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mark-kavanagh

Assistant Editor at The Star

Mark Kavanagh is Assistant Editor at The Star and loves music, technology, arts, politics and coffee.
He also edits The Star's weekly entertainment guide THE SCENE and monthly magazine AMEN.

Gossip

Madness demand answers to Brit snub

13 November, 2012

MADNESS are fuming because they have never won a Brit award despite having had hits since 1979. The legends behind Our House and Baggy Trousers are riding high in the Top 10 with new album Oui Oui, ...

Gossip

Roger Waters back in Ireland

12 November, 2012

After last year’s historic show in Dublin’s O2, PINK FLOYD legend ROGER WATERS is set to bring his masterpiece The Wall back to Ireland on an even bigger scale. The Floyd’s ...

Gossip

Plan B says Mercury Prize nomination made up for past snubs

6 November, 2012

Plan B was thrilled to finally get a Mercury Prize nomination to make up for his past snubs. The rapper’s brilliant Ill Manors album got shortlisted, while previous efforts Who Needs Actions ...

Gossip

Lana Del Rey is leading the way

1 November, 2012

Pop superstar LANA DEL REY has finally announced her first ever Irish headline show. The Video Games star is set to play Dublin’s Vicar Street on May 26, 2013. She calls herself the ...

Gossip

The Irish Daily Star is going on tour with Rihanna

1 November, 2012

Rihanna has announced her ground-breaking 777 tour which kicks off on November 14 and will see her perform seven intimate gigs in seven days in seven different countries at 7pm. The globetrotting ...

Gossip

Brian McFadden gets boot

31 October, 2012

Former Westlife star Brian McFadden (32) is out of a job — after his TV show Australia’s Got Talent was axed. He and fellow judges Dannii Minogue and Kyle Sandilands got the news from ...

Gossip

X Factor babe Rebecca Ferguson ready to let loose

30 October, 2012

Meet the all-new reborn, empowered, kick-ass Rebecca Ferguson. The former X Factor kitten is now roaring like a lioness since splitting from her original management team — after claiming they ...

Gossip

Her Madge-sty`s still top seller

29 October, 2012

Queen of the divas. Rihanna and Madonna are the queens of pop according to a new chart published to celebrate 60 years of the Official Singles Chart in Britain. The Official Charts Company has ...

Gossip

Green Day stage musical brings punk edge to the theatre

28 October, 2012

Punks cried sell-out and highbrow theatre critics sniffed when Green Day’s musical went into production — but many have been forced into a climbdown after Amercian Idiot’s ...

Gossip

Cheryl Cole`s a hot Dogg

22 October, 2012

Top rhymer Snoop Dogg has vowed to help Cheryl Cole conquer America when she next puts out a solo record. While Girls Aloud have reunited, they’ve refused to be drawn on how long they’d ...

Gossip

CHERYL: AT LAST I`M HAVING FUN AGAIN

21 October, 2012

Cheryl Cole teamed up with Girls Aloud for an emotional reunion yesterday, declaring: “I’m having fun again.” The chart-topping group announced they are back together for a 10th ...

Gossip

Apps of the Week

14 October, 2012

Each Friday in The Scene in the Irish Daily Star, I round up some of the best new smartphone and tablet PC apps doing the rounds. Here are this week's apps... Tom Tom UK & Ireland — ...

Music

Marina and the Diamonds has real sparkle

12 October, 2012

It’s unfortunate for Madonna that her underwhelming visit to Ireland is followed closely by a text-book example of what she was trying to do — envelope electronic music in the pop realm ...

Music

Back to The Bollocks for the Sex Pistols

28 September, 2012

Newspapers were not shy in reflecting outrage at the Sex Pistols’ profanity-loaded appearance on Bill Grundy’s prime time British chat show, Today, in 1976. The band, now heralded as ...

Music

The Script turned to booze for album

20 September, 2012

Chart-topping pop-rockers The Script reveal heartbreak and booze inspired the success of their new album. Singer Danny O'Donoghue is still coming to terms with the death of his father, Shay, ...

Gossip

Apps of the Week

16 September, 2012

Each Friday in The Scene in the Irish Daily Star, I round up some of the best new smartphone and tablet PC apps doing the rounds. Here are this week's apps... YouTube — iPhone, Free The new ...

Music

The Script battle The XX for top chart spot

13 September, 2012

Boy Don’ good... But chart spot still unscripted. Irish pop-rock group The Script are battling indie act The XX for the top spot in the UK album charts this week. The Script’s new album, #3, ...

Music

Led Zeppelin launch new film - Celebration Day

13 September, 2012

This week saw Led Zeppelin fans buzzing over rumours of a possible reunion due to a countdown launched on their Facebook page. The countdown was in fact to their new film Celebration Day. On ...

Gossip

iPhone 5 launched

13 September, 2012

Apple last night launched the iPhone 5 -- the completely resigned phone is its thinnest and lightest smartphone ever with a bigger 4in Retina Display. The ultra stylish new device -- longer not ...

Music

Interpol front man set for Irish gig

12 September, 2012

Bank on this guy. ALTERNATIVE enigma PAUL BANKS has confirmed an Irish date in support of his forthcoming solo album, Banks. Interpol frontman Paul will play The Academy in Dublin on January 20 of ...

Music

Pet Shop Boys back with el` of an album

7 September, 2012

Loveable electronic pop pioneers Pet Shop Boys release their 11th studio album Elysium this month, and frontman Neil Tennant was, as you might expect, gushing enthusiastically about it when The ...

Amen

Big launch for Nokia and Microsoft smartphones

6 September, 2012

The phone that both Nokia and Microsoft will challenge the dominance of Apple and Android phones in the smartphone market was launched at a media event in New York yesterday. Enlarge The Nokia Lumia ...

Gossip

Apps of the Week

26 August, 2012

Each Friday in The Scene in the Irish Daily Star, I round up some of the best new smartphone and tablet PC apps doing the rounds. Here are this week's apps... Unlike — iOS, Free This is a new ...

Gossip

Best of the Web

26 August, 2012

The Best of the Web is published each Friday in The Scene in the Irish Daily Star. Ads to experienceYouTube will now let users viewing its clips on mobile devices to skip video ads after five ...

Music

Nicki Minaj is a no-show

21 August, 2012

She's not known for keeping quiet — but hip-hop mouthpiece Nicki Minaj has had to cancel her show tonight in Dublin’s Olympia because of damaged vocal cords. The Starships babe is ...