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

 ‘DON’T GO AWAY’

(MUSTIQUE DEMO)’ RELEASED Friday, 9^th September

Taken from ‘BE HERE NOW’ TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 14^TH 2016

Big Brother Records will release ‘Don’t Go Away (Mustique Demo)’. The first time any of Oasis’s legendary Mustique Demos have ever been publically available, the track is now available to stream, download and as an instant grat with album pre-orders https://Oasis.lnk.to/DGA. Never before released as a single in the UK, ‘Don’t Go Away’ is taken from Oasis’s third album ‘Be Here Now’, which is being reissued as part of the ‘Chasing The Sun’ series on October 14^th.

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’. The original tapes were mislaid shortly after the completion of recording, and subsequently achieved mythical status among the band’s huge fanbase. The tapes remained effectively lost until recently unearthed in the depths of the label’s archive, and now all 14 Mustique Demos will be available in special editions of the new Chasing The Sun edition of ‘Be Here Now’. Pre-order here

 http://www.oasisinet.com/

New single and biggest UK tour yet…

No One Will Ever Replace Us – Ignition Records, impact date October 21^st.

Ahead of the release of their fifth album, Courteeners have announced details of a new single and their biggest UK tour to date.

No One Will Ever Replace Us is a modern day anthem dedicated to a very British kind of summertime love. The band’s Liam Fray says of the song, “it’s about finding love in the unlikely surroundings of Glastonbury. There’s almost an under-pinning fear about when you’ve got something so good, and you don’t want it to end.” The track is now available digitally and as an instant grat with album pre-orders. No One Will Ever Replace Us is the second track taken from Courteeners fifth album, Mapping the Rendezvous (following the brilliant recently released track The 17^th).

Courteeners fifth album – Mapping the Rendezvous – is released on October 21^st 2016. Produced by the band’s regular collaborator Joe Cross, Mapping the Rendezvous is the band’s biggest and best album to date – hugely confident and supremely hook-heavy. The album is Courteeners first release on Ignition Records.

Courteeners play a series of autumn dates that takes in arenas and concert halls across the UK. The band will play:

Thursday November 10^th                Stoke on Trent Victoria Hall

Friday November 11^th                      Southampton Guildhall

Saturday November 12^th                  London O2 Brixton Academy

Monday November 14^th                   Bristol O2 Academy

Tuesday November 15^th                  Norwich UEA

Thursday November 17^th                Birmingham O2 Academy

Friday November 18^th                      Liverpool Echo Arena

Saturday November 19^th                  Glasgow Hydro Arena

Monday November 21^st                    Newcastle O2 Academy

Tuesday November 22^nd                  Nottingham Rock City

Thursday November 24^th                Carlisle Sands Centre

Friday November 25^th                      Leeds First Direct Arena

“delicate, country-tinged tracks of sweet melodies and careful craft… 

a beautiful album about loss” – Sunday Times Culture

PIXIE GELDOF reveals details of debut album I’M YOURS out 4 Nov

debuts first ever live session for The Line Of Best Fit

Pixie Geldof has revealed the artwork and track listing for her debut album I’m Yours, due for release on 4 November via Stranger Records, and today premieres her first ever live session, for The Line Of Best Fit.

 Watch So Strong (The Line Of Best Fit Session) via YouTube: https://youtu.be/OIPlGpeq7-A

I’m Yours is a testament to how much we don’t know about Pixie Geldof; who has been writing songs on the quiet, all this time; her tentative musical ambitions now stunningly fulfilled in this sumptuous collection of contemporary leftfield pop. A glistening soundscape, these are lovelorn paeans inspired by the music she’s loved forever, from Mazzy Star in the 90s, to the ghostly guitars of the country greats, to the gossamer wash of Warpaint today. I’m Yours is available to pre-order now via https://lnk.to/PixieGeldofImYours.

 Pixie Geldof – I’m Yours

1. Sweet Thing
2. I’m Yours
3. So Strong
4. Woman Go Wild
5. Rain Comes Down
6. Twin Thing
7. Close To You
8. Escape Route
9. Poison Apple
10. Wild Things Grow

The record was recorded in Los Angeles in autumn-winter 2015 with Grammy and Mercury-nominated producer/mixer Tony Hoffer (M83, Beck, Goldfrapp), with additional strings from esteemed composer David Campbell (father of Beck), a man whose CV begins with work on Carole King’s Tapestry, takes in Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, through the Rolling Stones, Neil Diamond and Radiohead, to Adele’s 21. The first two tracks from the album, So Strong and Escape Route, are available to stream and download now.

 Listen to So Strong and Escape Route via: pixiegeldof.com

PIXIE GELDOF

double A-side single SO STRONG / ESCAPE ROUTE out 17 June

debut album I’M YOURS out 4 November

Pixie Geldof today announces her debut album I’m Yours, due for release on 4 November via Stranger Records. The record is heralded by a double A-side single So Strong and Escape Route, premiered today and available to stream and download from 17 June.

“I’m Yours represents every single human I’ve ever loved in my life,” says Pixie. “Songs of love in every form, platonically, family, in romance. I’m a part of these people’s lives and I’m theirs in any capacity they need me.”

Listen to So Strong

Listen to Escape Route

I’m Yours is a testament to how much we don’t know about Pixie Geldof; who has been writing songs on the quiet, all this time; her tentative musical ambitions now stunningly fulfilled in this sumptuous collection of contemporary leftfield pop. A glistening soundscape, these are lovelorn paeans inspired by the music she’s loved forever, from Mazzy Star in the 90s, to the ghostly guitars of the country greats, to the gossamer wash of Warpaint today.

The record was recorded in Los Angeles in autumn-winter 2015 with Grammy and Mercury-nominated producer/mixer Tony Hoffer (M83, Beck, Goldfrapp, Air, Ladyhawke, Phoenix), with additional strings from esteemed composer David Campbell (father of Beck), a man whose CV begins with work on Carole King’s Tapestry, takes in Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, through the Rolling Stones, Neil Diamond and Radiohead, to Adele’s 21.

Well, that went fast!

As you know, Orchestrate took a sabbatical to travel through SE Asia and it’s almost over! We cannot believe a year has already passed, so many good memories and fun times, but everything has to come to an end, it’s time to get back to work!

We’re busy packing our flip flops and hoping the Irish weather will stay nice for when we arrive back home. If it doesn’t and starts raining again, we will go from +35C to the good old Irish weather that mandates jumpers, rain coats and warm pub nights!

Now, the Irish pub night is actually something we missed along with our close family, close friends and all the people we worked with, so it’s not all doom and gloom for us, we are in fact looking forward to coming ‘home’!

As said, we will be back in business starting the 13th of June. However, as we’ve started promoting some new clients you will start to see some mails from us over the next days. (Pixie Geldof anyone!?)

Just so you know, we don’t have Irish phone numbers just yet, but we will once we open the office so expect me to make you jealous about all our adventures over the past year!

Really looking forward to working and catching up with you all again!

Emma Harney