Opportunity to rock with Sinéad

BY JULIE TIERNEY

TG4's Sinéad Ní Loideáin from Carraroe will co-host a new music show during which 120 bands will battle it out to win a trip to perform live in Memphis, Tennessee.

Sinéad is a weather/continuity presenter with TG4 and also presented the young peoples wrap around programme Cúla4 for two years. She will be joined in Deis Roc by Donegal DJ with Raidió na Gaeltachta Rónán Mac Aodh Bhuí.

From an entry of 120 rock bands, a shortlist of 12 from all over Ireland will converge on Belfast to battle it out for a place in the Deis Roc final, the winning band receiving a trip to Memphis, Tennessee, where they will visit Elvis' shrine, Sun Studios, and perform live in a venue in Memphis.

Each band must perform in Irish as well as English. Some have written new material in Irish for the show, others have taken a traditional Irish song and brought their own modern rock interpretation to it.

Each week, two bands will go head to head in front of a studio audience, with the viewing public voting for their favourite band to go through to the final.

The first programme will be broadcast on TG4 this Monday at 10pm and will be repeated on Fridays at 6.30pm. The final programme will be broadcast live from the King's Head pub in Belfast on May 29, where the remaining six bands will compete for the winning prize.