Music

While the king of pop – the subject of a new biopic – was thrilling audiences in Cork in 1988, concerned reporters were offering to help James Safechuck escape

Plus: What is the birth name of US singer/songwriter Ethel Cain?

Bray Jazz Festival 2026: Maestro on being a doctor, an ice-skater and a musician whose latest project marks the centenary of the birth of Miles Davis

Irish acts including The Mary Wallopers, Florence Road and Madra Salach have joined the line-up too

Plus: Which ‘ville’ is the birthplace of US country singer Luke Combs?

Celebrated musician won a Grammy and an Emmy during hugely successful career

The musician’s death has come as a shock to all who followed her and her band, Clannad

The New York songwriter, who has just written the memoir Almost Grown, on his recovery and taking inspiration from Shane MacGowan’s resilience

The singer was still at school when the BBC discovered her. By 2024 she was opening for Taylor Swift – yet she still doesn’t have the music industry all figured out, she says

Foo Fighters frontman on tracking phases of his life through albums, reflecting on the band’s early days and what their future might look like

Bronx native faced accusations of child sexual abuse

Plus: What fruit is the title of Yoko Ono’s 1964 ‘artist’s book’?

Wireless music festival, which Kanye West was due to headline, has now been cancelled

Although she adores classical and has even played Mozart’s concert violin, for the Austrian musician the world of contemporary music is now ‘totally’ where she belongs

The Happy Mondays frontman on living in Ireland, the band’s drug-fuelled Madchester years, and being back on tour