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{{Short description|Irish music and politics magazine}}
:''For other meanings, see ].''
{{Other uses|Hot press (disambiguation)}}
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'''''Hot Press''''' is a fortnightly ] and ] ] founded in 1977, based in ], ]. It is distinguished by its anti-establishment stance and championing of Irish music, most notably early ]. The magazine has been edited since its inception by ]. According to the ], it had a ] of 19,215 during 2007. It has won a number of ], including Website of the Year (2003 & 2007), Magazine of the Year (2002) and Publisher of the Year (2004) and has been cited by independent sources such as '']''<ref name="What Pete didn't tell Pat"/> and the ] based '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/kings-of-leon/42371|title=Kings Of Leon, Killers, Snow Patrol for Oxegen 2009|date=2009-01-28|accessdate=2009-01-28|publisher='']''}}</ref> ] featured on the cover of the first issue. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themusicshow.ie/whoweare.php|title="HOT PRESS - WHO WE ARE…"|accessdate=2008-09-20|publisher=]}}</ref> The magazine title is a play on the term "]", a common Irish term referring to a domestic ].


'''''Hot Press''''' is a monthly music and politics magazine based in ], Ireland, founded in June 1977. The magazine has been edited since its inception by ].
The magazine has regularly tended to feature interviews with politicians, breaking stories that are later covered by national and international news agencies. It is also known for having conducted one of the last interviews with the model ] before her death in 2007. Other issues discussed during its existence include abuses within the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/502691.html|title=THE CHURCH AND CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE|date=1994-12-14|accessdate=2009-03-14|publisher='']''}}</ref> ] used a February 2003 edition of the magazine featuring the band on the cover as part of the artwork for their 2004 single "]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/5230175.html|title=Kings of Leon for Oxegen 2009|date=2009-01-28|accessdate=2009-01-28|publisher='']''}}</ref>


==History==
== Regular features ==
''Hot Press'' was founded in June 1977 by Niall Stokes, who continues to be its editor to the present day.<ref name="Rockers out in force for Hot Press launch"/><ref name="GeivettSpiegel2009">{{cite book |author1=R. Douglas Geivett |author2=James S. Spiegel |title=Faith, Film and Philosophy: Big Ideas on the Big Screen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zPjuQRyrcQ0C&pg=PA301 |date=20 September 2009 |publisher=InterVarsity Press |isbn=978-0-8308-7518-4 |pages=301– }}</ref> Since then, the magazine has featured stories in the music world, both in Ireland and internationally.<ref name="WallaceHalperin2014">{{cite book |author1=Max Wallace |author2=Ian Halperin |title=Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f_8GAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT41 |date=20 March 2014 |publisher=Allison & Busby |isbn=978-0-7490-1610-4 |pages=41– }}</ref>
* '''The Mad Hatter's Box''' - A random well-known person is asked random questions about themselves.
* '''The Shooting Gallery''' - Features letters from readers, responses from the editorial team to these letters and choice cuts from the HOTPRESS Message board. A Letter of the Fortnight is selected to win a €20 Dolphin Discs voucher.
* '''The Message''' An article by someone, usually the editor, Niall Stokes. Notable exceptions include the 2006 Christmas Special which featured a Christmas Message from ] who wrote of how ] had been ''"]"''.
* '''Music News''' with Stuart Clark. Features the latest from the Irish music scene as well as international events.
* '''Frontlines''' - Investigation and analysis of a significant piece of current affairs, e.g. Youtube, Borat, drink-driving...
* '''Sexed Up''' with Anne Sexton. Features stories from her life, top sex tips, the sex life of a well-known person and ''The Sex O'Clock News'' (a look at the latest sexual innovations).
* '''Bootboy''' with Dermod Moore - A personal take on sex, men, politics...
* '''Sounding Off''' - The latest from the music scene in general. Contains interviews with bands and musicians.
* '''What's Going On''' - A complete guide to what's happening at the moment with extensive listings covering TV, radio, gigs, comedy, clubbing,exhibitions and theatre.
* '''The Moviehouse''' with Tara Brady. Features movie reviews and interviews with actors, directors, producers, etc.
* '''At Home With...''' - A piece about life at home with a well-known person.
* '''On The Game''' with John Walshe. Features games reviews.
* '''Hot Looks''' - Fashion feature where a guest shows off their unique style.
* '''Hoot Press''' - Comedy guide.
* '''Garageland''' - A comprehensive section covering news, views, information, gossip and demos on the homefront.
* '''Folk Centre''' with Greg McAteer. Features the latest news from the world of folk and traditional music.
* '''Hit The North''' with Colin Carberry. Features the latest music news from ].
* '''Charts''' - Top 30 singles and albums, what we were listening to 10 years ago, and download and ringtone charts.
* '''The Phantom''' - Out and about stories with images of social events and people.</sup>


The first issue of ''Hot Press'' featured Irish blues rock musician ] ahead of his headlining performance at Ireland's first open air rock festival, the ], in 1977. The magazine has covered the career of ] since the late 1970s. ] first talked to ''Hot Press'' about her lesbianism.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
== History ==
=== Music ===
A large number of the most popular artists from the world of rock’n’roll and pop music have been interviewed by ''Hot Press'', including those as diverse as ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], 50 Cent, ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] Robbie Williams, Beyoncé, and many more.


The magazine has been at the centre of several controversies: for example, ''Hot Press'' writer ] was interviewing ] band member and songwriter ] when Gallagher found out that his brother Liam would not take the stage for that evening's performance, and the band came close to splitting up.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
In recent times, ''Hot Press'' has published interviews with the new breed of modern rock band, championing ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] among others. In 2006, ''Hot Press'' also interviewed some of the more popular emerging solo artists and songwriters of that year from ] and ] to ] and ].


''Hot Press'' was at the centre of a legal dispute over the copyright of the term ] in 2009 after it featured an advertisement using the term to promote a new tour by the traditional group.<ref name="Trad legends jig about with a legendary name">{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/trad-legends-jig-about-with-a-legendary-name-1841533.html |title=Oxegen Trad legends jig about with a legendary name |date=26 July 2009 |access-date=3 August 2009 |newspaper=] |archive-date=31 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731110401/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/trad-legends-jig-about-with-a-legendary-name-1841533.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Well-known Irish artists from ] and ] through ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] to ], ] and ] have been interviewed extensively by the magazine, as well as the more recent or up-and-coming Irish artists such as ], ], ], ], ], ] and ], as well as reviewing music from ], ], ], ], ] and ].


In September 2009, an interview conducted by ] with the comedian ] at ] proved controversial when Tiernan made some remarks which were later perceived as ]. The comments were reported in the Irish and international media;<ref name="Six million? I would have got 10 or 12 million out of that. No f**kng problem! F**k them. Two at a time, they would have gone. Hold hands, get in there! Leave us your teeth and your glasses">{{cite web |first=Ken |last=Sweeney |url=http://www.tribune.ie/article/2009/sep/20/six-million-i-would-have-got-10-or-12-million-out-/ |title=Six million? I would have got 10 or 12 million out of that. No f**kng problem! F**k them. Two at a time, they would have gone. Hold hands, get in there! Leave us your teeth and your glasses |date=20 September 2009 |access-date=25 September 2009 |work=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924211051/http://www.tribune.ie/article/2009/sep/20/six-million-i-would-have-got-10-or-12-million-out-/ |archive-date=24 September 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Irish comic: 'Six million? I would have got 10 or 12 million out of that'">{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Blondy |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253804298054&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |title=Irish comic: 'Six million? I would have got 10 or 12 million out of that' |date=24 September 2009 |access-date=26 September 2009 |work=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917093109/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253804298054&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |archive-date=17 September 2011 }}</ref> however, both Tyaransen and ''Hot Press'' editor Niall Stokes, as well as Tiernan himself, defended them as being taken out of context.<ref name="How could reporter take my interview with Tommy out of context?">{{cite web |first=Olaf |last=Tyaransen |author-link=Olaf Tyaransen |url=http://www.herald.ie/opinion/how-could-reporter-take-my-interview-with-tommy-out-of-context-1896871.html |title=How could reporter take my interview with Tommy out of context? |date=25 September 2009 |access-date=26 September 2009 |work=] |archive-date=5 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005003259/http://www.herald.ie/opinion/how-could-reporter-take-my-interview-with-tommy-out-of-context-1896871.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
==== Festivals ====
''Hot Press'' covers all the major international music events, as well as Irish festivals such as ], ], ], ] and ].
* ''Hot Press'' released a special edition of their magazine in the weeks leading up to the Electric Picnic which took place in September 2006. Its cover was filled with those bands and artists who played the festival. The issue featured interviews with the bands that played at the festival. A free CD was also distributed with each issue featuring ten songs from these artists, including ], ], ], ], ] and ].
* A similar edition was published prior to the ] in August 2008, which included a free CD entitled ''Unlaoised''. ], ] and ] were amongst the bands whose music was featured on the CD. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4704122.html|title="Un Laoised…"|date=2008-08-19|accessdate=2008-08-22|publisher='']''}}</ref>
* A CD featuring artists from Cork was free with a special edition of ''Hot Press'' published before ] in June 2008.


In 2020, in reaction to the ] lock down in Ireland, Hot Press held a set of online music sessions called the Lockdown Sessions featuring artists such as ], Doppler, and ].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Newsdesk|first=The Hot Press|date=18 March 2020|title=Announcing: The Hot Press Lockdown Sessions|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/announcing-hot-press-lockdown-sessions-22808905|access-date=26 July 2020|website=Hotpress|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726205529/https://www.hotpress.com/music/announcing-hot-press-lockdown-sessions-22808905|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Toole|first=Lucy|date=22 June 2020|title=Live Report: Celaviedmai on The Hot Press Lockdown Sessions' Y&E Series|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/live-report-celaviedmai-on-the-hot-press-lockdown-sessions-ye-series-22820016|access-date=26 July 2020|website=Hotpress|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726202508/https://www.hotpress.com/music/live-report-celaviedmai-on-the-hot-press-lockdown-sessions-ye-series-22820016|url-status=live}}</ref>
==== Music-related interviews ====
Over the years ''Hot Press'' has featured some of the most significant stories in the music world, both in Ireland and internationally:
* ''Hot Press'' covered the rise of ] since the late 1970s.
* ] talked first to ''Hot Press'' about her lesbianism.
* ''Hot Press'' writer Stuart Clark was present on the day that Oasis came closest to splitting up. He gained an insight into the life of ], including an interruption to the interview during which the ] songwriter was told that Liam would not be gigging with the band that night.
<blockquote>"Fuck, no way man," he (Noel Gallagher) insists. "I'll probably get away with it tonight but I'm not as good a singer as he is. I'd much rather be stood in front of me amplifier doing the odd backing-vocal. The cunt! I tell you what I'm tempted to do - go on stage and tell the crowd his room number so they can go round the hotel and get their money back off him."<ref></ref></blockquote>


== Contributors ==
* ''Hot Press'' arranged a meeting between ] and ] where they asked the U2 singer to interview the latter for the magazine and he agreed.
Past writers for ''Hot Press'' have included ninth ] ],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1111/breaking24.html |title=A thinker unafraid to speak his mind |date=11 November 2011 |access-date=11 November 2011 |first=Paul |last=Cullen |author2=Siggins, Lorna |work=The Irish Times |archive-date=11 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111172947/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1111/breaking24.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the authors of ] award-winning '']'', ] and ], '']'' television reviewer Liam Fay, author and '']'' columnist Neil McCormick, ], '']'' US correspondent ], '']'' soccer correspondent Liam Mackey, author Damian Corless, the former '']'' columnist ] and film critic Tara Brady, food writer John McKenna, '']'' journalist ] and '']'' football writer, '']'' regular ], '']'' writer ] and Olaf Tyaransen{{fact|date=March 2022}}.
* Reporter Steve Cummins boarded the ] tour bus and wrote about chaotic life of ] and his band.
*''Hot Press'''s Stuart Clark conducted a public interview with ] at ] on 6 February 2009, hours before ] with ].<ref name="Doherty, Elbow and Cave for Oxegen">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0213/1233867935083.html|title=Doherty, Elbow and Cave for Oxegen|date=2009-02-13|accessdate=2009-02-13|publisher='']''}}</ref><ref name="What Pete didn't tell Pat">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/0213/1233867934277.html?via=mr|title=What Pete didn't tell Pat|date=2009-02-13|accessdate=2009-02-13|publisher='']''}}</ref>


Current writers include Peter Murphy,<ref name="Tóibín shortlisted for UK book award">{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1124/breaking77.htm |title=Tóibín shortlisted for UK book award |date=24 November 2009 |access-date=24 November 2009 |newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> Jackie Hayden,<ref>{{cite news |author=John Meagher |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/day-and-night/loaded-festival-films-for-music-fans-1285020.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803183520/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/day-and-night/loaded-festival-films-for-music-fans-1285020.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 August 2012 |title=Loaded: Festival films for music fans |date=8 February 2008 |access-date=2 January 2010 |newspaper=]}}</ref> and Pat Carty.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/live-report-saving-grace-featuring-robert-plant-4-us-helix-dublin-22782928 |title=Live Report: Saving Grace featuring Robert Plant and The 4 Of Us at The Helix, Dublin |last=Carty |first=Pat |website=Hotpress |access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref>
=== Politics ===
''Hot Press'' has had a strong ] ] stance on politics and social issues. During the ] it supported many smaller left wing parties such as the ] and ]. It currently is critical of the ] government, pro ] reform and was opposed to the June 2007 decision of the ] to ban the videogame '']''<ref name="ifco">
{{cite web|url=http://www.ifco.ie/ifco/ifcoweb.nsf/web/news?opendocument&news=yes&type=graphic|title=MANHUNT 2 VIDEO GAME PROHIBITED|accessdate=2007-06-19|date=2007-06-18|publisher=IFCO|quote=A prohibition order has been made by IFCO in relation to the video game ''Manhunt 2''. The Order was made on ] ] under Sec 7 (1) (b) of the Video Recordings Act 1989 which refers to ‘acts of gross violence or cruelty (including mutilation and torture) ’.}}</ref> This is the first time a video game has been refused certification by the IFCO.<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2007/0620/manhunt2.html|title=RTE News |accessdate=2007-06-20}}
</ref>


