Archive for May, 2008
The Boyz are back in town – picture special
Boyzone last night performed their first reunion concert at the sold-out Odyssey Arena in Belfast.Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch, Mikey Graham and Keith Duffy are back on stage after eight years. [Read More]
Dance music star Tiesto returns to Northern Ireland for Planetlove
On Friday 5th September 2008 PLANELOVE WKD will host none other than Tiesto in Concert, and his ‘In Search of Sunrise Tour’. The world’s biggest dance music star Tiesto last appeared in Northern Ireland in March 2007 for a King’s Hall show that [Read More]
Controversial anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens to meet students
Dr. Gunther von Hagens’s today visit to Manchester is proving to be a hot ticket. Places for his first ever UK lecture have all been snapped up and he will lecture to a capacity audience at the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) Manchester . [Read More]
Jimmy Carr and his 8 Out Of 10 Cats returns for the summer
The hit topical comedy panel show returns for an irreverent new series. Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as team captains, Sean Lock and Jason Manford, battle it out to discover who knows what is going on in Britain today. [Read More]
Bono, Sir Elton John and Archbishop Desmond Tutu support World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
Events planned in at least 70 countries around the world – Thousands of people around the world will be staging concerts and other events to raise awareness and fundraise for hospice and palliative care services locally, nationally and internationally to mark this [Read More]
Fancy changing your identity?
We used to grin and bear the name our parents burdened us with, whether that was Carrie Oakey or Jean Poole. It has been possible to change names by deed poll since 1760 but a decade ago, only 15,000 people did so each year. Now, spurred on by separations, pub pranks and [Read More]
Exclusive photos – Sexy Emmerdale star gets ready to go loopy
EMMERDALE star Chastity Dingle took the train to Cultra ahead of the Emmerdale Extravaganza on Saturday June 7. Lucy Pargeter, who plays the feisty vet receptionist in the hit ITV soap, rode the rails to encourage people going to the event at the Ulster Folk & Transport [Read More]
The great Tom Waits returns to Dublin after 20 years
America’s legendary songwriter and performer Tom Waits brings his ‘Glitter and Doom’ tour to Europe this summer, with three concerts in Dublin’s Ratcellar in Pheonix Park – on Thursday 30th, Friday 31st July and Saturday 1st August – [Read More]
Pendulum are coming to Belfast
Pendulum are set to take the summer by storm, performing in no less than 14 major summer festivals including Glastonbury, Leeds, Creamfields, Reading, T In The Park, Bestival and Irelands very own Oxegen. [Read More]
New shows for Zoe Salmon
Northern Ireland’s hugely popular personality Zoë Salmon is to leave Blue Peter, the BBC’s flagship children’s programme, and will present a new gameshow for CBBC, it was announced yesterday. After three-and-half years on the show, Zoë has decided [Read More]
