Rod Stewart to play Glastonbury 2025 legends slot: ‘I’m proud, ready and able to titillate’, says 79-year-old rocker
Scottish singer Rod Stweart will become one of the oldest artists to perform a major set at the Glastonbury festival
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Saoirse Ronan wants to rewrite the script for new Cork home
Paddy McKillen’s wine embarks on a voyage to America; bread giants have a word about a word; while the National Gallery of Ireland is unsure about language requirements
Rod Stewart in Dublin review: The 79-year-old rock icon does his best to keep misery at bay amid downpours
When the sky does eventually clear – a bit – the singer, remarkably sprightly for someone knocking on 80, hits his stride
Rod Stewart in Dublin: Setlist, weather forecast, transport, ticket information and more
Everything you need to know about the singer’s concert at Royal Hospital Kilmainham on Sunday, May 26th
Good timing pays off again for Cecelia Ahern
Paul McGinley pitches up in Ballsbridge; BBC Northern Ireland journalists get good gigs; Sharon Horgan enjoys literary success; and Fianna Fail decides to run new and not so new names
Best new music books: A treat for Springsteen fans; a unique angle on Bowie; and a memoir from a cult hedonist
Insights into Jarvis Cocker’s disillusionment with fame; The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s music and drug habits, and more
Mike Murphy’s D4 pad, Eamon Ryan’s TV crew and keeping Barry Keoghan’s clothes on
Plus Michael Lynn and the missing penthouse, is James Dyson moving to Waterford, and the value of Artist Hughie O’Donoghue’s Original Sin paintings
Ireland’s most expensive apartment: Dublin 4 penthouse sold for €7 million
Irish businessperson pays €2,026 per sq ft to secure ownership of penthouse at Lansdowne Place scheme
Linda Lewis obituary: Stripped-down soul singer went to the bathroom and walked out on her record deal
A soul singer with an exception voice, she really hated the period when record companies tried to make her a disco diva
Was Grace Gifford pregnant when she wed Joseph Plunkett in 1916?
New documentary suggests couple’s hasty marriage may have been to ward off scandal
Labi Siffre: ‘For 16 years we lived together in a ménage à trois... I had the perfect life’
The singer talks about coming out in the 1970s and the loss of both his husbands
€6.5m Dublin 4 home thought to be most expensive apartment sold in Ireland
Ex-pat Irish couple pay €1,882 per sq ft for penthouse at Lansdowne Place scheme
Mother and baby home controversy overshadows work of Frank Duff
Legion of Mary founder a tireless worker in aiding single mothers to raise own children
Rod Stewart: ‘I’ve always loved Dublin, all my life’
The singer on changing social mores, lockdown tears and why he loves Ireland
Revealed: Rod Stewart’s new Dublin apartment is in upmarket Lansdowne Place development
The rock star is believed to have bought a home in the luxury scheme near the Aviva Stadium
Queen’s Brian May: ‘I never have a single day without thinking about Freddie’
Queen guitarist recalls the period of turmoil that gave rise to his first solo album
Belinda Carlisle: I was told to be a lot sexier, and to sing songs like ‘stick it in me’
The Go-Go’s singer on overcoming addiction, body image pressure and music-industry sexism
Penthouse residences at InterContinental Dublin with 24-hour room service from €1.2m
Trio of hotel properties for sale offer five-star living at the heart of the capital’s embassy belt
Model trains: Carving out a little corner of quiet in a noisy world
Free time during lockdown provided the perfect opportunity to dive back into an old hobby
Ulrika Jonsson: ‘I make an excellent wife ... I’ve had enough practice’
The TV presenter talks depression, sexual assault and refusing to be ruled by fear
Could one Austrian village have infected much of Europe?
‘If people died because profit was put before wellbeing then that has to be called into question’
Q magazine closes – and with it demise of the old music press is complete
Q, the magazine that was once a cornerstone of the British music press, was a victim of its own success
Britt Ekland: 'The Bond girl of my era exists no more'
The Swedish actor on her marriage to Peter Sellers and life as a Bond girl
Ed Sheeran’s £200m fortune places him among UK’s top 10 richest musicians
Michael Flatley retains position in wealth list while Rihanna joins after moving to London
Seán Moncrieff: My new year’s resolution is to prepare for my death
I’ve always known that I’d like to be buried, and I’d also like ice cream at my funeral
Rod Stewart: crotch-waggling imp turns misty-eyed troubadour to lead us to singalong heaven
Review: It’s cheese with everything as pop’s great bluesman serenades Dublin’s 3Arena
Rod Stewart at 3Arena, Dublin: Everything you need to know
Set list, times, tickets and more for the singer’s two Dublin concerts this week
Elton John: ‘George Michael was too stubborn to get sober’
Elton answers questions from celeb fans Victoria Beckham, Billie Eilish, Bob Dylan and more
The growing trend of shrinkflation means you could be paying more for less
Pricewatch: It is common in markets where profit margins can be tighter than Rod Stewart’s trousers
US rapper A$AP Rocky spared jail after being found guilty in Sweden
Rapper convicted of assault after trial that attracted attention of Donald Trump
Neville Hotel Group buys five-star Druid’s Glen resort for €45m
North Wicklow golf resort has hosted four Irish Open championships
Rod Stewart pays tribute to Liam Miller at Cork concert
Singer praised for posting photograph of former Ireland player on big screen during gig
This week’s best rock and pop gigs: Mariah Carey, Rod Stewart, Spice Girls
The Waterboys hit Derry’s Millennium Theatre while Westlife are at Belfast’s SSE Arena
Gig of the Week: Rod Stewart at Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Stewart’s classics combined with energetic recent releases can still draw in the crowds
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