Ed O’Brien: Blue Morpho review – Like a sobbing friend you’d gladly spend all night in the pub with
By Ed Power
Paul Simon in Dublin review: An emotionally flooring, intimate performance
Like a great conductor, Simon steers his incredible band around songs that speak to his layered career
By Siobhán Kane
Doja Cat’s Dublin show feels as if it could go off the rails – but the star stays in complete control
Doja Cat proves herself a magnetic performer, dancing almost nonstop in Dublin’s 3Arena
Drake: Iceman review – The rapper can write great pop. But this is a listless, forgettable album
By Ed Power
Tame Impala in Dublin: Sometimes it’s hard to understand what Kevin Parker is aiming for
Psychedelic sounds and dazzling light show create sense of digital disorientation in 3Arena
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Goodtime John, Molly O’Mahony, Mick Flannery, Tony St Ledger, Mac Giolla Ghunna
May 2026 releases include Good as Gold, Waiting on the World, The House Must Win and Man on a Bridge
Aldous Harding: Train on the Island review – Hypnotic, wonderfully bizarre goth pop
By Ed Power
Super Furry Animals in Dublin review: Welsh band’s return is a welcome tonic
Two-hour extravaganza is packed with songs that are all infectious as hell
Tori Amos: In Times of Dragons review – This album wants to soar. But it’s firmly earthbound
By Ed Power
Big Thief at 3Arena: Gen Z’s favourite indie band steal the show with brilliantly cathartic concert
Adrienne Lenker and her bandmates provide a night of highs, lows and heartbreaking digressions
By Ed Power
The Prodigy in Dublin review: Five stars for an epic show with feral energy
You’d call it an old-school night were it not for all the young people in the 3Arena crowd and for the slick production
By Una Mullally
Noah Kahan: The Great Divide review – 17 tracks about being a bit outdoorsy and hugely famous
By Ed Power
Tori Amos in Dublin review: This mother of dragons still knows how to roar
Game of Thrones vibe adds sense of the epic to Amos’s stark warning about tyrants in our midst
By Ed Power
Zayn was always One Direction’s best singer, but his album Konnakol is another missed opportunity
By Ed Power
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Pádraig Cooney & Bedtime Now, BK Pepper, Phoeno, Cable Boy, Oscar Blue
April 2026 releases include Wet Work, Pagan, Comfort in the Knowing, Forever and Birds in Winter
Tomora: Come Closer review – Mesmerising melding of minds between Tom Rowlands and Aurora
By Ed Power
Belle and Sebastian in Dublin review: A warm, wistful hug of a show from 1990s indie heroes
At the 3Olympia, the Scottish band insult Trump, quote Churchill and serve up winning qualities of nostalgia in charming anniversary concert
By Ed Power
Gorillaz in Dublin: Damon Albarn takes selfies and signs autographs without missing a note in compelling show
From Mark E Smith to Idles frontman Joe Talbot, it wouldn’t be a Gorillaz show without a rotating cast of guests
Sallins Inquiry Now review: Christy Moore and Damien Dempsey put fire into benefit gig’s call for investigation
The musician Cormac Breatnach unites artists in renewed call for State apology and inquiry into wrongful conviction of his brother Osgur, Nick Kelly and Brian McNally
By Siobhán Long
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