ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘BLOSSOM’

RELEASED MARCH 17 ON IGNITION RECORDS

& appearance at Longitude Festival, Dublin on 14-16^th July

 “Milky Chance is finally back and better than ever” Baeble Music

Multiplatinum duo MILKY CHANCE have announced details of their highly anticipated second album, ‘Blossom’. The follow-up to their 2014 international hit debut ‘Sadnecessary’, ‘Blossom’ will be released March 17 on Ignition Records.  ‘Blossom’ features 14 brand new tracks, including lead single ‘Cocoon’, new track ‘Doing Good’ and ‘Bad Things’ which has a guest vocal from award-winning British singer Izzy Bizu. Pre-order the album, watch the new video for ‘Doing Good’ and listen to ‘Cocoon’.

‘Cocoon’ is quietly becoming a 2017 smash, reaching over 38 million Spotify plays and over 7.9 million YouTube/VEVO views with its seamless fusion of folk and electronica. The song – described by Time Magazine as “Somewhere between the folksy rock of Vampire Weekend and the haunting electropop of Beach House” – has reached Top 25 at Alternative radio in the USA, Top 10 in Germany and achieved certified Gold status in Australia.

MILKY CHANCE — comprised of Clemens Rehbein and Philipp Dausch — explain that ‘Cocoon’ was inspired by period of reflection on the runaway success of ‘Sadnecessary’. Recorded when the German duo were still in their teens, ‘Sadnecessary’ includes the international hit ‘Stolen Dance’ – which has over 312 million Spotify plays and is one of the Top 20 most Shazam-ed tracks in history – and consequent hit singles ‘Down By The River’ and ‘Flashed Junk Mind’.

Milky Chance have also announced their Irish date at this year’s Longitude Festival, in Marlay Park, Dublin 14-16 July. The gig will be their first in the Ireland since selling out Vicar Street in 2015.  Milky Chance toured the world with ‘Sadnecessary’, including Glastonbury, Coachella and Lollapalooza Festivals, legendary outdoor venue Red Rocks, and three sold-out US Tours comprising more than 60 dates in total.

The duo have also released the first chapter of their ‘Blossomentary’ which can be found on their website www.milkychance.net. Chapter 1 allows fans to virtually follow Clemens and Philipp to their studio where they recorded their new album, see inside the studio and act as a virtual sound mixer while the band performs ‘Doing Good’ acoustically, and explore many other surprises. The more the user explores, the more they are able to unlock and discover. This is the first of three chapters to be revealed leading up to the album’s launch.

Milky Chance ‘Blossom’ tracklisting:

1. Blossom
2. Ego
3. Firebird
4. Doing Good
5. Clouds
6. Cold Blue Rain
7. Stay
8. Bad Things (feat. Izzy Bizu)
9. Cocoon
10. Losing You
11. Peripeteia
12. Alive
13. Piano Song
14. Heartless

Pre-Order Blossom here.

www.milkychance.net

Return to Ireland this March with new single ‘After Eve’

“Irish frontman McNamara has a knack of enveloping the listener with his story telling style song-writing”

– Source Magazine, UK

With baritone vocals, soaring strings and a unique outlook on a familiar tale, Warsaw Radio return with the launch of their new single ‘After Eve’, exploring one of the first ever love stories – Adam and Eve. Produced by Jag Jago (The Maccabees and Florence Welch) and mastered by John Davis (U2 and White Lies) at Metropolis in London, ‘After Eve’ draws listeners in from the start with rich orchestration and McNamara’s warm vocals. The narrative follows a unique perspective, imaging if Adam and Eve separated after they are forced out of the Garden of Eden, sung from the perspective of Adam. The entirely original outlook on the religious tale, alongside combined baritone vocals layered above soaring strings, forms an addictive single.

Fresh from their feature on BBC Introducing Warsaw Radio will arrive back on home soil on 22^nd March with shows in Whelan’s, Dublin, Crane Lane, Cork, Dolan’s, Limerick and The Loft in Galway before returning to the UK to play the Brighton Fringe festival in May.

Limerick frontman Brían McNamara is joined by band members Nicola Bates on violin & backing vocals, Paul Lennox on Drums, Laurence Bridge on bass, Chris Webber on lead guitar.

