David Guetta could arguable be called The King Of Dance Music. So, when he describes Becky Hill as a "very rare Queen of dance music" you take notice. The Fergal D'Arcy Show spoke to Becky Hill about: Her brilliant new album 'Only Honest At The Weekend' Her return to playing live at festivals in UK Overcoming insecurity. Her pride in doing what she loves and loads more JUST PRESS PLAY TO HEAR THE FULL CHAT [audio

We think Lyra is The Big Deal in Irish music! So, it's appropriate that she is appearing as a Judge on the show 'The Big Deal' on Virgin Media Television. It’s the channel’s BIG Saturday night show. It involves contestants accepting a cash deal or taking a chance to go further in the competition. “Are you going to take the deal or are you going to take a chance?!” Her fellow judges are Jedward, Boy George, Deirdre O’Kane and Aston Merrygold. Lyra was in fab form as she chatted to Fergal D'Arcy who

Two of The Best Producers in the world ASSEMBLE! And create an absolute banger! Joel Corry and Jax Jones have joined forces like Captain America and Iron Man alongside Saweetie (gotta be Loki?) and Charli XCX (Black Widow!?) to create a formidable superhero music team! Their new track 'Out Out' is a glorious bop of epic beats. Fergal D'Arcy caught up with Joel and Jax (minus the spandex!) and they discussed making music, DM sliding, final playing live, hearing your music all over the world (Joel

The fabulous Grace Chatto and Clean Bandit have done it again. They just can't stop making bangers and their magic dust appears all over their new track. It's called 'Drive' and it also feature Topic and Wes Nelson. Grace had a LOT of fun making the video and describes how brilliant it was to work with the former Love Island contestant who is fast becoming an authentic music star. The video was so much fun to make. Wes is in his truck so oblivious to anything going on in the back just driving to

Sam Fender is back with new music. Seventeen Going Under is a coming of age track taken from his upcoming album of the same title set for release on October 8. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2021/07/30120410/SAM-FENDER-FULL-PODCAST.mp3"][/audio] Speaking to Fergal D'Arcy, Fender describes it as a celebration of life and surviving. He also revealed he's a big fan of Irish acts Inhaler and Fontaines D.C. going on to describe a night out in London with the latter and their shared love

Mimi Webb had has had a super year, is super talented and super sound! Of COURSE she also has Irish Grandparents! We can claim this absolute star as our own! The 'Good Without' hitmaker told Fergal D'Arcy about her Irish relations including her Irish Grannies and Gran Aunt. All her Dad's cousins are in Ireland and they run a family fish and chip shop! Plus, she talks about the success of 'Good Without' (70 million streams and counting) what a crazy year it's been, and her upcoming mini-tour plus

Martin Garrix is a superstar DJ in his own right. 3-time No.1 DJ on the DJ Mag Top 100! He became the youngest DJ to headline the huge Ultra Music Festival at the age of only 17! He's worked with Dua Lipa, Macklemore, Bebe Rexha, Ed Sheeran, Major Lazer & more The list of achievements are endless... oh and he's only TWENTY FIVE! But when two musicians from Dublin, who happen to be in the world's biggest rock band agreed to collaborate with him on the Euro 2020 Anthem he was star struck

Ed Sheeran is back and he's bad! The superstar singer officially releases his comeback single 'Bad Habits' today. To celebrate this awesome news and a brilliant new track Ed Sheeran spoke to Fergal D'Arcy on TodayFM: Highlights include: Opening two mins are about getting fit giving up the booze etc! "Two bottle of wine Teddy is gone!" Taking his music in a dancier direction. "Everyone needs a dance right now!" Really excellent Social Media wisdom that hits home - "If you see a friend take a selfie

Wild Youth's Conor O'Donohoe is afraid of one thing when they make a live festival music return. It's not the queue for the toilets! It's not losing the ability to carry four pints from the bar! It's not hitting a bum note! What I'm really worried about Fergal is the crowd NOT singing back the songs! It's our first chance to play our new songs to a crowd and that is so exciting but we hope they'll know the tunes! Conor tells Fergal D'Arcy all about Ireland’s first music festival in SIXTEEN

It's been too long. James Vincent McMorrow played the first live outdoor gig in over a year. At The Fergal Darcy Show we had our own milestone. Gavin James playing his brand new single 'Sober' LIVE in studio. An actual human being doing a mini-gig to himself and Fergal! WHAT A TREAT Just Press Play To Listen To The Full Chat And Live Session [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2021/06/11140729/GAVIN-JAMES-PLUS-LIVE-SESSION.mp3"][/audio] Live sessions BACK on #TodayFM - yeeeeoooowwwww

