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Interviews and Sessions

The Tony Fenton Show is the one place you will find the best in music interviews and live sessions. From championing new Irish music like Noelie McDonnell, Wallis Bird and Fred, to catching up with the music stars of today like Al Green, Elbow and Razorlight - Tony's live interviews and sessions are always a treat. To listen back to those guests who have featured on the show in the past, take a look below

Emeli Sande

Emeli Sande was in studio today and performed Heaven on the show, as well her next single Next To Me. She plays the Sugar Club tonight.

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Emmy The Great and Tim Wheeler

Emmy the Great & Tim Wheeler (from Ash) were our guests in studio today and performed a new track called 'Christmas Day (I Wish I Was Surfing)'. They play a very festive acoustic show at Tower Records on Wicklow Street tomorrow, December 9th, to celebrate the release of their new album - "This is Christmas". It is the only Irish show the duo will play in support of the album.

Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran was our guest together. He performed his new single Lego House in studio. Ed plays Vicar Street tonight!

Marketa Irglova

Oscar award winner Marketa Irglova was our guest this afternoon. She's just released her first solo album called 'Amar'. She plays Pepper Canister Church, Dublin tonight, Triskel Christchurch, Cork on Friday and St. Nicholas' Church, Galway on Saturday 5th November.

Professor Green

Professor Green was our guest on the show today – he dropped by the studios on Friday lunchtime to chat to the show before he caught his train to Belfast for his gig on Friday night. He also played The Academy, Dublin, on Saturday.

Maverick Sabre

Maverick Sabre was our guest in studio today - he performed an amazing version of his new single, I Need You.

Gig dates:

Fri 11th Nov – Roisin Dubh, Galway

Sat 12th Nov – The Village, Dublin

Sun 13th Nov – The Stiff Kitchen, Belfast

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Hot 8 Brass Band

The Hot 8 Brass band from New Orleans were our guests in studio this afternoon. They performed a cover of the Marvin Gaye song Sexual Healing. They play The Village tonight and the Cork Jazz Festival tomorrow evening.

Ben Carrigan

Ben Carrigan was our guest this afternoon. Former drummer of The Thrills, Ben is releasing his debut solo album this Friday, called The Greatest Narrators. His new single is called 'You Knew It All Along'. The album launch is on next week, Wednesday 28th September, at the Sugar Club, Dublin.

James Morrison

James Morrison spoke to Tony on the show this afternoon. His brand new album “The Awakening” is released this Friday. He’s appearing on the Late Late Show on Friday night where he’ll be performing his single “I Wont Let You Go”.

Frank Turner

Frank Turner was our guest this afternoon. He performed his song 'Peggy Sang The Blues'. His new album 'England Keep My Bones' is out now. He plays Whelans this Sunday 18th September.

Lisa Hannigan

Lisa Hannigan joined us in studio this afternoon to perform her new single 'Knots', with Gavin Glass on piano. 'Knots' is released tomorrow and it's from her new album Passenger, out October 7th.

Brian Wilson

Legendary Beach Boy Brian Wilson spoke to Tony Fenton on-air this afternoon, ahead of his Grand Canal Theatre gig this evening.

Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire are playing the main stage at the Electric Picnic this Saturday night. Tony spoke to Will Butler, brother of front man Win, this afternoon about what to expect from the gig and what they're playing to start with...

The Chemical Brothers

Ed Simons from The Chemical Brothers spoke to Tony ahead of their Electric Picnic gig this coming Saturday night

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Christina Perri

Christina Perri was our guest on Wednesday afternoon.

Listen back here to her chatting to Tony

Republic of Loose

Republic of Loose were our guests in studio today. They performed a new track ‘After All’. They play Bulmers Live At Leopardstown on Thursday 14th July - music and racing rolled into one.

Janet Jackson

Tony spoke to Janet Jackson today about playing Dublin, her brother Michael's second anniversary and about the new generation of pop stars...

Cathy Davey

Cathy Davey was our guest on the show today. She performed 'Sing For Your Supper'. Cathy plays Bulmers Live at Leopardstown next Thursday 30th June.

Rumer

Our guest in studio today was Rumer. She plays the Olympia in Dublin tonight.

Listen back to her chatting to Tony

Alex Winston

Alex Winston was our special guest on the show today. Her new single 'Choice Notes' is the soundtrack to the TK Maxx TV campaign and the Hyundai car TV ad. She plays her first Irish show at the Sugar Club in Dublin tonight.

Listen back here to her chatting to Tony and to 'Choice Notes' performed in studio

John Lydon

John Lydon was our special guest in studio this afternoon. Public Image Limited play their first Irish gig in Dublin's Tripod tomorrow, Friday 10th June.

Ellie Goulding

Having played two great gigs in Dublin's Olympia this week, pop sensation Ellie Goulding called in for a chat and two songs on the show this afternoon. She performed her new single 'Lights' and finished out with her cover of Elton John's 'Your Song'.