As a group Warsaw Radio take influence from the likes of Wilco, Fleetwod Mac, The Waterboys and The Frames. They are all set for UK and Ireland dates from February, kicking off with a home town head-line show at Komedia Brighton on February 8^th.

Wednesday 8 February                 Komedia, Brighton

Saturday 11 February                     Sofar Sounds, London

Wednesday March                        Whelan’s, Dublin

Thursday 23 March                          Crane Lane Cork

Friday 24 March                                Dolan’s, Limerick

Saturday 25 March                          The Loft, Galway

Thursday 11 May                              Brighton Fringe Festival.

Keith Donald’s one-man show NewBliss will be performed in the John Field Room in National Concert Hall, Dublin at 8pm on Tuesday 28 February, 2017.

NewBliss is more than a play, it’s a musical memoir, with 5 instruments, 10 songs and 900 lines of verse. NewBliss tells the story of Keith’s journey from a troubled and talented child growing up in Belfast to a masterful musician in Ireland, Europe and beyond. It is an insight into the life of a musician, from pit orchestra gigs to pay the bills, all the way through to sold out stadium tours.

For more than thirty years Keith’s successful musical career was blighted by addiction. Twenty years after getting sober, Keith sat down and wrote NewBliss, a one-man play which is an unflinching and emotional look back at his life and his desperate battle with alcoholism. It combines Keith’s words, verse and music to tell the story of his journey from addiction to redemption.

With brutal honesty and humour, in music as well as words, he tells us about the mistakes he made, the hearts he broke, the huge successes and moments of light, the promises he couldn’t keep and the loss of friends and colleagues on the way. Finally, he reveals how he eventually found redemption. It’s a raw, heart-breaking and at times blackly comic story, told first hand by its survivor.

Keith Donald is a renowned saxophone and clarinet player who is most well-known as a founding member of Moving Hearts. In a career that has spanned over fifty years Keith has played on over eighty albums and worked with artists including Van Morrison, Mary Coughlan, Ronnie Drew, Christy Moore, Don Baker, Louis Stewart, Gerry Mulligan, Zoot Sims, Barney Kessel, Vusi Mahlasela, Mary Black, Tom Robinson, Fiachra Trench, Noel Kelehan, and dozens of others in many genres.

Tickets €20 available from www.nch.ie / (01) 4170000

http://www.keithdonald.com  / https://www.facebook.com/KeithDonaldNewBliss/

NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS WILL JOIN U2 ON ‘THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR 2017’ ACROSS THE UK AND EUROPE

Live Nation today announced that U2 will return to select stadiums this year with U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, in celebration of the 30^th anniversary of the band’s seminal album. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will join the band as special guests and will play 8 venues across the UK and Europe.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will join the tour when it opens in Europe in Twickenham on 8^th July.

Noel said,“It will be both a pleasure and an honour to play my part in what still remains the greatest show on earth.”

U2’s fifth studio album The Joshua Tree was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and featured iconic artwork which cemented the career of photographer and director Anton Corbijn. Recording took place in Dublin at Windmill Lane Studios and Danesmoate, the house which subsequently became bassist Adam Clayton’s home.

“The original was such a ground-breaking tour, the one people always ask about. I’m thrilled that the band can celebrate The Joshua Tree in this way with the fans, the time is right.” – Arthur Fogel, President – Global Touring and Chairman – Global Music, Live Nation

“It seems like we have come full circle from when The Joshua Tree songs were originally written, with global upheaval, extreme right wing politics and some fundamental human rights at risk. To celebrate the album – as the songs seem so relevant and prescient of these times too – we decided to do these shows, it feels right for now. We’re looking forward to it.” – The Edge

“Recently I listened back to The Joshua Tree for the first time in nearly 30 years… it’s quite an opera.  A lot of emotions which feel strangely current, love, loss, broken dreams, seeking oblivion, polarisation… all the greats… I’ve sung some of these songs a lot… but never all of them.  I’m up for it, if our audience is as excited as we are… it’s gonna be a great night. Especially when we play at home. Croke Park… it’s where the album was born, 30 years ago.”- Bono

Tickets for the U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 are on sale Monday, January 16^th in Ireland, the UK and Europe and Tuesday, January 17^th in the US and Canada. As usual, there is an exclusive priority presale for U2 Subscribers at U2.com from Wednesday, January 11^th (9am) through Friday, January 13^th (5pm) local times. Tickets will be general admission on the floor and reserved seating in the stands. There will be a 4 ticket limit for subscriber purchases and a 6 ticket limit commencing with public sales. In North America, all floor tickets will be paperless unless otherwise noted.