==== Politics-related interviews ==== ==Politics==
''Hot Press'' has had a centrist stance on politics and social issues.{{citation needed|date=June 2009}} During the ] it supported many smaller left wing parties such as the ] and ].{{citation needed|date=June 2009}} It was critical of the then ] government, pro-] reform and was opposed to the June 2007 decision of the ] to ban the videogame '']''<ref name="ifco">{{cite web |url=http://www.ifco.ie/ifco/ifcoweb.nsf/web/news?opendocument&news=yes&type=graphic |title=MANHUNT 2 VIDEO GAME PROHIBITED |access-date=19 June 2007 |date=18 June 2007 |publisher=IFCO |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120192726/http://www.ifco.ie/ifco/ifcoweb.nsf/web/news?opendocument&news=yes&type=graphic |archive-date=20 November 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This is the first time a video game has been refused certification by the IFCO.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2007/0620/manhunt2.html |title=RTÉ News |access-date=20 June 2007 |work=RTÉ News |archive-date=25 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625162607/http://www.rte.ie/arts/2007/0620/manhunt2.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
''Hot Press'' has interviewed among others President of ], ], ]'s ] ], leader of the ], ] and ], ].


The magazine has interviewed several politicians, including ]'s ], ]'s ] ], leader of the ], ] and ], ].
*"The sort of smug know-all commentator... I suppose if anything annoys me, that annoys me... I could instance a load of fuckers whose throat I'd cut, and push over the nearest cliff, but there's no percentage in that." &ndash; Former ] ] speaking to ''Hot Press'' writer ] in 1984.<ref name="Biffo takes his place in pantheon of the gaffers">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2008/0524/1211522099982.html|title=Biffo takes his place in pantheon of the gaffers|date=2008-05-24|accessdate=2009-02-24|publisher='']''}}</ref>


<blockquote>The sort of smug know-all commentator... I suppose if anything annoys me, that annoys me... I could instance a load of fuckers whose throat I'd cut, and push over the nearest cliff, but there's no percentage in that. – Former ] ] speaking to ''Hot Press'' writer ] in 1984.<ref name="Biffo takes his place in pantheon of the gaffers">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2008/0524/1211522099982.html|title=Biffo takes his place in pantheon of the gaffers|date=24 May 2008|access-date=24 February 2009|newspaper=]|archive-date=23 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123141541/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2008/0524/1211522099982.html|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>
In his May 2007 interview with ], former ] Cowen admitted to smoking ], saying, <blockquote>"Anyone who went to the ] bar in the ‘70s that didn’t get a whiff of marijuana would be telling you a lie. I would say there were a couple of occasions when it was passed around – and, unlike ], I did inhale! There wasn’t a whole lot in it really – (it was like) a Sweet Afton, as a 10-year-old, under a railway bridge on a rainy day, in small town Ireland in the late ‘60s. I certainly got more enjoyment out of a few pints."</blockquote> This confession later provoked much criticism from opposition parties in the ]. <ref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2926423.html|title="The man who would be king"|accessdate=2007-12-14}}</ref> Mr. Cowen later became ] following the resignation of ].


In his May 2007 interview with ], former ] Cowen admitted to smoking ], saying,
In June 2007, ]'s ] ] caused uproar in an interview with Jason O'Toole by publicly denouncing acts associated with ]. This was the year before ], wife of ], ] made her thoughts on the issue. <ref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2931251.html|title="The Junior Minister has his say about gays"|accessdate=2008-07-30}}</ref>


<blockquote>Anyone who went to the ] bar in the '70s that didn't get a whiff of marijuana would be telling you a lie. I would say there were a couple of occasions when it was passed around – and, unlike ], I did inhale! There wasn't a whole lot in it really – (it was like) a Sweet Afton, as a 10-year-old, under a railway bridge on a rainy day, in small town Ireland in the late '60s. I certainly got more enjoyment out of a few pints.</blockquote>
A December 2008 interview with Irish ]er ] was the subject of news stories and other commentary in a number of Irish based newspapers, including the ''Irish Independent'', the ''Irish Star'', the ''Irish Mirror'', ''The Sun'', the ''Irish Mail'', the ''Mail On Sunday'' and ''The Irish Times'' and was covered extensively on radio, on RTÉ News and in other television including TV3's '']''. Internationally the interview was covered by the '']'' and '']'', and the main news in ] featured it, as well as '']'' in ], '']'' in ] and ]'s leading daily paper, '']''. The interview, conducted once again by Jason O'Toole (on this occasion in ]), had McCreevy say that Ireland's decision to reject the ] had to be respected by the rest of Europe. McCreevy also revealed that he was pro-choice when it came to matters of abortion.<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/5087870.html|title=Wall Street Journal and Le Monde among newspapers covering Hot Press story|accessdate=2008-12-10}}</ref>


