative Ireland: BACK, L-R,  Dermot Morgan. Nicky English, Jerry Fehily (Hot House Flowers), Barney Rock (?), Billy McGrath, unknown, Oliver Walshe; FRONT,  Shay Healy, Ray Treacy, Tom Dunne, PJ Smith (No Sweat),  Chris de Burgh, Tony Fenton. Mon, 01 Feb, 2021 - 09:30 Tom D...