Budding songwriters should head for Dun Laoghaire - not to take the ferry out of the country, but to enter the Dun Laoghaire Song Contest which will be held on July 25th in the Royal Marine Hotel with Larry Gogan as compere. Send an S.A.E. to P.O. Box 5676, Dun Laoghaire, and be in with a chance of winning £3,000.

Born to re-run: Bruce Springsteen has reformed the E Street Band, no doubt encouraged by the success of resurgent boy band €17. Brucie will be playing a gig in the RDS Arena on May 25th.

Cheeky monkeys: Chicks release their second EP, Little Monkeys With Lots Of Money, on Supremo Recordings today. Tracks include Daria, Feminist and Rocca Rocka.