What’s gone wrong at Guinness Cork Jazz Festival?
The 2025 line-up is one of the most disappointing for years. There’s no denying brisk ticket sales, but the festival needs to be more ambitious
Glastonbury Festival
The Last Dinner Party: ‘People think they have the right, because they’re anonymous, to say the most awful things
The chart-toppers have released their second album, From the Pyre, which channels the uneasy spirit of the classic 1973 folk-horror movie
Lewis Capaldi in Dublin review: Singer is left speechless after standing ovation at 3Arena
Lewis Capaldi tells Dublin crowd 'it's been far too long' as star returns to the spotlight
Independent Ireland councillor takes legal action in bid to halt Bob Vylan gig in Dublin
Pro-Palestine rap music duo scheduled to play headline show in November in Dublin
Olivia Dean: ‘Why do I have to be in distress to make good music? Why can’t I just be happy?’
For the newly chart-topping singer, love is not a slurpy indulgence but a call to arms in a hate-filled world
Kneecap barred from entering Canada for ‘displaying hate symbols targeting Jewish community’
Irish rap trio will have to cancel October tour dates in Toronto and Vancouver after government decision
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review - A reunion with gags, geriatric rock and an oily manager called Simon
Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer return four decades after This Is Spinal Tap
A week with Kneecap: ‘Liam Óg doesn’t like much attention. This is quite a lot of heat for him’
Mo Chara has been back in court over a terror-related charge that Kneecap dismiss as political policing. It’s a pivotal week in the run-up to Electric Picnic
All Together Now 2025 highs and lows: ‘CMAT for president’, €8 for two cans of Sprite
Curraghmore Estate was packed with 30,000 festivalgoers overs the weekend. Here’s what we loved and hated
Bob Vylan at All Together Now 2025: ‘Our fight is the Irish fight. And the Irish fight is the Palestinians’ fight’
The iconoclastic punks put in a fantastically furious set that breathtakingly meshes punk and politics
Kaiser Chiefs’ Ricky Wilson: ‘Ryan Tubridy? I love him’
The Leeds indie rockers’ frontman on drawing a blank with Bono, getting over Oasis insults and swapping book recommendations with our Ryan
Inside All Together Now 2025: ‘People are either walking around with iced coffees or walking around with cans’
Thousands of sore heads emerged from tents following high-energy set the night before
The show mustn’t go on for RTÉ underperformers, say RTÉ news staff
Plus: Fungus inspired by octopus; and what hens behind bars tell us about Mountjoy Prison
Kneecap will face no further action over Glastonbury performance, police say
The trio led festival crowds in chants of ‘f**k Keir Starmer’ during late June appearance
Oasis: You can’t write. You don’t care. No wonder you’ve gone a long way
Politics will age you faster than even the most rock’n’roll lifestyle
Glastonbury 2025: All that Kneecap and Bob Vylan outrage drowned out the air strike on the cafe birthday party
The BBC’s coverage of the festival is a wonder. But this time around it became a morass of missed points and moral cowardice
Kneecap owes Keir Starmer, the BBC and Helen from Wales a thank you
If Kneecap’s pro-Palestine stance is noisy and relentless, it’s right up there with the band’s marketing nous
British police open investigation into Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury on Saturday
Belfast rap trio led crowd chants of ‘f**k Keir Starmer’ against UK prime minister at English music festival
Kneecap would not face prosecution under new Irish anti-terrorism laws, Minister insists
Band member Mo Chara has been prosecuted for allegedly displaying Hizbullah flag at London concert
Kneecap to play main stage at Electric Picnic in August
Rap trio joins line up that includes Chappell Roan, Hozier, Kings of Leon and more
Glastonbury Festival says chants about Israel Defense Forces by Bob Vylan ‘crossed the line’
Police assessing footage of group’s performance, which UK health secretary Wes Streeting on Sunday described as ‘appalling’
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June 29th-July 4th: including 7/7: Homegrown Terror; Glastonbury 2025; and the second and final series of The Sandman
Kneecap at Glastonbury: British police assessing videos of group to see if offences were committed
Belfast rap group member Móglaí Bap tells large audience: ‘The prime minister of your country, not mine, said he didn’t want us to play’
‘There’s people being bombed from the f**king sky’: Kneecap’s Mo Chara would ‘get over’ US visa being revoked
Kneecap are due to perform a much-anticipated set at Glastonbury on Saturday
Lewis Capaldi releases new music amid speculation of Glastonbury set
Scottish singer last performed at festival in 2023 before taking a break, citing anxiety
Alanis Morissette: We thought that whole era of ‘size zero’ was done. We dropped the ball
Thirty years after the release of Jagged Little Pill in the 1990s, the singer-songwriter will play Dublin’s Malahide Castle this weekend
TV guide: The Bear returns, and the other best new shows to watch on RTÉ, Disney+, and Netflix this week
Squid Game, The Gilded Age, and The Bear among this week's TV highlights
Glastonbury full lineup for 2025: eyes on Kneecap’s Saturday slot after gig cancellations
Paul Mescal and Dominic West among speakers, while mystery group Patchwork may be a decoy on the Pyramid Stage
Putting on an outdoor music festival in Ireland: ‘The bands saw they weren’t going to be up on the back of a truck in Portlaoise’
Be it Glasonbury or Forest Fest, a good line-up is key for any music festival. How do Irish organisers attract the biggest names?
‘We want to stop in our prime’: Saint Etienne on their final album and why pop is a dying art
The trio of Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs and Sarah Cracknell are wrapping up after 13 albums
Kneecap to headline London festival as planned after other gig cancellations
Wide Awake Festival had ‘positive discussions with stakeholders’ involved in Brixton event
Kneecap should be commended rather than condemned
Belfast rappers' choice of word may have been crass but at least they were using their artform to create a space for politics
Kneecap videos to be investigated by UK’s counter-terrorism police
Pogues, Fontaines DC and Lankum among Irish artists defending Kneecap against ‘political repression’
‘You have to be delusional to be successful in anything’ – Bray Jazz Festival star Nubya Garcia
The saxophonist has seen huge changes in British jazz since her early performances. She’s now both a figurehead and a breakthrough international star
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