‘Who wants to look at old people on stage?’ Tim Booth of James on surviving and thriving
From a near-death experience to his Lifewave membership, Booth’s life story would make for an interesting biopic
Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals: ‘We’d pick up Dave Fanning and Marty Whelan on the signal from the west’
The Super Furry Animals singer on the band’s triumphant live return, his favourite SFA albums and making minority languages fun
Meet Ireland’s Lego masters: ‘I thought ‘These sets are too good for kids’’
Think Lego is only for children? Brick Féile, next weekend’s Irish model-building festival, puts paid to that idea
Metallica at the Aviva review: no encore, no One, no Enter Sandman. Not tonight
Nothing Else Matters but no Enter Sandman as rock’s great survivors tell crowd: ‘See you Sunday’
Dave Grohl: ‘I’ll write something I have a hard time saying ... It feels good to scream that shit’
Foo Fighters frontman on tracking phases of his life through albums, reflecting on the band’s early days and what their future might look like
Gorillaz in Dublin: Damon Albarn takes selfies and signs autographs without missing a note in compelling show
From Mark E Smith to Idles frontman Joe Talbot, it wouldn’t be a Gorillaz show without a rotating cast of guests
Barnum star Lee Mead: ‘I was hoping I’d be singing on a cruise ship, but no. It was a car ferry’
Manifesting what he wanted in life worked for the TV and theatre actor when it came to landing the lead role in Barnum
An evening with David Byrne: an indefinable, uplifting, must-see experience
Theatrical set features a superb 13-piece band, exquisite choreography and perpetual kinetic energy
Top 10 Christmas TV specials to watch again
The top 10 best Christmas TV specials for worth watching again (and again)
Dublin comedian Rachel Galvo on using her ‘extremely privileged’ upbringing for comedy
Dublin-born, London-based Rachel Galvo dreamed of starring in Les Mis, but then her career in comedy took off
The success of Kingfishr’s Killeagh: A song made in 20 minutes that started ‘as a joke’
Success of Kingfishr’s Killeagh, written ‘as a joke’ about the parish’s hurling team, has been just one high point in the biggest year of the folk trio’s lives
‘A hug runs all the way through this’: How to Catch a Star, based on the Oliver Jeffers book, returns to the Ark
This puppet show, which has been a huge hit for Branar, draws similar reactions from children all over the world
‘Over a million kids have come here’: 30 years of The Ark children’s cultural centre
Creative director Aideen Howard says facility remains unique on the international stage
Dublin Gothic at the Abbey: ‘It’s big, unapologetically dramatic, linguistically beautiful’
Barbara Bergin’s play follows three inner-city families across a century from the 1880s, and features more than 150 characters
Annie Mac: ‘Growing up in London, my sons feel a lot less innocent than their Irish cousins’
Author, DJ, podcaster – the roles may change, but the pre-Christmas pilgrimage to west Kerry is non-negotiable