Johnny Marr: I turned down Smiths reunion and acted to protect band’s legacy
Guitarist said he was responding to statements made by former bandmate Morrissey
Guitarist said he was responding to statements made by former bandmate Morrissey
The Smiths frontman believes his most recent album is being suppressed. It’s a reminder of how interesting his former band once were
The Dublin post-punk band’s leader on the malign influence of smartphones, his disappointment in Nick Cave and his horror at anti-immigration protests in Finglas
The frontwoman of the indie-pop gems on a rare appearance in Ireland, for Beyond the Pale, and music’s broken economy
Donald Clarke: We’ve reached a bad place if reviewers can’t openly express mixed feelings about a singer’s epic evisceration of recently discarded boyfriends
Television: Passionate chronicling of Cork band’s ups and downs as they were adored in Ireland but never achieved a mainstream career
Donald Clarke: Johnny Marr’s disgusted at the misuse of his music. It's just the latest example of politicians latching on to inappropriate tunes
Former Smiths frontman (64) is on his ‘40 years of Morrissey’ tour but gigs next month appear to not be going ahead
The singer and musician helped define alternative culture through his band Sonic Youth. This year he wrote a memoir about his life in music
For Jonny Pierce, of the cult alternative band The Drums, posing naked in an empty house full of traumatic memories was an act of reclamation
Radio: On The Nine O’Clock Show, the stand-in host has a jag at the self-exculpatory impulses that scuppered his predecessor’s planned return
At the first of two sold-out Vicar Street gigs, flashes of the controversial singer’s old drollness emerge between moments of trolling ire
Tim Minchin, Bell X1, Forest Fest, Galway International Arts Festival and Imma summer parties should be in your plans this week
Hugh Linehan: Gene Simmons and Nick Cave represent two very different strands of musical conservatism
He once said he only wanted to play music. The Smiths arrived, and the rest was history
The bassist will be remembered as an able lieutenant to Morrissey and Johnny Marr. He deserves to be seen as so much more
Guitarist Johnny Marr announced the death of Rourke in a social media post
The show gave Morrissey a prime opportunity to moan like an underappreciated maiden aunt
Fan footage shows Morrissey refusing to perform until protester is removed
Bragg also criticises the Killers’ Brandon Flowers for describing former Smiths frontman as ‘a king’
These 1960s and 1970s tunes oscillate wildly between schmaltz and soaring balladry
The former Smiths frontman says ‘the news contrives to frighten you, to make you feel small and alone’, on first new track since 2014
Tadhg O’Dwyer’s goal proves pivotal as famed college secure their 19th national title
Opinion: It is better to be properly alone than exposed to a million bullies on the latest social network
Regarding Mozzer memoirs, don’t begrudge a book by its cover
In the early 1990s, the Riot Grrrl movement called for a revolution. Twenty years on, they’ve inspired a new generation
Bleeding ulcer and double pneumonia force singer to drop 22 concerts
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices