Metropolis festival: everything you need to know

Stage times, transport directions and full line-up: Leftfield, Laurent Garnier, Death in Vegas, Richie Hawtin and house maestro Todd Terje will be stompin' their stuff at the RDS this weekend

This is your four-week warning: festival season is nearly upon us

Consider every weekend until the end of May as practice sessions for getting yourself festival fit for the summer

Electric Picnic stage times: Electric Arena, Cosby, Little Big, Theatre of Food and more

There's more to the picnic than the main stage

Lana Del Rey announced for Electric Picnic

Other acts include LCD Soundsystem, New Order and The Chemical Brothers

Electric Picnic 2016: LCD Soundsystem, Chemical Brothers announced

Lana Del Rey, New Order, Haim, Jack Garratt and Super Furry Animals also make the September bill

All smooth at Longitude despite inevitable queues

Eclectic Marlay Park line-up hits the spot, with Chemical Brothers ending the night

Longitude day one review: Todd Terje, Young Fathers, Hozier

Young Fathers put in a shout for best set of the festival so far, while Hozier gets the live firepower he needs. Plus, highlights for day two

Various: Beats In Space 15th Anniversary Mix

Body & Soul reviews: Sun shines bright on stellar line-up

John Grant, Gary Numan, Goldfrapp and Jon Hopkins delight festival crowd

Festivals worth the trip

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

Todd Terje: It’s Album Time

Franz Forever

Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos spills the beans on the quartet’s stellar fourth album, his Irish literary inspiration and why his band will never be the showbiz types

French rock renaissance

The days when audiences outside France sniggered at French music are well and truly over thanks to acts such as Phoenix and Daft Punk. Jim Carroll on how French music got so hip

Now that’s what I call 2013...so far

Why wait for those end-of-year lists, here’s the best albums and songs – until now