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Kilkenny grungers Kerbdog have just announced an exclusive show titled Night of the Living Freaks Halloween fancy dress ball at Castlebar’s new independent music venue The Clubhouse in Castlebar Celtic this October.

Foster and Allen are the only Irish artists to have had an album in the UK Album Charts every single year for 16 years from 1983 to 1999 and again for six years from 2002 to 2007. This amazing achievement is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. In December 1993 they beat Take That and Diana Ross to the number one spot in the British Pop Video Charts. Take That were number two and Diana Ross was number three. They have won numerous awards over the years and were honoured alongside Bono in the Hall of Fame. Foster and Allen were among a number of entertainers honoured at a special reception by Irish President Mary MacAleese. Foster and Allen have sales in excess of 19 million worldwide to date.

FROM FIRESIDE family music sessions in a little tavern in Gweedore, Co Donegal, in the 1960s and 1970s to major international success with ‘Theme From Harry’s Game’, ‘Robin (The Hooded Man)’ and ‘In A Lifetime’ in the 1980s, Clannad came a long way.

Glenn Tilbrook, along with Squeeze co-writer Chris Difford, were the very first artists to play MTV's "Unplugged" sessions. So successful was the duo's unplugged show that MTV commissioned an entire series of unplugged shows which featured many legendary artists.

The Saw Doctors return to play the Royal Theatre Castlebar for their summer show on Friday July 31. A funny thing happened to The Saw Doctors last Autumn. After a gap of 17 years, the Tuam rockers topped the Irish Music Singles Chart with their punked up version of the Sugababes song ‘About You Now’, beating off international artists such as Pink and Kings of Leon.

The Saw Doctors love Castlebar and Castlebar definitely loves the Saw Doctors!!! The last Friday in July welcomes back the Saw Doctors to the stage for their summer show. When the Saw Doctors take to the stage the whole theatre turns on its head and everyone knows every word to every song for the whole two hour show!!!

Roly Daniels and American Country Star Dee Reilly have released the hit album of the year Sweet Memories which has become the biggest selling Country album this year!