Music
The anxious camper’s first music festival experience: I brought ear plugs, a sleep mask and a book
Stepping outside your comfort zone and into a tent at a music festival isn’t for the faint of heart
Talos: To listen to Eoin French’s music was to be transported to a hauntingly beautiful parallel dimension
As they mourn his death, fans of Talos will take solace in the extraordinary body of work left behind: music that pulsates with wonder and is illuminated by French’s humanity
Album Reviews
Ticket exchange website Toutless grows again after attack by professional scammers
‘People want to pass on tickets they’re not able to use without anyone being ripped off’: Website heads into busiest period with music fans on the hunt for sold out Electric Picnic tickets
Electric Picnic 2024: Weather, main stage times, access map, ticket information and more
Everything you need to know about Ireland’s largest music festival taking place from August 16th-18th
The Music Quiz: Which of AC/DC’s early 1990s songs is all about Donald Trump?
In honour of the mighty metalheads Saturday concert at Croke Park, an electrifying query into all things AC/DC
Powered by renewable energy, Electric Picnic gets under way two weeks earlier than normal on Friday
Promoter Melvin Benn says he cannot speculate on the artist who prompted moving the festival – headlined by Kylie Minogue – two weeks forward
Cork musician Eoin French, known as Talos, dies aged 36
Electronic artist died in his native Cork following a ‘short illness’, a social media statement said
AC/DC in Dublin: Croke Park concert setlist, weather forecast, ticket information and more
Everything you need to know about the band’s Dublin concert on Saturday, August 17th
Electric Picnic 2024 stage times for all the main areas
Heading to Stradbally? Whether you want to see Kylie or Kneecap, CMAT or Calvin Harris, here are when and where they’re playing
Matt Johnson of The The: ‘Starmer’s no different than Sunak. He’s a Tony Blair-type character, no different from a Tory’
The The, who play Dublin this month, were one of the most important British bands of the 1980s. Matt Johnson is still ready to slide in studs up
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh of Altan: ‘Music is like experiences you haven’t had before, and don’t have the words for’
Change characterises Altan’s sound since the aptly titled Donegal, says singer and fiddle player Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Grian Chatten of Fontaines DC: ‘We were speeding off the edge of a cliff’
The band ended a tour in Japan unsure what to do next. The resulting album was ‘f**king mad’ to make
Musicians smash Guinness World Record at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann
More than 2,500 tin whistlers regale crowd with renditions of The Boys of Wexford and The Dawning of the Day March
Mari Samuelsen: ‘I was probably the rebel. I was not interested in going down the same rabbit hole as the others’
The Norwegian violinist, who is giving a series of performances in Ireland, stands out in the classical world as a widely admired outsider
The Music Quiz: Which Kylie Minogue song contains ‘one of pop music’s most violent and distressing lyrics’?
Ahead of her appearance at Electric Picnic 2024, an exhaustive trivia trawl through all things Kylie
Electric Picnic 2024: 12 must-sees at this year’s festival, from music to comedy and podcasts to food
Whether it’s Kylie Minogue on the main stage or Fangclub in Fishtown, this year’s event is crammed with people and places to grab your attention
All Together Now 2024: The weekend in pictures
From Natasha Bedingfield in the Saturday sun to crowd surfing at Sing Along Social, here are some of the best snaps from this year’s festival