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Starburster: Fontaines DC’s thrillingly sinister new single is a dystopian belterGrian Chatten and his bandmates also announce a new album, Romance, due for release in AugustBy Ed Power
Paul McCartney and John Lennon’s sons team up for new song Primrose HillJames McCartney’s acoustic ballad, co-written with Sean Ono Lennon, draws from a childhood vision in ScotlandBy Ben Beaumont-Thomas
Wallis Bird & Spark: Visions of Venus – Bringing 1,000 years of music by women to life with vigour and insight By Tony Clayton-Lea
Bill Frisell: Orchestras – Guitarist, trio and ensembles become one multifaceted whole By Philip Watson
New Jackson: Ooops!… Pop – This swerve towards deft melody suits David Kitt down to the ground By Lauren Murphy
Pearl Jam: Dark Matter – Eddie Vedder and co return with a tempestuous back-to-basics album By Ed Power
Pierce Brosnan to play Irish boxing trainer Brendan Ingle in new film Actor will star in Giant, an upcoming biopic of British fighter Prince Naseem HamedBy Donald Clarke
Paul Duane: ‘I sold one of my vineyards. It gave me a bit of comfort to see Coppola was doing the same thing’Irish director Paul Duane has financed All You Need Is Death largely out of his own pocket. Now the horror film is generating a lot of buzzBy Donald Clarke
All You Need Is Death review: Singular Irish horror is a symphony of weirdness By Donald Clarke
The Sweet East review: Smart and dumb. Fascinating and frustrating. An absolute blast By Donald Clarke
US comedy giant Conan O’Brien declares Ireland ‘quite the ride... for a ginger’Television: Irish-American presenter is very funny in the Irish episode of his travel show, especially when searching for BonoBy Keith Duggan
Angela Scanlon to take over Graham Norton’s weekend Virgin Radio UK showMeath native joins Ryan Tubridy on station’s roster of Irish presentersBy Ellen O’Donoghue
The Full Irish Hidden Camera Show understands the craic must be baited, captured and solemnly clubbed to deathPatrick Freyne: Frequently it seems as if those ‘duped’ by Doireann Garrihy, Carl Mullan and Donncha O’Callaghan are playing along, much as you would indulge the tomfoolery of a childBy Patrick Freyne
Mammoth review: wistfully hilarious trip back to the boorish and misogynistic 1970sTelevision review: Mike Bubbins’s creation is a giggle-fest that pokes fun at the decade that political correctness forgotBy Ed Power
Pete Waterman: ‘Rick Astley walked away with a cheque for £5m, which is pretty good for an apprentice’Musical I Should Be So Lucky celebrates the 1980s hits that Waterman and his colleagues Mike Stock and Matt Aitken made with Kylie Minogue, Bananarama, Mel & Kim and moreBy Tara Brady
Hilary Fannin: ‘You’re faced with something so mad – maybe you’re going to die’Last year the former Irish Times columnist’s work on her new play, for Rough Magic and the Abbey, was interrupted by a double cancer diagnosisBy Patrick Freyne
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