Music
The 1975’s Matty Healy kisses crowd safety worker mid-performance in Denmark
Sir Elton John greets Manchester City’s FA Cup winners at airport
Steve Earle: ‘Galway Girl is played wherever there are Irish people, which is all over the world – I’m very, very proud of that’
Obituary: A Beatle for four gigs – that’s Chas Newby, maths teacher, engineer – and bassist
Dua Lipa calls ministers’ language on migrants ‘short-sighted and small-minded’
Dave Fanning backs Independent.ie best Irish album of all time – despite ‘one of worst concerts in my life’
Lily Allen stopped music after string of traumatic events but anticipates return
Acclaimed composer Kaija Saariaho dies of brain tumour aged 70
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Singer Cathy Davey: ‘I am hairy where girls aren’t meant to be. I have calloused hands; my feet would scare children’
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Why My Bloody Valentine’s masterful album Loveless deserves all the love it gets
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Top 50 Irish albums of all time – ranked: the full countdown
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Top 50 Irish albums: what made the 1990s the best time for Irish music
Top 50 Irish albums of all time: the judges on their number one choice
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The best Irish album, Loveless by My Bloody Valentine: How a wall of noise captured our hearts
Renowned US songwriter Cynthia Weil dies at 82
Taylor Swift’s 2022 LP Midnights climbs charts following release with Ice Spice
Brian May: Revisiting Star Fleet project opened door into amazing moment
Noel Gallagher ordered to pay court more than £1,000 over driving offence
Niall Horan explains why he can’t just pop out to get chips when he’s at home in Mullingar
Personal items belonging to late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury to go under the hammer later this year
Star of MTV’s Wild ‘N Out Jacky Oh dies at the age of 32
Tom Grennan to be Soccer Aid’s first ever player and half-time performer
Top 50 Irish albums of all time, numbers 20-11: featuring Lankum, Thin Lizzy, the Cranberries and Villagers
Jessie J reveals birth struggles after son arrives
Noel Gallagher would ‘properly consider’ Oasis reunion for £8 million
Tony Christie’s message to dementia sufferers: Keep playing the music
Ofcom fines Bauer Radio £25,000 after halting Absolute Radio AM service
Kylie Minogue accused of being ‘Illuminati puppet’ for using ‘Satanic’ symbols
50 Cent adds second Dublin date to his ‘Final Lap Tour’
Jared Leto says he has not cried ‘in about 17 years’
Noel Gallagher says writing latest album helped him ‘come to terms’ with divorce
Top 50 Irish albums of all time, numbers 30-21: featuring Róisín Murphy, Fight Like Apes and Ash
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sues Diageo, saying it neglected his drinks brands
Rick Astley appears on BBC Breakfast wearing his pyjamas
Top 50 Irish albums of all time, numbers 40-31: featuring Christy Moore, Rusangano Family and Fontaines DC
Alcohol ads featuring rapper ArrDee banned by watchdog
Harry Styles at Slane Castle: Everything you need to know
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Royal Blood’s onstage strop was pure entitlement – good audiences need to be earned
Royal Blood frontman comes under fire over attitude at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend
Top 50 Irish albums: the case for Lankum’s The Livelong Day
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‘It would be a shame if I couldn’t just sit in a bar with my friends’ – Hozier on the ‘unnatural state’ of fame
Top 50 Irish albums of all time, numbers 50-41: featuring Denise Chaila, Enya, Lisa Hannigan and Mary Black
New industry working group to consider pay issues over music streaming
Beyonce kicks off first London show with gratitude during dazzling disco party
Stormzy: ‘The greatest music on Earth is coming out of Africa’
Johnny Depp sorry to pull out of Hollywood Vampires concerts with ankle fracture
Beyonce set to dazzle fans in London as Renaissance tour comes to the capital
How we compiled the definitive list of the top 50 Irish albums of all time
Jewish groups and city officials protest against Roger Waters’ Frankfurt concert
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Rufus Wainwright: ‘Over the years I learned that drinking is not good’
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Paul Brady: The day I gatecrashed Tina Turner’s party in front of 30,000 fans at the RDS
Thirty Seconds To Mars forced to push back Radio 1’s Big Weekend slot to Sunday
Roger Waters releases statement as police investigate concert costume
Beyonce delivers heartfelt tribute to Tina Turner at Paris concert