This confession later provoked much criticism from opposition parties in the ]. Ministers ] and ] played down the controversy, denying Cowen was "setting a bad example".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0517/election2.html|title=Election 2007: Fianna Fáil's crime strategy|date=17 May 2007|access-date=27 December 2009|publisher=]|archive-date=24 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224001053/http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0517/election2.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Mr. Cowen later became ] following the resignation of ].
=== Other interviews ===
==== Katy French interview ====
In an interview with ''Hot Press'''s Jason O'Toole<ref> - ''Hot Press'' Oct 26 2007</ref> model Katy French revealed that she would consider having an abortion if she got pregnant during the peak of her career and that she loved fur despite being a "massive animal lover". She also aired her religious beliefs (she was a ] but also practised ]) and spoke highly of ] and her Muslim friends saying, <blockquote>"When you read the ], you realise that Islam is a beautiful religion".</blockquote> In the same interview she was asked if she had ever used cocaine and denied ever having done so.<ref>"Blessing of troubled teenage years" - ] WEEKEND REVIEW - Sat. Dec 8 2007, p.5</ref> Yet in November 2007, French confessed to an Irish ] that she had previously been a regular abuser of ] in the past only to be come disillusioned with this. In the early hours of Sunday ], Katy collapsed at a friend's house in ], ]. She died at Our Lady's Hospital in ] on the evening of ] just six weeks after her ''Hot Press'' interview was published. The interview became a regular source of information for newspaper reports in the aftermath, and was revisited in the ''Hot Press Annual 2008'' which went to press just as she died.


In June 2007, ]'s ] ] caused uproar in an interview with Jason O'Toole by publicly denouncing acts associated with homosexuality. This was the year before ], wife of ], ] made her thoughts on the issue.
==== Jimbo Wales interview ====
O'Toole interviewed ], the co-founder of ], about his life and work. Wales spoke of various issues including his salary, his belief that ] and other illegal drugs ought to be legalised, the possibility of introducing advertising to Misplaced Pages, his addiction to the ] website ] and the death threats he has received in the past, saying "there are crazy people in the world. People have all kinds of crazy agendas. They are angry… and then they’re mad at me and they send me death threats".<ref name="Hot Press scoops interview with Misplaced Pages Guru">{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/5319287.html|title=Hot Press scoops interview with Misplaced Pages Guru|date=2009-03-25|accessdate=2009-03-26|publisher='']''}}</ref>


==Hotpress.com==
==== Ian Strachan ====
Hotpress.com is the magazine's website which as of this writing offers free articles to readers. It was launched in 2002, initially promising a free archive with 25 years of content.<ref>{{cite news|author=John Meagher |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/soundbite-316236.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803124019/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/soundbite-316236.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 August 2012 |title=SOUNDBITE |date=8 February 2002 |access-date=2 January 2010 |newspaper=] }}</ref>
Hot Press's Jason O'Toole has interviewed ] ref name="Royal blackmailer spills the beans to Hot Press"/> The magazine blanked names in its UK edition to comply with court rulings.<ref name="Royal blackmailer spills the beans to Hot Press">{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/5395878.html|title=Royal blackmailer spills the beans to Hot Press|date=2009-04-23|accessdate=2009-04-28|publisher='']''}}</ref>


=== 2006-08 === ==''Hot Press Yearbook''==
The ''Hot Press Yearbook'' is released annually.<ref name="Rockers out in force for Hot Press launch">{{cite news|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/rockers-out-in-force-for-hot-press-launch-1776208.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217191858/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/rockers-out-in-force-for-hot-press-launch-1776208.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 February 2013 |title=Rockers out in force for Hot Press launch |date=17 June 2009 |access-date=28 July 2009 |newspaper=] }}</ref>
The ''Hot Press Annual 2007'' (published in 2006) featured interviews with the ] and others.


