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Bobby Gillespie
Primal Scream: Come Ahead – Bobby Gillespie and company return with a sorely disappointing album
Ethical concerns are the least of fans’ worries, as not even David Holmes’s involvement can save this woefully inadequate collection
All of Ireland’s best open-air gigs and festivals this summer
Events include Forbidden Fruit, Harry Styles, Electric Picnic and of course Garth Brooks
Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth – Utopian Ashes: Much pain, much gain
Primal Scream and Savages join forces on a compelling country-soul duets album
Lorde: ‘I’m only just scratching the surface of my powers’
The New Zealand singer on her new album, giving up social media and dealing with grief
Jacknife Lee: ‘If I’m not making noise, I get very grumpy’
The LA-based Dublin producer who worked with U2, REM and Snow Patrol has his own album out
The best rock and pop concerts in Ireland this week
Hozier, Primal Scream and Villagers performing around the country
Pleasure by Le Galaxie review: fresh sound makes this a game-changer
The singing of MayKay has given the Dublin electronic pop band a dramatic shot in the arm
Shane MacGowan’s birthday party leaves brown eyes streaming
If a bomb went off at the National Concert Hall gig that would have been it for the Irish music scene
Stars turn out for Shane MacGowan’s tribute gala concert
Bono, Johnny Depp among those feting Pogues singer, who turned 60 on Christmas Day
Shane MacGowan and me, by Nick Cave, Glen Matlock, Camille O’Sullivan
The Pogues singer is celebrating his 60th birthday at the National Concert Hall, Dublin on Monday, January 15th. Here, his friends pay tribute
Shane MacGowan's 60th birthday concert: Johnny Depp, Nick Cave and more
Tickets for the January National Concert Hall gig, which features a stellar line-up, go on sale this Friday
Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream: ‘Regrets? Who cares? The band is one long experiment anyway’
Primal Scream’s new album, Chaosmosis, finds Bobby Gillespie – a garrulous interviewee – more together than ever. He reflects on the drug years, getting older and his love for young bands
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