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‘We are happy with the price’: Music promoter Denis Desmond on buying Rory Gallagher’s guitar
Fender Stratocaster is acquired for more than €1 million at auction in London
Liam Payne death: One Direction bandmates ‘devastated’, autopsy shows cause of death after hotel fall
Ongoing investigation, including interview of five witnesses, indicates former pop group member (31) was alone at time of death
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Rory Gallagher’s signature Stratocaster to be donated to national museum after selling for more than €1m at auction
Musician’s 1961 Fender secured for National Museum of Ireland with support from Live Nation Gaiety Ltd, says Minister for Arts
Fans in Argentina sing and hold vigil for One Direction's Liam Payne
Argentine fans of One Direction sang the boyband’s song Infinity to pay homage to member Liam Payne following his death in Buenos Aires. Video: Reuters
After One Direction, Liam Payne was just getting started. His death is a heartbreaking end
One Direction singer’s death in Argentina came as he was seeking to follow up solo album with ‘more creative control’
Oasis support acts for Ireland and Britain revealed – report
The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft and indie rock band Cast are expected to join the Manchester band on tour
The Music Quiz: What is the most disappointing album ever, according to Rolling Stone?
Plus: Diablo IV, an online-only dungeon game, features a cover of which Who song by Camila Cabello?
Confidence Man: ‘We wanted to create something that was surreal and immersive’
Adrenaline-fuelled, London-based Brisbane band may be a couple, siblings or life-long friends but their dance music antics have brought them to the brink of stardom
A Portrait of Radiohead: Colin Greenwood’s photographs of Thom Yorke and the band
Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien and Philip Selway all feature in candid portraits taken by the Radiohead bass player between 2003-2016
Tánaiste hints State could move to secure Rory Gallagher’s guitar at London auction
Martin says purchasing the guitar is a matter for Irish national cultural institutions but these things are not done by "megaphone"
Wexford Festival Opera 2024: ‘The singers are glad they don’t have to talk much. And the actors are delighted they don’t have to sing’
Director Conor Hanratty on the challenges of bringing two sets of performers together in a doubly Dublin opera
Viral Irish song ‘The Spark’ longlisted for 2025 Grammys
The hit has amassed over two billion views on social media
Orla Gartland: ‘I’ve observed behaviours in myself and a lot of women. I don’t know where the pressure comes from’
Happy with the slow ramp up of her career, the London-based Irish musician has just released her second album and is about to embark on a sell-out US tour
The Music Quiz: Who inspired the title of the 1998 album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill?
Plus: Which Kate Bush classic is covered on The Last Dinner Party’s new album
Cathy Jordan on the Crankie Island Project: ‘It’s like slow TV, take time out and watch the story unfold’
The Dervish singer has collaborated with musicians and visual artists around the island of Ireland to create a ‘crankie box’ song for each county
Heart of Philip Glass: A musical through line from Blondie and Talking Heads to maverick minimalism
Michael Riesman, music director of the Philip Glass Ensemble, on the works by the composer that they’re bringing to Ireland
Arooj Aftab: ‘If we all listened to more things that surprise us, we’d all be better for it’
Nobody does sound design like the Pakistani-raised singer and producer, whose new album is ‘about being flirty and crazy’ and who will soon seduce Dublin