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Swedish musician evokes apocalypse, environmental collapse and spiritual darkness in songs striving towards the light

A very good show and an exciting glimpse of the freer, more unpredictable artist Róis could become

Dara Kiely is the band’s indispensable focal point and he staggers across the stage howling like a wounded man

A mature, moody headline performance from the Belfast band who bring various collaborators on to Waterford stage

Veteran singer crams a lifetime of emotions, activism and call-to-arms songwriting into boisterous 60-minute set

Britpop’s supreme ironists send fans new and old back to their tents chuffed to have witnessed something special

Blending poetry and indie pop, the London band have a formula but it’s a good one

Cofounder and director Eddie Lee has ‘created a monster’ – and it’s a bold, brilliant and inspiring one

There were few signs of growing pains at the festival, whose move to a larger site in Co Laois comfortably accommodated 16,000

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The re-formed group’s set brims with singalong moments and has an audience streaked with grey partying like it’s literally 1999

Dublin concert is a celebration of band’s 30-year history of romping, stomping pop-rock

Garron Noone and Dermot Kennedy make cameos as North Carolina musician plays the first of two nights at Co Meath venue

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Galway International Arts Festival: At 79, Smith’s voice remains strong, and her demeanour is as pure and earnest as ever

July 2026 releases include Slow Magic; Selachimorpha; In the Aftermath, We Bloom; Ise; and Nectar

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The sound of ambition is writ large on the new single from the band’s first studio album in nine years

Singer, with his charming between song interludes, overcomes lacklustre opening to Dublin gig

A gritty voice, old-school country instincts and an enthusiastic Dublin audience combine for an impressive performance

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Rhian Teasdale is a captivating performer, with an uncanny ability to look as though she’s dancing around her bedroom

Lily Allen acts her way through her autofictional album West End Girl with humour and pathos, but this show is slight as well as startling

Seventeen years on from her debut album, Florence Welch remains an artist born for the largest of stages

Band play 30 or more songs from one of the greatest catalogues in music

The American singer-songwriter brings atmosphere, intensity and emotional depth to a captivating Dublin performance

Robert Smith and co deliver magnificent performance for black-clad fans under aching blue sky

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Hot N Cold star entertains fans with a gig that focused heavily on early career hits

CMAT opens Capaldi’s show with gorgeous, glittering, country-inflected pop songs

Beat Furrer’s boundary-blurring music features alongside work by Jürg Frey, Caroline Shaw, Julius Eastman, Harry Partch and Frederic Rzewski

On Sunday, the second of two emotional, sold-out Dublin concerts, the Grammy winner brings her album The Art of Loving vividly to life

Nothing Else Matters but no Enter Sandman as rock’s great survivors tell crowd: ‘See you Sunday’

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June 2026 releases include All My Dream Companions Gone, Materia Medica, The Late Great Chuck Squires, Idir and 001

Review: The former Beastie Boy throws himself around like your dad cutting loose when the wedding DJ plays Nirvana

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The world doesn’t need another Guns N’ Roses world tour. It needs a new Guns N’ Roses album

The shamanic visionary continues to reinvent his back catalogue through haunting duets and a prowling, punky spirit

On record, the musician’s recent material can feel too keen to radiate positivity. Live, however, the songs are infectiously fun

The indie star’s gift is to make normal life feel like a scary story spun around the campfire – or from a psychiatrist’s couch

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Moving and singing like a Gen Z Britney Spears, few other artists make putting on a show for your fans feel like such uncomplicated fun

‘My dream is to see a CMAT show,’ the singer tells the 20,000 or more people in front of her in Dublin. The crowd are thrilled to be seeing this one

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At Vicar Street, Brian and Michael D’Addario narrow the gap between 2026 and 1966 to the point where it’s hard to spot the difference

Review: Slick, brisk Dublin concert features Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) and Ride Like the Wind, among other yacht-rock classics

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Like a great conductor, Simon steers his incredible band around songs that speak to his layered career