The Irish Times view on Oasis in Dublin: a long, lucrative after-party
Their songs have grown more potent as their audience has moved inexorably into its 40s and 50s
Pulp
I paid €440 for an Oasis ticket in Croke Park, and I’m not even a huge fan
For a teenager in rural Ireland, the things the brothers sang about felt superficial after Kurt Cobain’s anguish. But Oasis, who are about to play at Croke Park, were part of the wave that swept grunge away
‘Burn them all out’: The prejudice bubbling under Ireland’s thin veneer of normality
Radio: Newstalk and RTÉ cover unrest in Ballymena and Los Angeles
Pulp at 3Arena review: Jarvis Cocker, storyteller in corduroy, builds to a glorious climax
In Dublin on Tuesday, new songs combine with old hits to make for a night both poignant and celebratory
Event guide: Pulp, Beyond the Pale, Cork Midsummer and other best things to do in Ireland this week
Ireland event guide for the week June 7th–13th, 2025: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way
Pulp: More review – Jarvis Cocker and co’s great bait and switch
Pulp’s first album for 24 years features a fantastic opening track, then a grim drizzle of indie plodders
The Music Quiz: Which Dublin pub forms part of the title of a song on Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke’s new album, Tall Tales?
Plus: Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon is better known professionally as?
Playwright Simon Stephens: ‘Our sense of self is defined by the stories we tell ourselves. My family told themselves we were Irish’
The Tony and Olivier winner feels a huge affinity with Rex Ryan’s ‘fearless’ Dublin company Glass Mask, which is premiering his play Men’s Business
Music books: From the melancholy of Abba to the dance-floor riot of Ash
Tony Clayton-Lea on publications about Abba, Greenwich Village, Fleetwood Mac, 1990s indie, John Grant, Dolly Parton and Britpop
Taylor Swift fans aren’t the only ones to suffer setlist envy
Setlist.FM raises expectations of what a show will be like – and sometimes it dashes them too
Pulp in Dublin review: Suddenly, a rather ordinary gig jumps to an extraordinary place
The band’s first tour in a decade touches down at St Anne’s Park on Friday night for a greatest-hits set
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Common Ground
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