U2: The Joshua Tree Tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring. UPS is the Official Logistics Provider of the tour.

 For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.u2.com & www.livenation.com

THE PAPER KITES

Release their single BLOOM in Ireland.

Australian indie-folk outfit The Paper Kites melds earthy instrumentals to create a sumptuous backdrop for the band’s pitch perfect harmonies. First released on their debut EP Woodland, Bloom is a stunning song that encapsulates everything that makes The Paper Kites hugely popular; upon hearing Bloom the listener is transported on a journey to a gorgeous, folk-inspired landscape, a world rich with personal lyrics and a raw sonic beauty.

Since its release Bloom currently has 60 million plays on Spotify, featured on a number of playlists, and amassed nearly 15 million YouTube views alone. The song recently peaked at #20 on the Dutch airplay charts in the Netherlands and was playlisted on the influential Dutch radio station NPO 3FM.

The Paper Kites began with Sam Bentley (lead vox, guitar, harmonica) and Christina Lacy (lead vox, guitar, keys, mandolin) playing local cafes in their hometown of Melbourne, Australia. When invited to play a local festival, they decided it was time to expand by adding David Powys (vox, guitar, banjo, lap steel), Sam Rasmussen (bass, synths), and Josh Bentley (drums, percussion). Since their inception in 2010 the band have released two acclaimed studio albums, States (2013) and twelvefour (2015), both entering the top twenty of the Australian album charts. They have quickly become one of Australia’s best-loved live acts and they have sold out a number of headline shows in their home country, and across both sides of the Atlantic in the US and Europe.

iTunes link: http://po.st/tpkbloom  Spotify: http://po.st/bloomsp

Golden Discs are delighted to announce a new partnership with Exertis and Tesco to bring home entertainment to eighty Tesco stores nationwide. Golden Discs standalone stores start appearing in Tesco from today selling the latest movies, music, PlayStation & Xbox games. With Christmas just around the corner, Tesco shoppers will now be able to pick up the latest blockbuster films, favorite TV show box sets, stocking filler CDs or an armload of new games from ‘Santa’ along with their weekly groceries.

“This is an exciting new chapter for Golden Discs,” said Stephen Fitzgerald, CEO of Golden Discs. “Marrying our product knowledge and specialist credentials with the geographical reach and scale of Tesco will both enhance the customer experience and grow the business.”

Established in 1962, Golden Discs is Ireland’s only homegrown music retail brand. It currently operates fourteen stores around Ireland and employs over 150 people. With an emphasis on excellent customer service and product knowledge, Golden Discs has grown its business in recent years, opening new stores and expanding their vinyl selection which has proven to be a big hit with customers.

Sheila Gallagher, Commercial Director, Tesco Ireland, said the established Golden Discs brand aligned with Tesco’s reach made the deal with Exertis an ideal fit. “Tesco is committed to providing our customers with the best retail experience possible and to supporting Irish suppliers when the opportunity presents. We are delighted that our customers will be able to enjoy its innovative range of home-entertainment offerings and music, movie and games products as part of their Tesco shop.”

Tesco Ireland is one of the biggest private sector employers in Ireland employing over 14,500 colleagues across the country. It contributes €3.2billion to the Irish economy every year and sources from over 480 Irish food and drink suppliers. Supporting local suppliers is very much part of the business ethos of Tesco Ireland.

Golden Discs at Tesco branded concessions will be available in the following Tesco stores:

EDDI READER RETURNS TO IRELAND – FEBRUARY 2017

SHOWS IN: SLIGO, GALWAY, DUBLIN, BALLYMALOE, LIMERICK, TRALEE, ARMAGH, OMAGH, LETTERKENNY & BELFAST

Scottish songstress, Eddi Reader celebrates her 30-year career with the release of her first career spanning compilation Eddi Reader The Best Of. She returns to Irish shores from the 12th – 26th of February 2017 for her ninth consecutive nationwide tour. Hitting Sligo, Galway, Dublin, Ballymaloe, Limerick, Tralee, Armagh, Omagh, Letterkenny and Belfast, she will be joined by her regular band members, John Douglas (guitar & vocals), Boo Hewerdine (guitar & vocals), Alan Kelly (piano accordion) and Kevin McGuire (double bass & vocals).

