Today, 25 September, marks 19 years since a festival that marked a turning point in dance music in Ireland… Homelands Ireland 1999. Taking place at Mosney Holiday Centre, Co. Meath,

The great Feargal Quinn, arguably Ireland’s finest retailer, calls it the ‘Boomerang Principle’. It’s a simple premise. Put as much effort as you can (within reason) in to ensuring that

Ok, I admit it, I was a bit apprehensive going into this year’s Electric Picnic festival… The initial lineup announcement earlier this year – featuring pop heavyweights such as Dua

I’ve written in the past on this blog about how the EDM scene (the hyper-commercialised, Instagram-friendly variant of trance music) has become, in many ways, a parody of itself, with

There are just days to go until the World Cup kicks off in Russia this Thursday, and while a number of the acts performing at the event at Moscow’s Luzhniki

Think your day is going well? Not as well, I would argue, as it was for these punters, who attended the Fantazia summer soirée in Bournemouth 26 years ago today…

While the first Homelands Ireland (click here for more) was a landmark moment for the Irish dance movement, Homelands Ireland 2000, which took place on this day 18 years ago

The Ultra Music Festival, the 2018 edition of which closed in Miami last night, is one of the highlights of the electronic dance music, or EDM, calendar, welcoming more than

Today, 25 September, marks 18 years to the day since the Homelands Ireland 1999, a landmark festival in Irish clubland… While the UK had played host to a myriad of