Gemma Hayes

Gemma Hayes was our very special guest in studio today. She sang her new single 'Shock To The System' with Ann Scott.

Her fourth album 'Let It Break' is out today!

Catch Gemma live around the country:

Tonight - Button Factory, Dublin
4th June - Dolans, Limerick
7th June - Theatre Royal, Waterford
25th June - Sea Sessions, Donegal
10th July - Riverbank, Newbridge
13th August - Great Hall, Kilkenny Castle

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Kings of Leon

It's only 2 days to go until the Kings of Leon take to the stage at Slane. Tony chatted to Nathan Followill on the show today about what to expect at the gig, golf courses and disguises!

Arcade Fire

Tony chatted with Will Butler this afternoon, member of Arcade Fire and brother of frontman Win, about the band's success at the Grammys and future plans for a fourth album.

Arcade Fire play Electric Picnic on Saturday 3rd September this year.

Andrea Corr

Our guest today was Andrea Corr.

Listen back here here to her performance of the Velvet Underground's Pale Blue Eyes and to her chat with Tony!

Andrea plays Vicar Street on 5th June.

Relish

Relish were our special guests in studio today. They performed two songs – their new single ‘Something To Believe In’ and classic tune ‘Summer Breeze’.

They play Crawdaddy, Dublin next Thursday 19th May and Cyprus Avenue, Cork on Sunday 22nd May.

New album due out in September!

Ryan Sheridan

Ryan’s highly anticipated debut album, The Day You Live Forever, will be released tomorrow, Friday 6th May.

To coincide with the release, Ryan will be on the road headlining at the following venues:

Tonight – Whelans, Dublin

Friday 6th May – Cyprus Avenue, Cork

Saturday 7th May – Roisin Dubh, Galway

Sunday 8th May – Dolans Warehouse, Limerick

Tuesday 10th May – The Garage, Monaghan

Wednesday 11th May – The Set, Kilkenny

Thursday 12th May – Whelans, Dublin

He’ll also be playing Oxegen this year

Wallis Bird

Wexford singer-songwriter Wallis Bird was our special guest today. She performed a new song called ‘Encore’.

Wallis is currently on a solo tour around Ireland. Check out the dates below

Tonight - SET Theatre in Kilkenny

Thursday 5th – Newgrange Hotel, Navan
Friday 6th – The Arts Centre, Wexford Town
Saturday 7th – Cyprus Avenue, Cork
Sunday 8th – Roisin Dubh, Galway
Monday 9th – Whelan's, Dublin

Gavin Friday

Our guest in studio today was Gavin Friday. His new album ‘catholic’ is out now. He performed two songs from the new album in studio today: ‘The Sun & The Moon & The Stars’ and ‘It’s All Ahead Of You’. Gavin Friday plays the Electric Picnic this September.

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James Vincent McMorrow

James Vincent McMorrow joined us in studio with his band today. He plays 2 sold out gigs at Dublin’s Pepper Canister Church next Wednesday and Thursday 27th & 28th April. He will also play the Olympia on Friday 21st October.

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Josh Ritter

Josh Ritter was our special guest in studio today ahead of his Vicar Street gigs tonight and tomorrow.

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His limited edition 2CD+1DVD package ‘Live At The Iveagh Gardens’ (recorded last summer in Dublin) is out now. There are only 500 copies for sale in Ireland and they’re only available to buy at Josh’s shows and through a select number of stores and venues on Record Store Day (tomorrow, Saturday 16th April).

Venues selling album on Record Store Day 2011:

Tower Records, Dublin

Celtic Note, Dublin

Plug’d Records, Cork

Cool Discs, Derry

Rollercoaster Records, Kilkenny

The Roisin Dubh, Galway

Dolans Warehouse, Limerick

Josh has also been busy writing his debut novel in his spare time. It’s called ‘Bright's Passage’ and is being published in June, but fans eager for a sneak preview can download a free chapter from his website www.joshritter.com now!

Beady Eye

Tony met up with Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer and Andy Bell of Beady Eye in their hotel suite earlier today. Beady Eye play a sold out gig at the Olympia tonight Thursday 14th April and tomorrow Friday 15th April. They play Oxegen in July.

Listen back here to Tony chatting with Liam and Gem

Jessie J

Brit Awards winner and Price Tag singer Jessie J joined us in studio for a chat.

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Brooke Fraser

New Zealander Brooke Fraser dropped into studio this afternoon to have a chat and perform her new single ‘Something In The Water’. Her new album ‘Flags’ is out today and she plays the Sugar Club in Dublin tomorrow, Sat 9th April.

www.brookefraser.com

Noah and the Whale

Noah and the Whale were our special guests in studio on April 5th. They performed two songs for us: L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. and Tonight’s The Kind of Night.

