Event guide: Tom Jones, Sepultura, Donal Ryan and more in the week ahead
August 8th-14th, 2026: the best music, art, theatre and more coming your way
The Music Quiz: The granddaughter of which Irish musician is a member of The Lambrini Girls?
Plus: Stockton’s Wing took their name from which song on Bruce Springsteen’s 1975 album, Born to Run?
‘A bad horse costs the same to feed as a good one’
Me & My Money: Nicola FitzGibbon, Irish international showjumper
Event guide: Kilkenny Arts Festival, Opeth, and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead
August 1st-7th, 2026: The best music, art, theatre and more coming your way
The Music Quiz: Miley Cyrus’s Party in the USA namechecks rapper Jay-Z and which US pop singer?
Plus: Which Smiths song is covered by Cork’s Frank and Walters on The Smiths Is Dead?
‘I do have a retirement plan, and that plan is to retire in the future. As yet, there is no money involved’
John Colleary is a comedian
Event guide: All Together Now, Gaze, David Baldacci and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead
July 25th-31st, 2026: The best music, art and more coming your way this week
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The Music Quiz: Which US state completes the title of Charli XCX’s song, Magic Metal [blank]?
Plus: In February 2025, Robbie Williams bought at auction items of memorabilia from the archives of which British comedy legend?
‘I wanted a Victoria Beckham dress and couldn’t find one to rent. That planted the seed’
Rhoda McDonagh, owner of Designer Room
Event guide: Luke Combs, Forest Fest and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead
July 18th-24th, 2026: The best music, art, comedy and more coming your way this week
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Sailing Stones, Shark School, Shimmer Boy, Killian Walsh, Zaska
July 2026 releases include Slow Magic; Selachimorpha; In the Aftermath, We Bloom; Ise; and Nectar
The Music Quiz: How many times does Kurt Cobain sing/shout the word ‘yeah’ in Lithium?
Plus: In the Rolling Stones’ 1966 song Mother’s Little Helper, what colour is the ‘little pill’ that ‘helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day’?
New music books: From redreaming My Bloody Valentine to throwing shade on Taylor Swift
Latest releases include Sylvia Patterson’s I’m Not With the Man: A Writer’s Life, which has immensely rewarding interviews with Lady Gaga, Sinéad O’Connor, Liam Gallagher and more
‘I paid €4,500 for my vintage 1962 Volvo Amazon car, originally owned by Mary Black’
Me & My Money: Camille O’Sullivan, singer/actor
Event guide: Dermot Kennedy, Galway arts festival and other top things to see in Ireland this week
July 11th-17th, 2026: The best music, art and more coming your way in the week ahead