Music
Irv Gotti, Murder Inc founder and hip-hop legend, dies aged 54
Record company started the careers of successful acts including Ashanti and Ja Rule
Ozzy Osbourne to reunite with original Black Sabbath for final performance at Villa Park
Metallica, Slayer and Pantera join line-up for farewell to heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne in Birmingham in July
Album Reviews
The Music Quiz: Who is the first female pop star to win a Grammy, an Oscar, a Bafta and a Golden Globe?
Plus: What was named as the best protest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine?
Grammy Awards 2025 in pictures
Winners at the Grammy Awards 2025 include Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan
Irish musician Cian Ducrot wins Grammy Award for songwriting
Beyoncé secures album of the year award for Cowboy Carter after previously missing out four times
Eli Hewson of Inhaler: ‘There’s so much nepotism in every facet of life’
The Dublin band are well aware of their gilded backgrounds. But, they say, as they prepare to release their glossy third album, ‘We’re, like, kind of dorks’
For Marianne Faithfull, Ireland was where one of the most misunderstood women in music could make sense of her life
Ireland also gave the singer a first hit for nearly a decade, after ‘a deejay by the name of Patrick Kenny started to play it’
Singer and actor Marianne Faithfull dies aged 78
Star of 1960s first found popularity with song As Tears Go By
Skinner: ‘A lot of bands are afraid of speaking out about the way they’ve been treated. Some of the carry-on is atrocious’
The postpunk songwriter has been careful to make his debut album, New Wave Vaudeville, as independently as he can
The Music Quiz: What’s the title of the forthcoming Jeff Buckley documentary?
Plus: Which country singer has released albums titled Pony, Bronco and Stampede?
Boyzone documentary: ‘Some of the things Louis Walsh did were wrong,’ says Ronan Keating
Ronan Keating on Boyzone manager Louis Walsh: ‘Some of the things he did were wrong’
Longitude 2025 lineup revealed – David Guetta and 50 Cent to headline
Forbidden Fruit at Royal Hospital Kilmainham to feature Jamie xx, Caribou and Peggy Gou
Neko Case on her shiver-inducing memoir: ‘A stunt so bizarre I’m reluctant even to tell it’
In The Harder I Fight the More I Love You, the singer-songwriter reveals an early life of neglect and poverty
‘That I wore a dress for all those years boggles my mind. I was afraid to be queer’
The clarinetist and National Concert Hall artist-in-residence on navigating conservatoire culture and what ‘holding space’ means to her
Ireland’s 2025 Eurovision entry: The six Eurosong acts vying to represent Ireland
The pressure is very much on with Bambie Thug putting Ireland back on the Eurovision radar with a commendable sixth-place finish in 2024
Fontaines DC and Hozier pick up Brit awards nominations as Charli xcx leads male-dominated lists
Brat scores British pop star Charli xcx five nominations, while Irish acts Fontaines DC and Hozier get nods in international group and song
Paddy Cole, showband singer and saxophone player, dies aged 85
President Michael D Higgins pays tribute to musician who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2022
