Bobby Gillespie

Primal Scream: Come Ahead – Bobby Gillespie and company return with a sorely disappointing album

Ethical concerns are the least of fans’ worries, as not even David Holmes’s involvement can save this woefully inadequate collection

Thu Nov 07 2024 - 05:00

All of Ireland’s best open-air gigs and festivals this summer

Events include Forbidden Fruit, Harry Styles, Electric Picnic and of course Garth Brooks

Sat May 21 2022 - 05:00

Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth – Utopian Ashes: Much pain, much gain

Primal Scream and Savages join forces on a compelling country-soul duets album

Fri Jul 02 2021 - 00:00

Lorde: ‘I’m only just scratching the surface of my powers’

The New Zealand singer on her new album, giving up social media and dealing with grief

Mon Jun 28 2021 - 06:00

Jacknife Lee: ‘If I’m not making noise, I get very grumpy’

The LA-based Dublin producer who worked with U2, REM and Snow Patrol has his own album out

Thu Jun 18 2020 - 06:00

The best rock and pop concerts in Ireland this week

Hozier, Primal Scream and Villagers performing around the country

Sat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00

Pleasure by Le Galaxie review: fresh sound makes this a game-changer

The singing of MayKay has given the Dublin electronic pop band a dramatic shot in the arm

Fri Mar 30 2018 - 11:14

Shane MacGowan’s birthday party leaves brown eyes streaming

If a bomb went off at the National Concert Hall gig that would have been it for the Irish music scene

Tue Jan 16 2018 - 08:07

Stars turn out for Shane MacGowan’s tribute gala concert

Bono, Johnny Depp among those feting Pogues singer, who turned 60 on Christmas Day

Mon Jan 15 2018 - 21:22

Shane MacGowan and me, by Nick Cave, Glen Matlock, Camille O’Sullivan

The Pogues singer is celebrating his 60th birthday at the National Concert Hall, Dublin on Monday, January 15th. Here, his friends pay tribute

Sat Jan 13 2018 - 06:00

Shane MacGowan's 60th birthday concert: Johnny Depp, Nick Cave and more

Tickets for the January National Concert Hall gig, which features a stellar line-up, go on sale this Friday

Wed Dec 06 2017 - 10:00

Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream: ‘Regrets? Who cares? The band is one long experiment anyway’

Primal Scream’s new album, Chaosmosis, finds Bobby Gillespie – a garrulous interviewee – more together than ever. He reflects on the drug years, getting older and his love for young bands

Wed Apr 13 2016 - 06:00

Review: Autoluminescent – Rowland S Howard

Mon Feb 17 2014 - 16:12

Radio: Marty Morrissey takes the middle-of-the-road route to radio stardom

The sports presenter brings a new degree of inanity to the ‘Mooney’ slot on RTÉ, but Tom Dunne’s move to night time has helped the Newstalk presenter find his rock ’n’ roll voice again

Sat Oct 12 2013 - 01:00