Archive for October, 2007
Queens Of The Stone Age are coming to Belfast
Queens Of The Stone Age are set to hit the road early next year, coming to Belfast’s Balmoral hall on Thursday 7th February. Josh Homme's band will play a total of five UK dates in February 2008 as part of a European tour for recent album “Era Vulgaris”. Meanwhile, the band are set to release a digital EP, led by their track 'Make It Wit [...]
Cork actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers to play Mandrake
By Andrea Clarke CORK actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers is set to star as a crime fighting magician in the latest comic book turned feature film Mandrake. The Tudors star will play Leon Mandrake, a conjuror who relies on his powers of hypnotism and illusion to combat crime. The independently financed film, based on the Hearst comic book, will start [...]
Irish director scoops best film award
By Andrea Clarke IRISH director Kit Ryan’s debut has scooped the Best Film Award at a cult film festival in New York. The comic horror thriller Botched, filmed in Wicklow, the south of France and Moscow, took the top prize at the New York Horror Film Festival. Making his directorial debut, Kit Ryan’s spoof thriller is set in Moscow and [...]
Browse the net with a book
The revolution has begun. There’s now a brand new way to browse the net. With a book! It’s 95% virus free; crash proof; lightweight and portable; with LIMITLESS battery power. And it won’t break if you throw it out of the window. Using ground-breaking new PageTurnTM technology, The Internet now in Handy Book Form is the future of the [...]
New music showcase in Belfast
On Wednesday 7th November NIMIC’s ‘Music It’s the Business’ Live Music event at the Spring and Airbrake now includes a serious line up of current live acts at a free Showcase Event. The evening Showcase runs from 9pm until 12 midnight and features 4 of the best new live acts: In Case of Fire "…One of the UK's hottest [...]
Free show for singer-songwriter Laura Marling
Introducing Laura Marling, the hotly-tipped singer-songwriter from London. This is a chance to see one of the brightest up and coming female artists in the UK today before she hits the big-time – and with an unprecedented free show to get people sitting up and taking notice, there’s no reason not to check her out before she’s famous!! “I [...]
Hotly tipped new band: Puggy
From Belgium To Blighty: Sensational New Band Make Glittering Debut Having already garnered an army of dedicated fans and MTV plays across Europe, Puggy have now fully outgrown their domestic musical surroundings and are set to kick-in the ears of indie kids and grown-ups alike in the UK.They recently supported US mega-group Incubus on their [...]
Extra seats for McFly show at the Odyssey
Extra tickets are now on sale for McFly’s November show in the Odyssey Arena. With current single “The Heart Never Lies” there’s never been a better time to get tickets! Tickets, priced £26.00 (seated) / £18.50 (standing) are now on sale from Odyssey Arena box office, Virgin & all usual Ticketmaster outlets. Credit card bookings [...]
Uniting Nations ‘Do it yourself’ new hot video
Chart Topping Sensational Video Sees UK Single Release Uniting Nations - pop/dance production duo Paul Keenan and Daz Sampson - are back with another infectious dance floor smash. ‘Do It Yourself’ has already reached number 1 on the Music Week Commercial club chart and been top five on the Cool Cuts chart, surpassing their previous hits [...]
The amazing Shaolin Monks from the heart of China to Belfast
From the monks of an ancient temple in China renowned for their discipline, strength, dedication, and courage comes a story of compassion, triumph and survival… 15,000 years ago, in the heart of China, the mystical Shaolin Monastery was built. The first monks that ever lived there developed a very unique breathing and exercise routine which, [...]