Their new album LAST NIGHT ON EARTH is out now. They played a sold out show at Whelans on Sunday night and they will return to Dublin to play the Academy on Sunday 8th May.

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Delorentos

Delorentos were our special guests in studio today. They're playing at the Inspirations Gig at the Olympia on Friday night, raising money for Barretstown. They'll be performing Beatles classic Come Together on the night and gave us a sneak preview in studio today. The lads are currently working on their third studio album.

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Royseven

Royseven joined us in studio and performed a special version of their single 'We Should Be Lovers' for Tony.

Royseven’s new album ‘You Say, We Say’ is out now. They play a sold out show in Academy 2 in Dublin on Thursday 31st March and will play two further shows at the Academy 2 on Saturday 14th May – the first is an all ages afternoon gig and the second is an over 18s evening gig. Royseven are confirmed to play at this year’s Oxegen festival on Friday 8th July.

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Aslan

Billie, Joe and Christy from Aslan were our special guests in studio this afternoon, Tuesday 15th March. They peformed a new song, as of yet untitled.

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Gigs

Wed 16 March - Olympia Theatre, Dublin

Thurs 17 March - Savoy Theatre, Cork City

Fri 18 March - Munroe's Pub, Galway

Sat 19 March - Fairway's Hotel (Charity gig), Dundalk, Co Louth

Thurs 31 March - McCarthy's CIT Student Bar, Bishopstown, Co Cork

They also have dates around the country in April and May

Elbow

They won the Mercury Music Prize album of the year in 2008 and were voted Best British Band at The BRITS in 2009. They’ve picked up an NME Award, a South Bank Show prize for Best Album, a Mojo Best Track Award and 2 Ivor Novello awards. Our special guests in studio today were Guy Garvey and Pete Turner from elbow.

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Elbow play the O2, Dublin on Thursday 31st March, with support from Villagers

Tinie Tempah

Two time Brit Award winner Tinie Tempah dropped into studio today for a quick chat. Tinie will be supporting The Script at the Aviva on Saturday 2nd July.

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Villagers

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Conor J O'Brien from Villagers performed his new single 'The Pact' in studio today, Thursday 3rd March. Conor's nominated for the Choice Music Prize which takes place tonight at Vicar Street - he's performing at the event as well which will be broadcast live on an extended edition of Paul McLoone's show, 7pm-11pm tonight.

Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars was our special guest in studio this afternoon, Wednesday 2nd March..

As well as having massive hits with his singles 'Just the Way You Are’ and ‘Grenade’, Bruno has been co-writer and/or performer on three of the biggest songs in the world in 2010: Cee Lo Green’s 'Forget You', Travie McCoy’s 'Billionaire' (which Bruno wrote with barely a dollar to his name) and B.o.B.’s 'Nothin On You'.

Bruno’s debut album ‘Do-Wops and Hooligans’ is out now.

He plays his first gig in Ireland next Wednesday 9th March at the Olympia.

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Joe Elliott

Tony chatted to Joe Elliott today about Def Leppard’s recently announced gig dates.

Def Leppard will be playing Belfast’s Odyssey on Tuesday 7th June and Dublin’s O2 on Wednesday 8th June, with special guests ALICE COOPER and THIN LIZZY. These dates are in addition to their headline slot at Download Festival 2011 on Friday 10th June and will kick off the band’s world tour.

Sara Bareilles

Sara Bareilles joined us in studio this afternoon, Thursday 24th February. She’s been nominated for a Grammy award three times and she’s sold over 1 million records worldwide. She performed her single ‘King of Anything’ in studio today and also treated us to her version of ‘Single Ladies’.

She’s all the way from California and supports Maroon 5 at the Grand Canal Theatre tonight.

Steve Craddock

Steve Craddock joined Tony in studio this afternoon. He was in town for the Ocean Colour gig on Sunday night.

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Steve is releasing his 2nd solo album Peace City West on April 1st. It’s a follow up to his debut album, The Kundalini Target. After he tours the UK with Beady Eye in April he’ll be playing his own Irish tour in May

The new single is called Last Days of the Old World.

Irish Tour Gig dates:

5th May – Limelight, Belfast

6th May – Spirit Store, Dundalk

7th May – Monroes, Galway

8th May – Dolans, Limerick

Jamie Lawson

Jamie Lawson was Tony's guest on the show last Friday. He's playing various gigis around the country in March - a gig not to be missed!

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Damien Dempsey

Damien was our special guest on Tuesday 14th December. Listen back to Damien chatting to Tony and performing his song Celtic Tiger. Damien also recorded Apple of My Eye for us - listen here

Ryan Sheridan

On Friday 10th December Ryan Sheridan spoke to Tony about his year and that song - Jigsaw! Listen back to chat and to hear Ryan performing his version of Walking In The Air

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