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Bonnie Tyler in induced coma after emergency surgery

Bonnie Tyler had been rushed to hospital in Portugal for emergency intestinal surgery

Mike D of Beastie Boys to headline Beyond the Pale festival

Mike D’s joins line-up including Father John Misty, Primal Scream and Of Monsters and Men

Kylie Minogue on her breast cancer diagnosis: ‘I was so scared of what was ahead of me’

Upcoming Netflix series will explore how Kylie Minogue became one of pop’s biggest stars

The Music Quiz: Which Irish newspaper might remind you of the 1970s rock band Wishbone Ash?

Plus: US country singer Kacey Musgraves performed which song by SZA on BBC1’s Live Lounge?

Dolly Parton cancels Las Vegas residency over health issues: ‘Everything I have is treatable’

Dolly Parton says she is ‘responding really well to meds and treatments’ and is ‘improving every day’

Musician and composer Mary Halvorson: ‘I’m not trying to be weird. It’s just how I see things’

The American jazz guitarist, who is on her way to Ireland, may have the feel of a modern folk musician, but she can shred and distort like a death-metal band

The best and biggest music festivals to see around Ireland this summer

Your guide to live music for May, June, July and August in 2026 from CMAT, Forbidden Fruit, Fontaines DC, The Cure to Electric Picnic

Psychedelic rockers The Lemon Twigs: ‘Singing for Brian Wilson at his birthday was surreal’

Hanging out with The Beach Boys’ troubled genius a signpost for still-youthful industry veterans Michael and Brian D’Addario

Ed Sheeran ‘on the mend’ as singer reveals he had shingles

Ed Sheeran tells fans he shaved his head as he wanted to ‘signify a fresh start’

The music of Makaya McCraven: Editing as composition, the studio as instrument

An innovator who pushes against received notions of jazz, the Chicago-based musician has been a key figure in a vibrant and revitalised international scene

The Music Quiz: What topped Rolling Stone’s list of best karaoke songs performed in a movie?

Plus: Which European football club has teamed up with Pink Floyd to launch new merchandise?

Spotify subscriptions to increase by up to 15% in weeks ahead

‘Change means we can invest more in premium,’ Spotify said in an email sent to impacted customers

‘I had lost one of my sisters. That changed everything’: Siobhán Cleary on composing Canto

Composer says bereavement ‘kind of changed everything about the writing of the piece’

Kneecap’s Móglaí Bap speaks of mother’s death by suicide: ‘We have to alleviate that extra burden of shame’

Activist Aoife Ní Riain died in 2020 and son Naoise Ó Cairealláin has dedicated new song to her

Jordan Joy, daughter of U2’s Bono, releases new single

Don’t Kill the Vibe, Jordan Hewson’s first single as Jordan Joy, has found favour with some big names

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