==Books==
The first issue of 2007 was a '']'' special where there is an exclusive interview with the show's executive producer ]. It included musicians such as ]'s ] and other celebrities talking about their favourite Simpsons shows/moments. 2007 was also the year that ''Hot Press'' announced a war against ticket touts following a number of high profile incidents, such as the ] ticket fiasco. <ref name="arcade-fire">, Hot Press, 26 January 2007, retrieved 23 February 2009</ref> <ref name="arcade-fire-2">, Hot Press, 26 January 2007, retrieved 23 February 2009</ref>
''Hot Press'' has published several books:

*''A Man In A Woman's World'' by Jackie Hayden, general manager of Hot Press (co-published in Nov 2007 with Killynon House Books.)
2008 saw ''Hot Press'' break the news of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/rem-help-industry-to-redefine-irish-music-1316117.html|title="REM help industry to redefine Irish music…"|date=2008-03-14|accessdate=2008-03-14|publisher='']''}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phantom.ie/content/view/1417/104/|title="BCI defends Irish music rules…"|date=2008-03-14|accessdate=2008-03-16|publisher=]}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4498079.html|title="REM qualifies as Irish music for airplay…"|date=2008-03-13|accessdate=2008-03-13|publisher='']''}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4498285.html|title="'Shame on them': Musicians react to BCI airplay clarification…"|date=2008-03-14|accessdate=2008-03-14|publisher='']''}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4498350.html|title="'This is crazy': Louis Walsh…"|date=2008-03-14|accessdate=2008-03-14|publisher='']''}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4513627.html|title="Radio directors say they’re behind Irish acts…"|date=2008-03-14|accessdate=2008-03-15|publisher='']''}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/politics/themessage/4498144.html|title="Is Irish radio fair to Irish music?…"|date=2008-03-13|accessdate=2008-04-27|publisher='']''}}</ref>
*'''', by Dermod Moore, 2005. A collection of essays by the magazine's columnist aka Bootboy.

*''The Rooms'', by Declan Lynch, 2005. The third novel by ].
== Books ==
*''The Palace of Wisdom (Sex Lines & The Story of O)'', by ] (2004, 2002, 2000) (all of Olaf Tyaransen's books have covers featuring paintings by Irish Artist ]
''Hot Press'' has published a number of books:
*''McCann: War & Peace in Northern Ireland'', by ], 1998.
*''A Man In A Woman's World''by Jackie Hayden, general manager of Hot Press (co-published in Nov 2007 with Killynon House Books.)
*'''', by Dermod Moore, 2005. A collection of essays by the magazine's columnist aka Bootboy.
*''The Rooms'', by Declan Lynch, 2005. The third novel from Declan Lynch.
*''The Palace of Wisdom (Sex Lines & The Story of O)'', by Olaf Tyaransen (2004, 2002, 2000) (all of Olaf Tyaransen's books have covers featuring paintings by Irish Artist ]
*''McCann: War & Peace in Northern Ireland'', by ], 1998.
*''My Boy'', by Philomena Lynott with Jackie Hayden, 1996 Synopsis: The story of ] as told by his mother. It is also her story, from the days as a single mother bringing up a young black child in Manchester and Dublin, through the heady success of ], to the tragic chain of events which ended her son's life and plunged her into depression. *''My Boy'', by Philomena Lynott with Jackie Hayden, 1996 Synopsis: The story of ] as told by his mother. It is also her story, from the days as a single mother bringing up a young black child in Manchester and Dublin, through the heady success of ], to the tragic chain of events which ended her son's life and plunged her into depression.
*''Crime Ink'', by Jason O'Toole, 2009 (a collection of O'Toole's Hot Press pieces published by Merlin Publishing). Top ten in the Irish Bestsellers Chart.<ref name="'Wronged criminal' had regrets but little remorse">{{Cite news| url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/wronged-criminal-had-regrets-but-little-remorse-1781520.html| title='Wronged criminal' had regrets but little remorse| date=20 June 2009| access-date=1 August 2008| work=]| archive-date=23 June 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623052732/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/wronged-criminal-had-regrets-but-little-remorse-1781520.html| url-status=live}}</ref>
*''Why Can't We? – The Story Of The Cranberries And The Band's Iconic Frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan'' by ] and ], 2021. Available in two formats, including a limited Deluxe Platinum Limited Edition autographed by the band members.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=9 August 2021 |title=First book on Dolores O'Riordan and The Cranberries now available for pre-sale |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/why-cant-we-dolores-oriordan-cranberries-book |url-status=live |work=IrishCentral |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810221633/https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/why-cant-we-dolores-oriordan-cranberries-book |archive-date=10 August 2021 |access-date=26 December 2021}}</ref>


== CDs == ==See also==
* ]
:''Hot Press'' issues free CDs on an irregular basis. These have included:
* ]
* ''Phil Lynott: The Lost Recordings'' which was re-released with an issue in August 2006 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of ]'s death. The CD featured five recordings which had never been released, including two tracks that had never been heard before.
* ]


== Contributors == ==References==
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Past writers for ''Hot Press'' have included the authors of ] award winning '']'', ] & ], Sunday Times television reviewer Liam Fay, author and '']'' columnist Neil McCormick, the late Bill Graham, '']'' US correspondent ], '']'' soccer correspondent Liam Mackey, '']'' columnist ], food writer John McKenna author, '']'' journalist ] and Guardian football writer and Football Weekly regular ].

