What’s gone wrong at Guinness Cork Jazz Festival?
The 2025 line-up is one of the most disappointing for years. There’s no denying brisk ticket sales, but the festival needs to be more ambitious
Elvis Costello
The Music Quiz: Under which professional name does singer Natalie Renée McIntyre perform?
Plus: In a forthcoming production, which play by William Shakespeare will feature reworked music from Radiohead’s 2003 album Hail To the Thief?
Lyle Lovett: ‘I’ve never enjoyed anything more than being my children’s dad’
The singer is loving his relatively newfound role as a father, which began at the age of 59
Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve at Vicar St review: an intimate trip through the past in the hands a vital storyteller
Review: Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve at Vicar Street: The 20-song show spans a career of over 50 years, 25 records, and a myriad of collaborations
The Guide: Gig for Gaza, Sally Rooney and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
September 21st-27th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Heaven Sent: The Rise of New Pop 1979-1983 review: Inventiveness and experimentation from start to finish
This fresh form of forward-thinking UK music upended machismo, put anarchy back in its box and reinvented pop
Elvis Costello with Steve Nieve in Dublin review: Moments of unadulterated pleasure you simply didn’t expect
Review: Costello approaches his 70th year but this gig shows there’s no stopping him
Elvis Costello: ‘If I knew how to have success with songs I probably wouldn’t be speaking to you now’
Tony Clayton-Lea gets on a press conference Zoom call to Elvis Costello - on the songwriter’s 69th birthday.
The Guide September 2nd and September 8th – Events to see, the shows to book and the ones to catch before they end
The best movies, music, art and more coming your way between September 2nd and September 8th
Elvis Costello’s former property in foothills of the Dublin Mountains for €2.75m
Elivis Costello’s former property has been transformed into a light-filled 6,000sq ft home with a tennis court and wonderful views of Dublin Bay and beyond
Much-loved Dublin city shop Pen Corner to close its doors
Famous for pens, pencils and stationery, it has been a family business since 1927
Damon Albarn’s criticism of Taylor Swift is ‘hopelessly out of date’
Comment: He wrongly said she didn’t write her own songs – revealing a pop-vs-indie snobbery
Army offensive – Frank McNally on the decommissioning of an Elvis Costello classic
An Irishman’s Diary
Elvis Costello & The Imposters: The Boy Named If – Playing to his strengths
Declan McManus turns back the clock on songs that reference his late 1970s output
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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