Author: Andrew Moore

Andrew Moore is a writer for Irish Music Daily and Ireland Calling.
His favourite Irish music bands are the Dropkick Murphys and the Pogues.

Filan: “I bleached my hair to trick Cowell into signing Westlife”

Westlife star Shane Filan has revealed that he tricked Simon Cowell into thinking he was someone else by getting a sunbed tan and bleaching his hair after the music mogul had hated his first audition. It turns out that Filan nearly ruined his chance of becoming a pop star when Westlife performed for Cowell in… Continue reading Filan: “I bleached my hair to trick Cowell into signing Westlife”

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Norwegian choir give a new take on classic Irish tune

A Norwegian University choir has put a new twist on one of Ireland’s favourite songs. The folk classic Rocky Road to Dublin was performed by the Trondhjems Studentersangforening, an 80-strong singing group, and they do a pretty good job with it.

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Dubliner’s audition delights X Factor judges

Ireland has a star-in-the-making as Dubliner Janet Grogan was welcomed back on to the X Factor by Simon Cowell, two years after he ditched her in the show’s cruel six-chair challenge. 28-year-old Janet Grogan made a stunning return to the show with a fabulous rendition of Zayn Malik’s Pillow Talk.

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