Music
Lady Gaga wins artist of the year among four awards at MTV VMAs
Sabrina Carpenter and Ariana Grande collect three wins each
Saint Etienne on bowing out: ‘Some of the things people said got me crying. You don’t realise the impact you’ve had’
Sarah Cracknell and co are going out on a high with their 13th album. They talk about Britpop, their labelmates Kneecap and Gen Z’s strange yearning for the 1990s
Deftones: ‘I definitely think we’ve followed the Madonna model’
Frontman and lyricist Chino Moreno on keeping listeners guessing for nearly 40 years, refusing to cash in during the nu-metal peak years, and the ‘Radiohead of metal’ tag
Boyzone ‘will try’ to reunite in 2026, says Ronan Keating
Success of Sky documentary prompted surviving members to discuss reuniting, singer says
Is CMAT’s claim about suicide during the economic crash accurate?
A noticeable increase in Irish male suicide from 2007 onwards ‘can be mapped directly’ against the economic crash
Radiohead to tour for first time in seven years - but with no Irish dates
Tickets for Radiohead’s 20-date European tour will go on sale later this month
Electric Picnic tickets for 2026 sell out in less than two hours
Tickets have already been snapped up, but what do we know about next year’s festival?
The Music Quiz: According to Rolling Stone, which song is Taylor Swift’s most romantic?
Plus: Addison Rae’s 2024 major label debut single namechecks which well-known soft drink?
‘Someone peed on our tent. It wasn’t nice’: Your verdict on Electric Picnic 2025
From Chappell Roan on the Main Stage to expensive food, festivalgoers share their highs and lows
Electric Picnic 2025: The weekend in pictures
From Kneecap on the Main Stage to lots of laughs at Trailer Park, thousands enjoyed three days of music, culture and craic at Electric Picnic 2025
Electric Picnic 2025 highs and lows: Chappell Roan hits like a typhoon, €20 burgers like a lead balloon
It was festival’s biggest year so far, with 80,000 people in Stradbally for the weekend. Here’s what we loved and hated
‘I love Irish music and culture since my childhood’
Ethno Ireland’s folk, world and traditional music workshop brought together young musicians from around the world
Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age: ‘It requires a certain amount of brinkmanship to not die. And some of us will die’
The frontman has certainly come closer than many. He opens up about mortality, how he tried and failed to quit music, and the ‘very complex and multilayered junkie’ Mark Lanegan
Electric Picnic 2025: Sunday stage times for all the top areas, weather forecast and more
When and where to watch Kings of Leon, David Gray, Ewan McVicar and more
Lisa Canny on Biird: ‘Irish people are looking for something more authentic’
Canny, who put the 11-strong ‘girlband’ together, on the soaring popularity of Irish trad, hitting it off with Ed Sheeran, and how her lilting side project became a hit with neurodivergent people
‘Nightmare traffic’ and prospect of rain doesn’t dampen spirits at Electric Picnic
A record 80,000 people are flocking to Stradbally, despite forecasted downpours and lower temperatures
Electric Picnic 2025 in pictures: The party kicks off at summer’s largest music festival
Campsites are a hive of activity as thousands of festivalgoers arriving today join the 40,000 who pitched their tents on Thursday
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