With her captivating and powerful performance, Eddi Reader has effortlessly developed into one of popular music’s most thrilling and affecting performers. What sets Eddi apart is the depth and quality of the emotional performance and ability not only to move the listener, but also to connect her experience to that of her audience. Having first hit the limelight in the 1980’s with the group Fairground Attraction (who enjoyed huge chart success with their debut No.1 single Perfect and album First of a Million Kisses), Eddi went on to collaborate on many celebrated projects throughout the years, famously harmonizing with Annie Lennox while touring with the Eurythmics and paying her punk dues with a successful stint in the group Gang of Four. However it has been Eddi’s subsequent solo albums that have cemented her image as a powerful figure in British music.

With 9 critically acclaimed solo albums, 3 BRIT awards, a #1 single and MBE in tow, 2016 welcomed the release of her first career spanning compilation entitled, The Best Of, featuring material from across Eddi’s prestigious 30 year recording career. Including thirty of her most consistently beautiful, often deeply personal and intimate songs, Eddi Reader The Best Of gives us a generous insight into her wide ranging artistry and songwriting, time and again showcasing her knack for picking a great song and making it her own. Declared, “a definitive musical portrait of one of the finest voices this country has produced, whether that be in folk, pop or any other genre” by Folk Radio UK.

★★★★★ The Herald   ★★★★★ Maverick

“One of Scotland’s Greatest National Treasures” The Scotsman

“Eddi Reader is one of my favourite singers of all time” Jools Holland

“One of the great voices in British music” Acoustic magazine

 “The energy she uses in a single performance could probably power a wee village on the outskirts of her native Glasgow” The Scotsman

Catch Eddi Reader performing live on her forthcoming Irish tour:

Sun Feb 12th – SLIGO – Hawk’s Well Theatre http://www.hawkswell.com 071 9161518

Tue Feb 14th – GALWAY – Town Hall Theatre http://tht.ie 091 569777

Thu Feb 16th – DUBLIN – Vicar St. http://www.vicarstreet.com 01 7755800

Fri Feb 17th – BALLYMALOE (Co. Cork) – Grainstore http://ballymaloegrainstore.com 021 465 2531

Sat Feb 18th – LIMERICK – Lime Tree Theatre https://www.limetreetheatre.ie 061 953400

Sun Feb 19th – TRALEE – Siamsa Tíre http://www.siamsatire.com 066 7123055

Thu Feb 23rd – ARMAGH – Market Place Theatre http://www.marketplacearmagh.com 028 3752 1821

Fri Feb 24th – OMAGH – Strule Arts Centre https://strule.ticketsolve.com/#/shows 028 8224 7831

Sat Feb 25th – LETTERKENNY – An Grianan http://www.angrianan.com 074 9120777

Sun Feb 26th – BELFAST – Lyric Theatre https://lyrictheatre.co.uk 028 9038 1081

www.eddireader.com

Golden Discs opens in Dundrum Town Centre

Golden Discs is delighted to announce the opening of their new store in Dundrum Town Centre, the largest store in the Golden Discs’ portfolio at over 10,000 square feet. The store opens its doors on Thursday 10^th November at 6pm, to coincide with Dundrum Town Centre’s annual Shop & Rock event.

This follows the recent opening of Golden Discs’ new superstore on Henry Street, marking their return to the street after a seven year hiatus. The company is hiring an additional fifty staff for the new stores bringing the total employed to over 150 people.

Golden Discs Dundrum will host their first instore event on Friday 18^th November when Olly Murs will sign copies of his new album 24 Hours. A limited number of wristbands for this event will be available when you buy the album instore on Friday 11^th from Golden Discs Dundrum.

Golden Discs has been synonymous with music and home entertainment in Ireland since 1962. Despite the last recession and the contraction of the music retail industry, Golden Discs has not just weathered the storm but managed a significant expansion of their business.

Golden Discs specialises in vinyl, a growth area of the music retail market, and is continually expanding this offering to keep pace with customer demand. As well as CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray the company also carries accessories including record players and a wide range of headphones to suit every budget.

