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# band - Friday 29 March, 2019
'We are distraught': Liverpool band Her's killed in US crash
The British duo had recently released their debut album.
# band - Monday 19 March, 2018
Challenging the music industry: 'We'd get a cheque in the post for 10c'
We speak to Deadbots, who have found their own way of working within the music industry.
# band - Thursday 14 December, 2017
The Garda Band has cost taxpayers €5.5 million over the past three years
Members of the band, none of whom are involved in policing duties, were paid an average of €58,985 each last year.
# band - Sunday 19 November, 2017
The truth about being a musician: 'They see you on the Late Late and think you're making a fortune'
Being an Irish headline band doesn’t mean that you’re rolling in it – and you might be facing serious financial challenges. We talked to three musicians.
# band - Monday 1 August, 2016
Viola Beach debut album headed for Number 1 after band's tragic death
The British band were killed in a road accident while on tour in Sweden.
# band - Saturday 25 June, 2016
So there's a death metal band from the US called 'Drogheda'
Because of course.
# band - Monday 23 May, 2016
Irish band rescue family, including a baby and three children, from US house fire
The band are donating the proceeds from their merchandise sales to help the family rebuild their home.
# band - Monday 15 February, 2016
Viola Beach investigation: Police examine car as probe into indie band's death begins
Safety barriers were in place and red lights were flashing as the band’s vehicle approached, police in Sweden say.
# band - Saturday 30 January, 2016
'I turned into a blubbering mess when I found my wedding dress'
I never believed you would just feel the right dress for you, but it is absolutely true, writes Pamela Tully.
# band - Monday 23 November, 2015
Excitement from faraway and so close as U2 prepare for tonight's homecoming show
The band play the first of four Dublin shows tonight.
# band - Sunday 22 November, 2015
Here's what fans can expect from U2's Dublin shows
What songs have they been playing? What’s the stage set like? And what have fans made of the tour so far?
# band - Tuesday 6 October, 2015
This reporter lost his mic down a tuba in the biggest facepalm moment ever
Prepare to have your mind blown.
# band - Tuesday 5 May, 2015
A disguised U2 busked at New York's Grand Central station
Nice cowboy hat, Bono.
"It's vile": Irish metal band's shock after being linked to anti-gay game
Cruachan has now pulled out of a US project that was to use its music and star its lead singer.
# band - Saturday 21 March, 2015
Russell Crowe had a great time altogether on the Late Late
He even played a Johnny Cash song.
# band - Monday 16 March, 2015
Toto's bass player "now at peace" after dying in his sleep
He had been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2007.
# band - Saturday 21 February, 2015
Rumours Christy Dignam has died are "just rumours", say bandmates
The Aslan frontman was hospitalised on Thursday.
# band - Friday 2 January, 2015
PJ Harvey's recording her new album inside a box in an art gallery
And you can go and watch the whole thing.
# band - Wednesday 31 December, 2014
QUIZ: How Much Of A Music Snob Are You?
Have we even heard of your favourite band?
# band - Thursday 6 November, 2014
Microsoft is hoping this device will make you a more active person
Microsoft has entered both the health and smartwatch industry with its new wearable, Band, but what is it like?
# band - Wednesday 13 August, 2014
Korean schoolkids make adorable stop-motion video for Irish band’s tune
Need cheering up? This will do it.
# band - Wednesday 27 November, 2013
Lostprophets lead singer pleads guilty to attempted baby rape
The 36-year-old admitted to 11 offences at Cardiff Crown Court yesterday.
# band - Tuesday 22 October, 2013
Irish band "deeply saddened" after bassist dies following collision
The young man’s mother has asked people to stay safe on the roads.
# band - Sunday 9 June, 2013
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# band - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
VIDEO: Kid's cymbal breaks mid-performance, hilarity ensues
No one could have predicted that reaction.
# band - Friday 31 May, 2013
On this night in 1997 you were listening to... Hanson
A Friday flashback to get your weekend started…
# band - Monday 17 September, 2012
VIDEO: Here's what Lady Gaga's band did in Dublin on Friday night
Bit of a busman’s tour for them at Whelan’s – but they looked like they enjoyed it.
# band - Tuesday 21 August, 2012
Pussy Riot protest held outside Russian Embassy in Dublin
Amnesty International is holding a “demonstration in solidarity” with the three women jailed in Moscow last week.
# band - Monday 20 August, 2012
Pussy Riot: Police "pursuing other band members"
Meanwhile, former world chess champion and opposition leader Garry Kasparov has been questioned by police over allegedly biting a police officers’s hand at a protest.
# band - Saturday 18 August, 2012
Pussy Riot trial reaction: band members' conviction criticised by EU, US
Two-year sentence for hooliganism conviction criticised as ‘disproportionate’ and impacting on freedom of expression.
# band - Wednesday 8 August, 2012
Pussy Riot trial: singer compares prosecution to Stalin-era repression
Band’s final statement before verdict delivered amid high-profile calls for leniency.
# band - Tuesday 27 September, 2011
Irish musician becomes new INXS frontman
Belfast-born musician Ciaran Gribbin has been hired as the new frontman for rock band INXS. He replaces JD Fortune and becomes the band’s fourth lead singer.
# band - Monday 29 August, 2011
Dublin band has gear stolen days before Electric Picnic
Musos appealing for donations to The Cast of Cheers who had travelled to London to work on their second album but had thousands of euro worth of equipment stolen in burglary.
# band - Monday 1 August, 2011
OK Go release new video... featuring a special message from TheJournal.ie
The band, best known for their epic treadmill dance promo for ‘Here it Goes Again’, have produced a HTML5 video for their new song in conjunction with Google.
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