Music
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
CMAT takes a pop at former taoiseach Bertie Ahern in new Euro-Country single
Reference is not the first time CMAT has made her feelings known about the former Fianna Fáil leader
The Music Quiz: Which Co Meath town is mentioned in CMAT’s song The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station?
Plus: Madonna’s 2005 song, Hung Up, samples which ABBA song?
Natasha Bedingfield at Iveagh Gardens in Dublin: Stage times, ticket information, support acts and more
Natasha Bedingfield plays Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens on Friday, July 18th.
Alex Warren at Iveagh Gardens, Dublin: Stage times, set list, ticket information, support acts and more
Everything you need to know about the US singer and TikTok star’s gig
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
