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Three charged in One Direction singer Liam Payne’s death
Liam Payne had traces of alcohol, cocaine and prescription drugs in his system when he died
Gillian Welch: ‘The community outpouring was incredible here in Nashville. This album is our giant thank-you note’
In 2020, just before Covid hit the US, a tornado hit the country music star’s studio. She and David Rawlings responded with Woodland
Album Reviews
The Nick Cave Music Quiz: What was the original name of side project Grinderman?
In honour of the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds concert at Dublin’s 3Arena next week, a special quiz on the ‘grand lord of gothic darkness’
Quincy Jones, producer and giant of US entertainment, dies aged 91
Quincy Jones worked with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Will Smith and others
Dublin singer Shiv: ‘Rent is so high. It’s hard to find places here creatives can go, hang out, meet each other, share ideas’
What’s Next For?: Ireland’s up-and-coming musicians need more help, says Siobhan McClean, who has just released her album The Defiance of a Sadgirl
The Music Quiz: Radiohead side project The Smile took their name from a poem by whom?
Plus: Which David Bowie song did Greta Gerwig choose to take with her on Desert Island Discs?
Soccer Mommy: ‘The whole thing with Liam Payne is really sad. The industry is very hard on people’s mental health’
Going on the road as a young artist is psychologically and physically draining, says Sophie Allison, who has just released Evergreen, her new album
Oasis promoters to begin cancelling tickets that have ‘broken’ rules
Oasis Live ‘25 tour, which includes Croke Park gigs, will see band perform together for the first time since breaking up
Robert Smith of The Cure: ‘I still feel like that 10-year-old kid staring at the moon’
The Cure’s power comes from the singer’s two sides – he’s ‘part of the world but also not part of it’. That’s still evident on Songs of Lost World, the band’s new album
Pixies drummer David Lovering: ‘My advice for Oasis? Have us as your opening act’
Drummer David Lovering recalls Pixies Boston roots as the punk-pop pioneers to whom Nirvana, Fontaines DC and even Olivia Rodrigo owe a debt surf a wave of renewed success
The Wolfe Tones announce ‘final farewell’ show next year in Limerick
Folk group set to play last ever Irish show after more than 60 years together
Sean Combs’s legal woes are growing. So are his streaming numbers
The popularity of ‘Diddy’ has been steady or even increased on Spotify and Apple Music
The Music Quiz: Who sings Ode to Billy Joe on Mercury Rev’s covers album of Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweete?
Plus: Which of The Smiths was once thrown into jail, he says, for wearing a Baby’s Got a Gun T-shirt?
Tara Erraught: ‘I was terrified. I was, like, Callas probably touched this doorknob’
Singing the same role in the same place as the opera great was a goal fulfilled for Ireland’s leading mezzo and NCH artist-in-residence
Liam Payne death: Initial report ‘suggests cocaine’ in his system, says official
One Direction singer (31) died after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires on Wednesday
Richard Ashcroft confirmed as special guest for Oasis’s 2025 Ireland shows
Former lead singer of The Verve said he was ‘ready to bring it’ to Manchester band’s concerts
Danish guitarist Jakob Bro on Paul Motian: ‘It was the most surreal thing ever, like calling someone from a different planet’
Cork Jazz Festival 2024: Bro got his big break when the renowned drummer Motian asked him to join his band