Perrie Edwards. Jade Thirlwall. Leigh-Anne Pinnock. Little Mix are a force to be reckoned with... Three ladies who were inspired by strong women and want to be the ones to inspire the next generation. When you are career driven and so passionate about what you do. People put a lot of pressure on  women especially in this industry and sometimes you are told to either choose a career or family. Why can't we be BOTH? We are strong women! I was really worried at first about telling my management. I am

Sigrid is officially one of our own. She's not Irish. She's from Norway. Yet, she was taken into the hearts, minds and soul of Irish people the last time she played in Ireland live. I think we adore her spirit. That gig still stays with me it was so special. It felt like a homecoming gig. I love playing in Ireland so much! She also LOVES walking. That's an Irish passport alone! Sigrid chats to Fergal D'Arcy - press play here to listen: [audio

Our two favourite people and patron Saints of The Fergal D'Arcy Show!! When Anne-Marie and Niall Horan announced they were working on a song together, the collective response was "YESS!!!" Of course we want two of the music industries soundest heads on a song. It made perfect sense. The result is the fabulous, 'Our Song' They had an absolute ball with Fergal D'Arcy having the chats about spotting each other at parties too working in a studio together, how Our Song came about, the reason Niall was

Luke Pritchard from The Kooks recalls the moment he was chased through Temple Bar! It was crazy. I was a teenager myself being chased by a load of screaming teenagers and it was such a surreal moment. I was like, Oh am I famous now! After the release of their debut album 'Inside In/Inside Out' they became a band for a whole generation of fans in the mid noughties. On the 15th anniversary of it's release the band kick off a very special tour at The Olympia in Jan 2022 (see below) PRESS PLAY TO HEAR

Tom Grennan is one of the soundest blokes on the planet. He told Fergal D'Arcy how a collab with the world's biggest DJ and Producer cam about and he is as honest as can be: There I was just having an aul scroll through Instagram while I was on the toilet as you do and I seen a DM from Calvin Harris and I was like "WHAAAAAAT??" So, he just says "you wanna do a song with me?" and I'm like Yeaaaaah!! And here we are with this summer smash on our hands! It's gonna be massive! I call him Big Calv

He held his own with superstar Dermot Kennedy. Not many people can say that, but Michael Moloney is not many people. This teenager from Mayo is a superstar in the making. The Crossmolina native had Ireland in the palm of his hands on the Toy Show. His stunning tribute to his late father Emmet alongside his surprise singing partner Dermot Kennedy was one of the highlights (see below). He joined Fergal Darcy on TodayFM on the release of his debut single: [audio

It's not unusual for The Fergal Darcy Show to have the world's biggest music guests but we still pinch ourselves that we got to talk to a true legend. Sir Tom Jones is a phenomenon. Over 100 million records sold. Thirty six Top 40 hits over a career of five decades. Grammy, Ivor Novello and Brit Awards adorn his shelves. And best of all he was BFF's with the 'King of Rock and Roll' himself the beyond iconic Elvis Presley. And now as one of the Judges on The Voice he has re-invented himself again

It is a moment engrained in the folklore of Ireland written into the history of Slane gigs forever! The irony is that nobody actually recorded it happening! If it happened today we would be inundated with videos but this was 2001. Moby was the support for u2 and Ireland were playing Holland in a World Cup qualifier in Dublin. The game was so big at the time it was shown live at the request of the crowd! Moby was a HUGE Father Ted fan and decided that Ardal O'Hanlon should sing My Lovely Horse to

Julia Michaels has worked with the world's biggest stars from Justin Bieber to Selena Gomez to P!nk. The list of co-writing superstars is a who's who of the world's most famous artists. Did I mention Dua Lipa, Britney Spears, Shawn Mendes, Ed Sheeran and Niall Horan? The best. What a wonderful man! Julia stans our Niall! Now, the multi-Grammy nominated multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter finally releases her highly anticipated solo debut. 'Not In Chronological Order' (she calls it NICO!)

The Cranberries guitarist Noel Hogan reveals the uniqueness of his latest song collaboration: I have written long distance before but eventually you do end up in the studio. Bronagh and I have never actually met in person! It has been a massive challenge but just goes to show what can be done. A mutual friend suggested that Noel and Bronagh hook up virtually and chat tunes! That fateful suggestion gave birth to a brand new joyous track, called 'Cry Baby' This will be Noel’s first release since The