Music
Veronica Electronica by Madonna: Lost album is like a postcard from the edge of the rave era
There has never been a better moment for an outpouring of foot-to-the-floor Madonna nostalgia
Kneecap banned by Hungary ahead of planned festival performance
Authorities accuse Irish group of using anti-Semitic hate speech and praising Hamas, and claim entry to country would ‘seriously threaten national security’
BBC denies cutting Irish language lyrics from debut broadcast of CMAT’s new song
Singer says she was not responsible for cuts to single Euro-Country, saying: ‘I don’t know who edited it out’
Billie Eilish at 3Arena in Dublin: Stage times, ticket information, support acts and more
Everything you need to know about Billie Eilish’s concerts in Dublin this week
The Music Quiz: The Cranberries song Yeats’ Grave quotes from which of the great man’s poems?
Plus: What was the original name of Kilkenny alt-metal outfit Kerbdog?
Interviewing Ozzy Osbourne: ‘You can’t live that way forever. It catches up with you eventually’
The Black Sabbath frontman and reality TV star has died aged 76. Ed Power met him in 2014
Ozzy Osbourne 1948-2025: A life in pictures
A selection of photographs capturing the life and music career of the Black Sabbath frontman
Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76, weeks after farewell concert
Former Black Sabbath singer died ‘surrounded by love’, family said
Forest Fest 2025: Daily line-ups, stage times, ticket information, weather and more
Everything you need to know about the big summer festival taking place in Emo Village, Co Laois, this weekend
Billy Joel opens up about brain disorder diagnosis: ‘It sounds a lot worse than what I’m feeling’
Joel cancelled concerts mid-tour in May following normal pressure hydrocephalus diagnosis
‘The best night out’: The Gen-Z ‘Ticketmaster warriors’ spending €1,500 a year on gigs
‘Concerts are the best night out you can have as a young person in Ireland,’ says one music fan, who spent €1,500 on tickets last year
Big Band Evolution pianist Cormac McCarthy: ‘I’m still not able to understand how I played. It was painful to hit the keys’
The musician hit an unexpected barrier when tendonitis almost stopped him performing. But it also led to his noted career as a composer and arranger
Dexys’ Kevin Rowland: ‘Growing up in England, you had an inferiority complex. Our dads were judged as scruffy Paddies’
In Bless Me Father, his new memoir, the Dexys leader reflects on his Irish lineage, difficult relationship with his father, music success, addiction and more
Kneecap will face no further action over Glastonbury performance, police say
The trio led festival crowds in chants of ‘f**k Keir Starmer’ during late June appearance
Leon Bridges at Iveagh Gardens in Dublin: Stage times, ticket information, support acts and more
Everything you need to know about Leon Bridges’ concert on Sunday, July 20th
Connie Francis: Don’t Break the Heart that Loves You singer dies aged 87
Francis dominated 1950s and 1960s pop with sobbing ballads and up-tempo soft-rock
The Murder Capital at Iveagh Gardens in Dublin: Stage times, ticket information, support acts and more
The Murder Capital play Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens on Saturday, July 19th
