Ed Sheeran and Mary Robinson are right. It’s time to bin Band Aid
Band Aid revisionism hasn’t dropped from the clear blue winter sky. It’s been there since the start
Morrissey
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
Morrissey’s at it again. This time it’s ‘vapourised’ Ariana Grande fans and a plot to ‘silence’ the Smiths singer
The Smiths frontman believes his most recent album is being suppressed. It’s a reminder of how interesting his former band once were
A Lazarus Soul’s Brian Brannigan: ‘I don’t know if the world is darker now. But it feels like dark times’
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
Molly Rankin of Alvvays: ‘I still love The Smiths. No one will take them away from me’
The frontwoman of the indie-pop gems on a rare appearance in Ireland, for Beyond the Pale, and music’s broken economy
Punched on TV by an Irish toff: how criticism worked before Taylor Swift, Morrissey and Oasis
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
Cathal Coughlan and Microdisney: ‘Outsiders in the UK because they were Irish, outsiders in Ireland because they weren’t from Dublin’
Television: Passionate chronicling of Cork band’s ups and downs as they were adored in Ireland but never achieved a mainstream career
Donald Trump’s been playing The Smiths at his rallies. What a loser
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
Morrissey treated for ‘physical exhaustion’ after cancelling tour dates
Former Smiths frontman (64) is on his ‘40 years of Morrissey’ tour but gigs next month appear to not be going ahead
Thurston Moore: ‘I didn’t want to get into a Morrissey thing of settling scores’
The singer and musician helped define alternative culture through his band Sonic Youth. This year he wrote a memoir about his life in music
‘I timed it so my parents were away at church. I just took off my clothes and set up my little tripod’
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
Oliver Callan fires a clean shot at Ryan Tubridy that any hitman would be proud of
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
Morrissey in Dublin review: There’s a surprise towards the end of this cathartically cranky gig
At the first of two sold-out Vicar Street gigs, flashes of the controversial singer’s old drollness emerge between moments of trolling ire
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end
Tim Minchin, Bell X1, Forest Fest, Galway International Arts Festival and Imma summer parties should be in your plans this week
Ian Paisley jr and the mock-cock-rock of Kiss: Strange things happen behind the privet hedges of North Antrim
Hugh Linehan: Gene Simmons and Nick Cave represent two very different strands of musical conservatism
Andy Rourke obituary: A beautiful soul who created tunes within tunes
He once said he only wanted to play music. The Smiths arrived, and the rest was history
Andy Rourke and The Smiths: The four Manchester-Irish friends who took on the world
The bassist will be remembered as an able lieutenant to Morrissey and Johnny Marr. He deserves to be seen as so much more
Andy Rourke, bassist for The Smiths, dies aged 59
Guitarist Johnny Marr announced the death of Rourke in a social media post
The Simpsons creeps from the shadows to remind us it was once a defining cultural force
The show gave Morrissey a prime opportunity to moan like an underappreciated maiden aunt
Morrissey kicks out anti-fascist protester from US concert
Fan footage shows Morrissey refusing to perform until protester is removed
Morrissey is ‘beyond doubt’ spreading far right ideas, says Billy Bragg
Bragg also criticises the Killers’ Brandon Flowers for describing former Smiths frontman as ‘a king’
Morrissey: California Son review – Covers album for fans only, and Moz himself
These 1960s and 1970s tunes oscillate wildly between schmaltz and soaring balladry
Morrissey attacks media on new single Spent the Day in Bed
The former Smiths frontman says ‘the news contrives to frighten you, to make you feel small and alone’, on first new track since 2014
St Kieran’s defeat neighbours Kilkenny CBS to claim Croke Cup glory
Tadhg O’Dwyer’s goal proves pivotal as famed college secure their 19th national title
Heaven knows Morrissey’s oddballs would be miserable now
Opinion: It is better to be properly alone than exposed to a million bullies on the latest social network
Heaven knows he’s still miserable now: Morrissey publishing shock (not)
Regarding Mozzer memoirs, don’t begrudge a book by its cover
They predicted a Riot
In the early 1990s, the Riot Grrrl movement called for a revolution. Twenty years on, they’ve inspired a new generation
Morrissey cancels rest of US tour due to health problems
Bleeding ulcer and double pneumonia force singer to drop 22 concerts
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