Naturally modest and down to earth, she is still coming to grips with her changed circumstances – from working in Tesco’s bakery section to touring with Calvin Harris

Announcement comes as U2 gear up to release new album Carnaval De Luz

From Berlin to Barcelona, New York to Reykjavik, these are the great cities to visit for a gig this autumn and winter

Bono’s eldest child has decided to go into the family business

The best-selling author on surviving a near-death experience, her new novel, and what it’s like to be a ‘global phenomenon’

After cancer,  a hysterectomy, menopause and years of stage fright, O’Sullivan talks about fear, ageing, performance and why she is determined to keep finding joy in the chaos

Pearl Jam frontman stepped in when the four-piece had their equipment stolen during a US tour

Louise O'Neill’s blisteringly honest new memoir, A Bigger Life, centres on the fallout from finding herself single in her late 30s

Sligo-Dublin pop act may be a Xanax in musical format, but they’re very good at what they do

There’s a sense the Dublin-forged band are navigating new territory with the death of Trevor Dietz and this higher plane of their careers

Eighty thousand music fans spent the weekend on the Stradbally Hall estate. Here’s what we loved and hated

Three songs into the New Yorkers’ gig, the crowd lifts to a frenzy and The Irish Times realises that one must pogo if one is to survive

Festival director defends handling of crowd control issues, saying one set cancelled as organisers ‘not willing’ to risk lives

Belfast’s finest acknowledges neither the rain nor the crowd, and barely talks at all. But – joy! – he plays some of his biggest hits

Fifties drama Mary Rose, starring Zara Devlin, already attracting industry buzz