Ed Sheeran has just released an album. Why didn’t he want The Irish Times to hear it?

On Play, Ed Sheeran returns to his day job of churning out annoyingly catchy bangers

TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight

June 29th-July 4th: including 7/7: Homegrown Terror; Glastonbury 2025; and the second and final series of The Sandman

The Forest is the Path by Gary Lightbody: Moving, lyrical and more than just a companion book to Snow Patrol’s album

Bangor musician maps out the terrain of loss, memory and creative renewal in an imaginative, deeply personal work

Snow Patrol at 3Arena review: ‘Am I about to die?’ Gary Lightbody nearly plunges from the stage in a thrilling Dublin show

Gripping gig is thoughtfully paced with blitz of singles followed by a pivot into slower, more introspective numbers

The Guide: Dublin Bowie Festival, Snow Patrol, Jenny Eclair and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end

Guide February 22nd-28th, 2025: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

Snow Patrol: The Forest Is the Path – Gary Lightbody lays himself bare in terrifyingly tender songs

Band finds new sense of reflection in odd intersection between break-up album and self-aware confessional

Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody: ‘I was using alcohol to drown all kinds of different things in me. I didn’t have anything else’

Snow Patrol frontman hasn’t forgiven himself for letting down the people in his life. But the band’s new album is a far cry from its angst-ridden predecessor

Oddarrang: In Cinema