Music
Putting on an outdoor music festival in Ireland: ‘The bands saw they weren’t going to be up on the back of a truck in Portlaoise’
Be it Glasonbury or Forest Fest, a good line-up is key for any music festival. How do Irish organisers attract the biggest names?
‘We want to stop in our prime’: Saint Etienne on their final album and why pop is a dying art
The trio of Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs and Sarah Cracknell are wrapping up after 13 albums
Festival food trucks: Why are their prices soaring?
At All Together Now, Electric Picnic and other festivals, food is edging towards €20 a dish. Why does it cost so much?
Inside Ireland’s music festival industry: ‘You can haemorrhage money very quickly’
For promoters, there are risks, tight margins and pinch points. Still, as the summer season begins, optimism prevails
How to stage an Irish music festival: From All Together Now to Beyond the Pale
A mountain of work goes into putting on a music festival. Organisers have to prepare for the unexpected - and for the weather
The Rewind festival at St Anne’s Park: Ticket information, who will play, how to get there and more
Everything you need to know about Dublin festival on Sunday, June 1st
Taylor Swift buys back rights to master recordings of her first six albums
Swift originally lost the rights in 2019 when her first label, Big Machine, sold them to Scooter Braun
The Lumineers at St Anne’s Park: Stage times, set list, ticket information, how to get there and more
Everything you need to know about The Lumineers’ Dublin concert on Saturday, May 31st
Forbidden Fruit 2025: daily line-ups, stage times, ticket information, weather forecast and more
Everything you need to know about the big summer festival taking place in Royal Hospital Kilmainham this weekend
Kneecap’s performance at TRNSMT festival in Scotland will not go ahead, band announce
Band say decision was due to concerns expressed by police about safety at event
Inhaler at St Anne’s Park: Stage times, set list, ticket information, how to get there and more
Everything you need to know about Inhaler’s Dublin concert on Friday, May 30th
The Music Quiz: Which Queen song recently broke one billion streams on Spotify?
Plus: What’s the fruit on the famous cover of The Stone Roses’ 1989 debut album?
Shirley Manson of Garbage: ‘I was shuffling about on a Zimmer frame. I was absolutely stripped of any pride’
Three years of intense physical pain shaped the way the singer saw the band’s new album – and then made her carve out a new perspective on life
Billy Joel cancels tour and announces brain disorder diagnosis
Singer (76) says he has been told he has normal pressure hydrocephalus
Orla Gartland beats Fontaines DC to win best song at Ivor Novello awards
Dubliner released her second album, Everybody Needs a Hero, last year
Bono calls for end to war in Gaza as U2 perform Sunday Bloody Sunday at Ivor Novello awards
U2 singer calls for Hamas to release hostages and Israel to be released from Netanyahu
Metallica in Dublin: Band announce two shows at Aviva Stadium in June next year
No Repeats Weekend gigs will see different setlists and guests on each of two nights
