Music
Electric Picnic 2024: Final lineup of acts revealed, weather, ticket information and more
Everything you need to know about Ireland’s largest music festival taking place from August 16th-18th
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
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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
All Together Now 2024 highs and lows: Barry Can’t Swim ends up bowled over, a Glastonbury bad habit creeps in
From Natasha Bedingfield in the Saturday sun and a smoking-belching dragon to headliner confusion and annoying festivalgoers
‘Did they make you park feckin’ ages away?’ All Together Now 2024 begins with the battle for the best camping spots
Despite black clouds overhead, and some changes to the line-up, the atmosphere remains joyous as the Co Waterford music festival starts
All Together Now music festival 2024: Stage line-ups and times, ticket information, how to get there and more
Updated: Everything you need to know about the ATN festival at Curraghmore Estate from August 1st-4th
The Music Quiz: What was named the worst album cover of all time by Rolling Stone?
Plus: What was the first hip-hop song beamed into outer space?
Martin Phillipps, founder of New Zealand rock band the Chills, dies at 61
Martin Phillipps, and the many versions of the Chills he led, made captivating, literate, exquisite music
Sinéad O’Connor died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, death certificate says
Irish artist and activist died in July 2023 aged 56 at her London home after police found her ‘unresponsive’
Mercury Music Prize 2024: CMAT and Charli XCX among nominees
Other nominees include Barry Can’t Swim, Last Dinner Party and Corinne Bailey Rae
The Script frontman Danny O’Donoghue reveals struggles with alcohol: ‘By the time I’d got off the plane, I was smashed’
Singer says he has a lot in common with many Dubliners ‘and that’s the mad part’
John Mayall, influential British blues pioneer, dies aged 90
Mayall helped develop the English take on Chicago-style rhythm and blues, and his band was an incubator for stars such as Clapton, Fleetwood and McVie
Brat summer: Annoying, dirty, hedonistic, bra-less, is this the end of the clean girl era?
Charli XCX’s new album, Brat, is not promoting a new feminine ideal, but shows how many young women currently aspire to live
Bassekou Kouyate: ‘I am on a mission to promote my instrument, the ngoni, which predates Jesus Christ’
The Malian musician is bringing his pioneering blend of old and new to Earagail Arts Festival, joining Úna Monaghan in a deliciously eclectic programme