• Liam Gallagher to Headline Samhain Festival

    Currently experiencing a revival via his debut solo album and last week’s set at Glastonbury, it’s been announced that Liam Gallagher will headline the Sunday night of this year’s Samhain Festival at Weston Airport in Dublin on October 29. With Annie Mac headlining the Saturday night, Gallagher will be supported by The Strypes and Touts. Tickets are priced €59.50 and go on sale this Friday at 9am.

  • First acts announced for Samhain Festival 2014

    Having sold out last year, Samhain Festival has announced the first few acts set to play its next outing in a couple of months. Taking the stunning Loughcrew Gardens in Co. Meath on Sunday, October 26, the annual showcase will see the final Irish date on Jon Hopkins’ (pictured) Immunity tour, as well as appearances from John Talabot, the fast-rising Maya Jane Coles, Booka Shade (Live) and Detroit veteran Jimmy Edgar. More acts are to be announced. According to the festival, the new location is “shadowed by Sliabh na Caillíagh, the “Witch’s Mountain”, bordered by 300 year old Yew trees, grown to…