Since leaving the X Factor, Jedward mania has gripped the country. The two 18-year-old boys from Lucan, Dublin, have been in huge demand. The media can’t get enough of their incongruous blond quiffs and questionable tweedle-dum outfits. The boys are currently on The X Factor tour, which has dates all over the UK, four dates in The 02 in Dublin and two dates in The Royal Theatre, Castlebar – April 6 (sold out) and April 23. Their act will feature all their fans’ favorites, including ‘Ghostbusters’ and their hit single with ’90s rapper Vanilla Ice, ‘Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)’.
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Congolese musician Niwel Tsumbu and his Song of the Nations band will perform in The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, on Monday, March 1. Tsumbu’s ability to vividly blend African rhythms, rumba, new jazz, classical flamenco and more has gained him a legion of ardent admirers. Playing electric and acoustic guitars, and singing mostly in his native ‘Lingala’, he performs a range of music that stretches from contemporary versions of Congolese traditional music from the 1930s and ’40s to modern jazz.
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‘The Great Atlantic’ by Corofin-born Keith Mullins is out this Friday. Ahead of the launch we ask, who is Keith Mullins? Who are his influences? Why the Atlantic? What’s with his recent aversion to tea?
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