Music
James Vincent McMorrow: ‘I’ve been building back a version of me that made me happy rather than crying every night’
The Dubliner isn’t the first name that comes to mind as a songwriter for a boy-band megastar. But working with Louis Tomlinson was just what he needed after his record-label disappoinment
Kneecap win legal action over UK funding refusal: ‘This was never about £14,250. The motivation was equality’
Irish rap group plans to donate award to two youth groups in Belfast after grant was blocked on grounds that Kneecap ‘oppose the United Kingdom itself’
Album Reviews
Lana Del Rey Dublin concert tickets: Act now to avoid Summertime Sadness
The American singer-songwriter is set to play at the Aviva next June, and demand for tickets will be high
The Music Quiz: Who is the new popstar ‘face’ of Lancôme?
Plus: What topped the list of Rolling Stone magazine’s 74 Best Albums of ’74?
Kendrick Lamar: GNX review – frequently amazing surprises from rapper driven to be the greatest
It may be album aimed at club or in-car entertainment than listening at home but that doesn’t stop it having a rich and eclectic sound
Rod Stewart to play Glastonbury 2025 legends slot: ‘I’m proud, ready and able to titillate’, says 79-year-old rocker
Scottish singer Rod Stweart will become one of the oldest artists to perform a major set at the Glastonbury festival
Six of the best ‘lost albums’ of all time, chosen by Conor O’Brien, Gavin Friday, Gemma Hayes and more
Which forgotten releases do Irish musicians treasure most, and why?
Bob Geldof defends Band Aid as 40th anniversary single released: ‘This little pop song has kept millions alive’
Band Aid 40 remix of Do They Know It’s Christmas? blends voices of Bono, Harry Styles and George Michael
The Cure’s Robert Smith: ‘I wear lipstick, I’m 65. I’m not the person to stand up to say what’s wrong with the world’
The Cure’s Robert Smith interview: With his band’s first new album in 16 years just released, post-punk’s dark prince discusses enduring on his own terms and clashing with the most powerful company in live music
Anthrax’s Charlie Benante: ‘I was always a big U2 fan. They just got better and better’
Drummer Benante discusses how the music industry rips off bands, rumours of a new Anthrax album and his love for U2
The album that nearly finished U2: The story of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and its new ‘shadow’ LP
How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb features 10 tracks from the recording sessions that made some of the band wonder if they’d have anything to release
All Together Now music festival 2025: Fontaines DC, CMAT and Bicep revealed as part of line-up
Irish acts Fontaines DC and CMAT will headline the three-day festival in Waterford’s Curraghmore Estate
Charli XCX announces two gigs in Ireland for 2025
Get ready for Brat summer 2.0 as the English pop sensation is set to play two outdoor concerts
Liam Payne: One Direction stars Harry Styles and Niall Horan join mourners at singer’s funeral
Former One Direction band members, friends and family remember singer who died in a hotel fall in Buenos Aires
The Music Quiz: Charli XCX has sampled a song by which blues great?
Plus: What is the name of the upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic starring Jeremy Allen White?
Anohni: ‘The Irish are fighting the good fight in so many regards’
The Mercury Prize-winning singer on Trump’s misogyny, climate change and preparing to celebrate her mentor Lou Reed in Dublin
Kim Deal of The Breeders: ‘Oh, I was wild – wild – in Ireland’
The indie-rock legend talks Pixies, Olivia Rodrigo, the loss of her parents, and the release of her first solo album, Nobody Loves You More
