The Big, Big Music Round-Up

Roll up, roll up, I’m emptying out my email inbox after weeks of willful neglect and there’s a plug in here for anyone who came asking. (Well, there isn’t really, there’s a plug in here for anyone who came asking and turned out to be good. Everyone else got a sort of withering look and a quick sticks visit to the ‘Archive’ button. X-Factor children and the mammies who don’t tell them to move on…*mutter*.) Things you need to know include the fact that Villagers headline show in Marlay Park on July 23rd isn’t yet sold out, and you’ll never guess where you can get tickets either? It’s only Ticketmaster. (Just one day I want to get a press release that says ‘tickets available on Thursday at 5pm under the Spire. The contact’s called Johnny. The password is ‘kidney bean’. Just once.) I only mention because new single The Pact … There’s more

Space hopping to a World Record!

Maybe they are completely bonkers but the Street Performance World Championship crew would like to invite you, your family, friends, enemies, neighbours, dog, whoever you want, to be one of 1,500 people to do something completely off the wall for no reason at all next Sunday - bounce space hoppers into the Guinness Book of World Records! At 2pm on Sunday 20th June on Upper Mount St, Dublin 2, outside the Pepper Canister Church, they need 1,500 fans of the Street Performance World Championship to plonk their gorgeous behinds on a space hopper each and bounce like they have never bounced before. You could break a world record! All you need to do is email [email protected] to register your name. Space Hoppers will be provided. It’s that easy to get your name into the history books! To find out more details about the record attempt you can also visit the … There’s more