== Competitions ==
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As part of their thirtieth birthday celebrations in 2007, ''Hot Press'' ran a competition in association with ] Ireland with a top prize of winning an internship at ''Hot Press''. They asked sixth year and third-level students to submit no more than four hundred words about any music subject of their choice and the competition closed on ] ].

Four students won an internship at ''Hot Press'', which took place in the summer or autumn of 2007 at the winner's discretion, as well as other prizes.

The panel of judges included seasoned writers and musicians, such as ] of ]; best-selling author ]; ] of ] fame; ''Hot Press'' editor ] and deputy editor ].<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2006/12/01/story19629.asp|title="Budding writers tune up for Hot Press gig"|accessdate=2007-12-14}}</ref>

== Awards ==
Amongst ''Hot Press'''s awards are a photojournalism award for magazine photographer Graham Keogh.<ref name="Hot Press snapper wins AIB Photojournalism award">{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/5269622.html|title=Hot Press snapper wins AIB Photojournalism award|date=2009-02-21|accessdate=2009-02-22|publisher='']''}}</ref>

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Hot Press
Hot Press's "40th birthday" on the cover of the June 2017 issue
EditorNiall Stokes
CategoriesMusic, current affairs
FrequencyMonthly
First issueJune 1977
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish
Websitehotpress.com
ISSN0332-0847

Hot Press is a monthly music and politics magazine based in Dublin, Ireland, founded in June 1977. The magazine has been edited since its inception by Niall Stokes.

History

Hot Press was founded in June 1977 by Niall Stokes, who continues to be its editor to the present day. Since then, the magazine has featured stories in the music world, both in Ireland and internationally.

The first issue of Hot Press featured Irish blues rock musician Rory Gallagher ahead of his headlining performance at Ireland's first open air rock festival, the Macroom Mountain Dew Festival, in 1977. The magazine has covered the career of U2 since the late 1970s. Sinéad O'Connor first talked to Hot Press about her lesbianism.

The magazine has been at the centre of several controversies: for example, Hot Press writer Stuart Clark was interviewing Oasis band member and songwriter Noel Gallagher when Gallagher found out that his brother Liam would not take the stage for that evening's performance, and the band came close to splitting up.

Hot Press was at the centre of a legal dispute over the copyright of the term De Dannan in 2009 after it featured an advertisement using the term to promote a new tour by the traditional group.

In September 2009, an interview conducted by Olaf Tyaransen with the comedian Tommy Tiernan at Electric Picnic 2009 proved controversial when Tiernan made some remarks which were later perceived as antisemitic. The comments were reported in the Irish and international media; however, both Tyaransen and Hot Press editor Niall Stokes, as well as Tiernan himself, defended them as being taken out of context.

In 2020, in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic lock down in Ireland, Hot Press held a set of online music sessions called the Lockdown Sessions featuring artists such as Celaviedmai, Doppler, and Tebi Rex.

Contributors

Past writers for Hot Press have included ninth President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, the authors of BAFTA award-winning Father Ted, Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews, Sunday Times television reviewer Liam Fay, author and Daily Telegraph columnist Neil McCormick, Bill Graham, The Sunday Business Post US correspondent Niall Stanage, Irish Examiner soccer correspondent Liam Mackey, author Damian Corless, the former The Irish Times columnist John Waters and film critic Tara Brady, food writer John McKenna, Sunday Independent journalist Declan Lynch and The Guardian football writer, Football Weekly regular Barry Glendenning, Daily Mail writer Jason O'Toole and Olaf Tyaransen.

Current writers include Peter Murphy, Jackie Hayden, and Pat Carty.

Politics

Hot Press has had a centrist stance on politics and social issues. During the 2007 general election it supported many smaller left wing parties such as the Green Party and Labour. It was critical of the then Fianna Fáil government, pro-Seanad reform and was opposed to the June 2007 decision of the Irish Film Censor's Office to ban the videogame Manhunt 2 This is the first time a video game has been refused certification by the IFCO.

The magazine has interviewed several politicians, including Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams, DUP's Ian Paisley Jr. MLA, leader of the Green Party, John Gormley and Minister for Finance, Brian Cowen.

The sort of smug know-all commentator... I suppose if anything annoys me, that annoys me... I could instance a load of fuckers whose throat I'd cut, and push over the nearest cliff, but there's no percentage in that. – Former Taoiseach Charles Haughey speaking to Hot Press writer John Waters in 1984.

In his May 2007 interview with Jason O'Toole, former Minister for Health Cowen admitted to smoking marijuana, saying,

Anyone who went to the UCD bar in the '70s that didn't get a whiff of marijuana would be telling you a lie. I would say there were a couple of occasions when it was passed around – and, unlike President Clinton, I did inhale! There wasn't a whole lot in it really – (it was like) a Sweet Afton, as a 10-year-old, under a railway bridge on a rainy day, in small town Ireland in the late '60s. I certainly got more enjoyment out of a few pints.

