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This may only be copied under the terms of a Newspaper Licensing Ireland agreement (www.newspaperlicensing.ie) or wirtten publisher permission. -2- Table of Contents 26/05/2013 U Magazine: Festival Guide............................................................................................................................... 3 11/05/2013 Irish Farmers Journal Country Living: HEARD ON THE GRAPEVINE.......................................................................................................... 7 26/04/2013 Galway City Tribune: HIGH HOPES IN MONROE'S........................................................................................................... 8 25/05/2013 Southern Star: MARITIME FESTIVAL..................................................................................................................... 9 02/05/2013 Letterkenny Post: Music award................................................................................................................................10 18/05/2013 The Herald - City Final Edition: Nicky proves he's a big Hit at RTE with summer TV presenting gig............................................. 11 08/05/2013 The Herald - National Edition: Nightclub has songs banned in royalty row.................................................................................13 08/05/2013 Irish Times: Nightclub playlist reduced bylmro...............................................................................................14 01/06/2013 Irish Tatler: Notes to self................................................................................................................................15 08/05/2013 Donegal Post: Ocean FM rewarded for supporting Irish Musicians.....................................................................16 02/05/2013 Sligo Weekender: Ocean FM wins IMRO music awards............................................................................................ 17 Copyright Material. This may only be copied under the terms of a Newspaper Licensing Ireland agreement (www.newspaperlicensing.ie) or wirtten publisher permission. -3- U Magazine Circulation: 27564 Sunday, 26 May 2013 Area of Clip: 244200mm² Page: 46,47,48,49 Page 1 of 4 Forkingout your hard-earned What's hot: After its short hibernation last year, Oxegen is back once again! It's been voted savingsto cram into a field filled Best European Festival in the past, it's 100 per with 50,000 other people (whilewearing cent carbon neutral and features a bunch of your favouritepolka-dot raincoat and all-important little extras such as a silent disco, a campsite Hunterwellies) may not soundtoo appealingto funfair and a beauty salon tent. Plus, it's one most people.But throwin someof the top musical festival where you're bound to see some actsin the world,hours of live music,open-air celebs donning their welly best! stagesand mud-coveredmemories with your friends Tickets: Day tickets are €79.50, a two-day and you have all the ingredientsyou need for one non-camping pass costs €149.50 and a threeday unforgettablesummer. Music festivals have never camping pass is €199.50. Head over to been so popularand with hundredsof acts www.oxegen.ie for more information. cominglive to a field near you pretty soon,Natalie Burke has hand-picked someof this summer'shottest music festivalsat homeand abroad. Electric Picnic Type: Three day camping festival Date: 30 August - 1 September Where: Stradbally, Laois Who's playing:My Bloody Valentine, Wu-Tang Clan, The Knife, Arctic Monkeys, Bjork, Fat Boy Slim, Hudson Mohawke, Dublin Gospel Choir, Franz Ferdinand, Ocean Colour Scene, Johnny Marr, Mick Flannery, Disclosure. What's hot: You can nab cheaper Oxegen tickets before 27 May if you can Three-day camping festival prove you've attended three or more Type: Electric Picnics in previous years. weekend So how can you do that? With old When: 2-4 August photos, ticket stubs or wristbands. Where: Punchestown Racecourse, If you're not a hoarder, or have a Co. Kildare tendency to clean your room on a Who'splaying: Calvin Harris, regular basis, you might have to fork Rizzlekicks, Duke Dumont, David out a bit extra. But it won't be just about Guetta, Snoop Dogg, Chase & Status, music. Check out the Body and Soul Alesso, Rita Ora, Al Gibbs, The Original «.fmTimbertake Village, the comedy stage, the farmer's Rudeboys, Example, Pitbull, Labrinth and market and the Mindfield area for spoken Nero, to name just a few! word entertainment. Podpads and Festihuts -4- U Magazine Circulation: 27564 Sunday, 26 May 2013 Area of Clip: 244200mm² Page: 46,47,48,49 Page 2 of 4 also offer some 'alternative' accommodation if tents tend to cramp your style. Tickets: Until 27 May, tickets will cost €149.50 if you can prove you've been to three or more picnics; €169.50 if you can prove you've been Forbidden Fruit once before or €189.50 if you're a first timer. Type: Two day city-based event Between 28 May and 28 July, weekend tickets When: 1 - 2 June cost €189.50, or afterwards, tickets cost Where: Grounds of IMMA at the Royal €229.50. Sunday tickets for the day cost €85. Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin See www.electricpicnic.ie for more. Who's playing: Kasabian, Primal Scream, Crystal Castles, Chic, Fight Like Apes, James Blake, Neon Neon, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Four Tet, Le Galaxie, Daughter and Everything Everything. What's hot: If you're in need of giving those ears of yours a rest, this festival has plans for a Buimers Pear Comedy Tent, which will see headline performances from comedians such as David McSavage, Kevin McAleer, The Nualas and Colin Murphy. The tent will also be a platform for some up-andcoming comedians and the perfect place to have a good giggle with your mates! Tickets: Day tickets are priced at €54.50 and full weekend tickets are €99.50. See www.forbiddenfruit.ie. SeaSessions Type:Three-day surfing and music festival with camping When: 21 - 23 June Where: Bundoran, Donegal Who's playing: Fat Freddy's Drop, Longitude Xavier Rudd, Bastille, The Milk, Gilles, Type: Three-day non-camping festival Peterson, Soak, The Strypes, Mr Scruff, When: 19 - 21 July Therapy?, The Original Rudeboys. Where: Marlay Park, Dublin What's hot: The fact that it's more of a Who's playing: Phoenix, Foals, Django Django, beach party than your average festival Villagers, Vampire Weekend, Kraftwerk, Yeah makes it hot. A little different to others, Yeah Yeahs, Hot Chip, Jake Bugg, Kodaline, it's a festival that incorporates health, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Jessie sports and an outdoor lifestyle, along Ware, The Maccabees, Paul Kalkbrenner, Local with the usual party-fuelled antics Natives, Hudson Taylor, Milo Greene. you can expect at a big outdoor Why it's hot: It's a no-camping event, meaning music event. So if you're not dancing you don't have to rough it. Instead, you can go around, you could be joining a home, shower and sleep and head back the volleyball tournament on the beach or next day, leaving the dry shampoo at home! It's attempting to catch a wave. more than a music festival though, meaning it's Tickets: Weekend tickets are €89 and also all about the arts. Plus it's brand new and weekend tickets with camping are €99 this year will be its inaugural festival. Check out www.seasessions.com. Tickets: One day ticket, €54.50, or a three-day full weekend ticket is €149.50. Have a look at www.longitude.ie for all the details. -5- U Magazine Circulation: 27564 Sunday, 26 May 2013 Area of Clip: 244200mm² Page: 46,47,48,49 Page 3 of 4 U Feature Indiependence Where?Deer Farm, Mitchelstown, Cork When? 2-4 August Who'splaying? De La Soul, Bastille, Kodaline,The Fratellis, Ryan Sheridan, We Are Scientists, Beardyman, Paddy Casey,Mmoths, The Original Rudeboys, Walking on Cars and Hudson Taylor. What's Hot: The brand new indoor areas include The Bier Halle, with a full craft beer bar, a games area and an intimate indoor stage. A 'Darkness Body & Soul and Light' arena will see some Type: Three day alternative music burlesque by night and silent discos camping experience throughout the day while the spokenword When: 21 - 23 June stage will see some cuttingedge Where: Ballinlough Castle, Westmeath poetry performed by the likes Who's playing? Nick Cave & The Bad of Colm Keegan, Fergus Costello, Seeds, Solange (that's Beyonce's Abby Oliveira and Wasps Vs Humans. younger sis BTW), The Congos, Kurt Tickets:€79 for three days non-camping Vile & The Violators, Public Image Ltd, or €99 for three days with camping. Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, See www.indiependencefestival.com. Wallis Bird and Jon Hopkins. What's hot: The whole alternative festival experience is cool. Think lantern-lit pathways and fourposter JtinurM*1 picnics. In previous years, festival goers have been entertained with woodland hot tubs, spokenword Live at the Marquee performances and a variety When? June and July 2013 the outdoor amphitheatre and check of different herbal healings and Who's playing: Oily Murs, The Wanted, therapies as well as Michelin starred out the local arts and crafts at the Elton John & His Band, Elvis Costello chefs, street performers, zen gardens, local Wicklow artisan market. & The Imposters, The Coronas, Tickets: They're €59 for either belly dancers and trapeze artists. The Boomtown Rats, Little Mix, Tickets: Weekend tickets and family Saturday or Sunday and €99 for the Passenger,Jessie J, and Ke$ha are weekend tickets are priced at €139. weekend pass, www.groovefestival.ie just a few of the acts to take to the