Ultimately it comes down to the free market, to supply and demand and what people are willing to pay - because they’re superfans or want to be seen. But people exhausted by the relentless hustle have had enough
Eddie Vedder praises ‘very positive’ demonstration against suspended sentence for solider who assaulted woman in Limerick
Everything you need to know about the American alternative rock band’s concert this Saturday
‘Ireland has got the greatest number of concerts per capita of anywhere in the world,’ says Melvin Benn
Grunge stalwarts, whose rollicking new album is imminent, get along better than ever - until they enter the studio
Producer Andrew Watt helps grunge stalwarts with what he did for The Rolling Stones last year: roll years back while avoiding parody
As Harry Styles limbers up for this year’s gig, on Saturday, we pick our favourite performances at the castle since the inaugural Slane Festival, in 1981
Why does Anthony Kiedis hang up after a difficult question about his past?
Latest instalment of the C series reveals the good, the bad and the ugly of 1991
Kings of Leon have mellowed. The ‘Southern Strokes’ are now better called the cattle-ranch Coldplay
The morbid lyrics are inspired by scarifying details of Lanegan’s early life
One World: Together at Home, on April 18th, will support WHO Covid-19 response fund
The album accompanied Homebeat’s Emmet Condon on many train journeys as a student
Ireland’s annual ukulele festival demonstrates the instrument’s phenomenal appeal
Cartoonist Dan Perkins: It’s hard coming up with something crazier than what's actually going on
Pearl Jam and Yes are also given the prestigious honour at a ceremony in New York
US justice department and state file legal actions in civil rights standoff
Supporters and opponents of new transgender law hold competing rallies
State is first to make transgender people use public restrooms that match gender at birth
Beyonce, Bono, Malala Yousafzai, Michelle Obama attend equality awareness initiative
Eddie Vedder, Rihanna and more enter the war zone
No need to wait until your favourite acts do the festival circuit in Ireland. Get our continental drift? Lauren Murphy’s top 10 European festivals
Police find undeveloped film ahead of 20 year anniversary
From rock legends Pearl Jam and Queens of the Stone Age to young guns Haim and Kodaline, the music calander is brimful of exciting happenings over the next few months. Here are 20 of the best upcoming shows and releases
Ben Shepherd from Seattle survivors Soundgarden on his formative years, on getting the band back together and how he almost joined Nirvana after partying with Kurt Cobain
Mark Yarm’s oral history of Seattle’s grunge scene has room for winners and losers
They have a combined age of well over 1,000, combined record sales of more than one billion, and they’re all coming here on tour in the next few months
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
