Dermot Kennedy, The Cranberries, Van Morrison, and more to perform at 3Arena concert

Eva Osborne

Dermot Kennedy, Noel Hogan and Mike Hogan of The Cranberries, and Van Morrison are some of the acts set to grace the stage at Dublin's 3Arena as part of Press' History In The Making: The Concert.

The show, which aims to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Hot Press, will take place on Friday, February 6th.

The line-up for the 3Arena show includes:

• Van Morrison;
• Dermot Kennedy;
• Noel Hogan and Mike Hogan of The Cranberries;
• Imelda May;
• The Boomtown Rats;
• The Frames;
• Damien Dempsey;
• Clannad;
• Picture This;
• Florence Road;
• Belters Only;
• Denise Chaila;
• Irish Women in Harmony;
• Special guest: Michael D Higgins with Myles O’Reilly.

Hot Press editor, Niall Stokes, said: “We wanted to make this an historic night for Irish music and that’s exactly how it is shaping up.

"The quality of the artists who have come together for this show is absolutely incredible, with different generations and genres all ready to give their all, in what will be a magnificent celebration of Irish music and Irish musicians.

"It is a proper feast for anyone who lives Irish music."

Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats added: "We grew up together Hot Press and the Rats. While we got big, the magazine grew. And grew.

"You know all the names that followed that wouldn’t have, had it not been for this fabulous paper Hot Press, that was acerbic, irreverent, funny, admiring, critical, enthusiastic. Positive in what was then an island of total negative.

"Hot Press gave space in its pages for new writers, new thoughts – for modernity. It posited, felt like and helped to create OUR Ireland. A newer, fresher, very different and much more open and progressive country."

Tickets for the event are on sale now via Ticketmaster.ie.