CEO of Golden Discs, Stephen Fitzgerald says, ‘We’re hugely excited about opening Ireland’s largest home entertainment store in Ireland’s premier shopping location. We have the largest range of music and movie products and are working around the clock to be ready for Dundrum’s Shop & Rock event on Thursday evening.’

www.goldendiscs.ie / www.dundrum.ie

Golden Discs returns to Henry Street!

Golden Discs are delighted to announce their return to Henry Street after a seven year hiatus, as part of their expansion plans.  They will celebrate the opening with a performance from Dublin’s favourite band The Riptide Movement in store next Thursday 27^th October at 6pm at the new location at 18 Henry Street, Dublin 1.

Golden Discs have been synonymous with musical and home entertainment offerings in Ireland since 1962. As well as specialising in CDs, Vinyl, DVDs and Blu-ray the company also carries accessories and merchandise including beautiful record players and a whole range of headphones to suit every budget.

Golden Discs are delighted to announce that they will be hiring an additional twenty people for the Henry Street store to join their current team of over 100 staff, to help Irish consumers make the best choices when it comes to buying home entertainment.

What makes this location extra special, is that Golden Discs Henry Street will host a large vinyl department to whet the appetites of the most avid music fans.

“Everyone at Golden Discs is working around the clock to get the new stores fitted, stocked and open as quickly as possible. The next few months are the busiest of the year and typically also carry the most exciting releases and this year is no exception with huge audio and visual releases” said Stephen Fitzgerald, CEO of Golden Discs.

The Riptide Movement celebrate their 10^th anniversary with the release of their fourth album ‘Ghosts’ this Friday 21st Oct. This will be a chance to see one of Dublin’s most exciting and energetic bands perform in very intimate surroundings on their home turf!

Golden Discs are looking forward to announcing further store openings later this month.

‘STAND BY ME (MUSTIQUE DEMO)’

AVAILABLE NOW ON BIG BROTHER RECORDINGS

FROM ‘BE HERE NOW’ CHASING THE SUN EDITION RELEASED OCTOBER 14

With today marking the 20^th anniversary of the first day of recording ‘Be Here Now’ at Abbey Road Studios, Big Brother Recordings have released the Mustique Demo of the classic Oasis single ‘Stand By Me’. The track is available to stream, download and as an instant grat with ‘Be Here Now’ album pre-orders from https://Oasis.lnk.to/SBM

Recorded on the Caribbean island in early 1996 by Noel Gallagher and Owen Morris, the Mustique Demos are the original demos for ‘Be Here Now’. None of these original versions of the songs have ever been heard by anyone outside of the band before now. Two of the demos have recently been released to stream and download – ‘Don’t Go Away (Mustique Demo)’, listen https://Oasis.lnk.to/DGA, and ‘Angel Child (Mustique Demo)’, listen https://Oasis.lnk.to/AngelChild

All fourteen Mustique demos are available on special editions of the new Chasing The Sun edition of ‘Be Here Now’, released October 14^th on Big Brother Recordings.  The release follows the successful reissues of ‘Definitely Maybe’ and ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’, which were part of the same series. Pre-order ‘Be Here Now’ here

OASIS ‘BE HERE NOW’ CHASING THE SUN EDITION

Re-mastered from the original tapes, ‘Be Here Now’ Chasing The Sun Edition is released on October 14^th and will be available on the following formats:

• Standard CD & digital download
• Special Edition 3 x CD & Deluxe digital download
• 12” vinyl LP with download code for 2 volumes of bonus content
• Limited edition Super Deluxe Box Set

Deluxe formats include rare and unreleased recordings plus the Mustique Demos.

‘D’You Know What I Mean? (NG’s 2016 Rethink)’ is available to stream and download now and as an instant grat with album pre-orders. The original 1997 video for the track has been re-cut, re-graded and is now in HD, watch here http://vevo.ly/jg7sBL

Also available to stream and download now and as an instant grat with album pre-orders is ‘My Big Mouth (Live At Knebworth Park)’ which was recently made available to coincide with the 20-year anniversary of Oasis’ landmark gig at Knebworth.

Pre-order ‘Be Here Now’ Chasing The Sun Edition here