This confession later provoked much criticism from opposition parties in the Dáil. Ministers Willie O'Dea and Brian Lenihan Jnr played down the controversy, denying Cowen was "setting a bad example". Mr. Cowen later became Taoiseach following the resignation of Bertie Ahern.

In June 2007, DUP's Ian Paisley Jr. MLA caused uproar in an interview with Jason O'Toole by publicly denouncing acts associated with homosexuality. This was the year before Iris Robinson, wife of First Minister, Peter Robinson made her thoughts on the issue.

Hotpress.com

Hotpress.com is the magazine's website which as of this writing offers free articles to readers. It was launched in 2002, initially promising a free archive with 25 years of content.

Hot Press Yearbook

The Hot Press Yearbook is released annually.

Books

Hot Press has published several books:

  • A Man In A Woman's World by Jackie Hayden, general manager of Hot Press (co-published in Nov 2007 with Killynon House Books.)
  • Diary Of A Man, by Dermod Moore, 2005. A collection of essays by the magazine's columnist aka Bootboy.
  • The Rooms, by Declan Lynch, 2005. The third novel by Declan Lynch.
  • The Palace of Wisdom (Sex Lines & The Story of O), by Olaf Tyaransen (2004, 2002, 2000) (all of Olaf Tyaransen's books have covers featuring paintings by Irish Artist Graham Knuttel
  • McCann: War & Peace in Northern Ireland, by Eamonn McCann, 1998.
  • My Boy, by Philomena Lynott with Jackie Hayden, 1996 Synopsis: The story of Phil Lynott as told by his mother. It is also her story, from the days as a single mother bringing up a young black child in Manchester and Dublin, through the heady success of Thin Lizzy, to the tragic chain of events which ended her son's life and plunged her into depression.
  • Crime Ink, by Jason O'Toole, 2009 (a collection of O'Toole's Hot Press pieces published by Merlin Publishing). Top ten in the Irish Bestsellers Chart.
  • Why Can't We? – The Story Of The Cranberries And The Band's Iconic Frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan by Niall Stokes and Stuart Clark, 2021. Available in two formats, including a limited Deluxe Platinum Limited Edition autographed by the band members.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rockers out in force for Hot Press launch". Evening Herald. 17 June 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  2. R. Douglas Geivett; James S. Spiegel (20 September 2009). Faith, Film and Philosophy: Big Ideas on the Big Screen. InterVarsity Press. pp. 301–. ISBN 978-0-8308-7518-4.
  3. Max Wallace; Ian Halperin (20 March 2014). Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain. Allison & Busby. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-0-7490-1610-4.
  4. "Oxegen Trad legends jig about with a legendary name". Sunday Independent. 26 July 2009. Archived from the original on 31 July 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
  5. Sweeney, Ken (20 September 2009). "Six million? I would have got 10 or 12 million out of that. No f**kng problem! F**k them. Two at a time, they would have gone. Hold hands, get in there! Leave us your teeth and your glasses". Sunday Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  6. Blondy, Brian (24 September 2009). "Irish comic: 'Six million? I would have got 10 or 12 million out of that'". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  7. Tyaransen, Olaf (25 September 2009). "How could reporter take my interview with Tommy out of context?". Evening Herald. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  8. Newsdesk, The Hot Press (18 March 2020). "Announcing: The Hot Press Lockdown Sessions". Hotpress. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  9. O'Toole, Lucy (22 June 2020). "Live Report: Celaviedmai on The Hot Press Lockdown Sessions' Y&E Series". Hotpress. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  10. Cullen, Paul; Siggins, Lorna (11 November 2011). "A thinker unafraid to speak his mind". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  11. "Tóibín shortlisted for UK book award". The Irish Times. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  12. John Meagher (8 February 2008). "Loaded: Festival films for music fans". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  13. Carty, Pat. "Live Report: Saving Grace featuring Robert Plant and The 4 Of Us at The Helix, Dublin". Hotpress. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  14. "MANHUNT 2 VIDEO GAME PROHIBITED". IFCO. 18 June 2007. Archived from the original on 20 November 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
  15. "RTÉ News". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2007.
  16. "Biffo takes his place in pantheon of the gaffers". The Irish Times. 24 May 2008. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
  17. "Election 2007: Fianna Fáil's crime strategy". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. 17 May 2007. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
  18. John Meagher (8 February 2002). "SOUNDBITE". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  19. "'Wronged criminal' had regrets but little remorse". Irish Independent. 20 June 2009. Archived from the original on 23 June 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  20. "First book on Dolores O'Riordan and The Cranberries now available for pre-sale". IrishCentral. 9 August 2021. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

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