Music
Bill Callahan, high priest of 1990s bedroom angst: ‘Dublin was an early adopter of me’
For many years the indie songwriter refused to talk to journalists, but middle age and parenthood have brought a new mellowness
Kneecap concert in Manchester under threat as council holds talks
Rap trio due to play alongside Fontaines DC next month at Wythenshawe Park
Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale: ‘I’m doing sexy body rolls, but I’m wearing lobster claws’
On Moisturizer, the post-punk band’s thrilling second album, the Grammy-winning singer flexes her rock-star muscles
No laughing matter: Poor Creature on goth folk, Kneecap’s Gaza stance and their love of Philomena Begley
Ruth Clinton and Cormac MacDiarmada talk about how the themes of the 18th- and 19th-century songs on their new album All Smiles Tonight still resonate
Supergrass at Iveagh Gardens in Dublin: Stage times, set list, ticket information, support acts and more
Everything you need to know about Supergrass performing this Sunday
Kneecap concert advertisement is banned from London Underground
Transport for London rejects poster featuring likeness of a balaclava, deeming advert as ‘likely to cause offence’
Bob Dylan announces gigs in Dublin, Killarney and Belfast as part of UK and Ireland tour
Dylan, one of the most acclaimed songwriters of all time, returns to Ireland in November
Kneecap: ‘They can’t stop us playing Glasgow’
Belfast rap trio’s show at Glasgow O2 on Tuesday sold out in 80 seconds after their TRNSMT festival appearance was cut
The Music Quiz: How much were the tickets for Live Aid at Wembley Stadium?
Plus: Which Beatles song did Elvis Costello introduce as an “old northern English folk song”?
Jessica Pratt: ‘I’m not in awe of many people’s bodies of work in the way I am with Brian Wilson’s’
The creator of the extraordinary album Here in the Pitch discusses The Beach Boys, California and her dreamlike confessional pop
The bodhrán: Ireland’s oldest instrument – or its newest?
What you thought you knew about the Irish drum’s history is almost certainly wrong
Oasis in Cardiff: This was emotional. For the Manchester-Irish diaspora, it’s like family
Nostalgia poured in not just from the set-list, but from the stadium screen visuals too
Damien Dempsey at Iveagh Gardens in Dublin: Stage times, set list, ticket information, support acts, and more
Everything you need to know about Damien Dempsey’s concerts on Friday, July 11th and Saturday, July 12th
Talos: Ólafur Arnalds on finishing Eoin French’s final album – ‘A lot of the time I could feel him next to me ’
For the Icelandic musician A Dawning is not a project about death so much as an outpouring of joy and an acknowledgment of the preciousness of life
Oasis kick off reunion tour in Cardiff with triumphant, nostalgic gig
Manchester band focused overwhelmingly on songs from their 1990s heyday
Oasis reunion kicks off in Cardiff: ‘We were worried they might not stay together’
Oasis’s reunion tour expected to be one of the most lucrative ever with every date sold out worldwide
Singer-songwriter Mickey MacConnell dies aged 78
Former Irish Times journalist described as one of the finest and most courageous singers of his generation
