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The Dublin entry-level venue already feels far too small for a band who seem to be getting bigger by the week

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After 35 years together, Saint Etienne are calling it quits in a calm and methodical fashion

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September 2026 releases include Mother of Christ, Komorebi, Devoted (Songs of Woody Guthrie), I’ll Walk Towards You, Draw the Outline

Fans of Canadian singer speak to The Irish Times as she begins arena residency in French capital at weekend

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

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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

The band’s Dublin set list is prone to lulls, and Jon Bon Jovi’s singing is perhaps not as effortless as it was, but the hits arrive with a punch

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

The Gen Z band fronted by Lily Aron play a head-banging set to a packed Electric Arena on Sunday afternoon

Main arena is a sea of green and red as soaked but high-spirited fans gather in their thousands to see the All-Ireland champions

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

This is the ‘most important gig I have ever played at, because it’s magical to know my home understands me the best’, the singer tells the crowd

Gracie Abrams’s songwriting partner knows how to hold a crowd as she’s bumped up Saturday’s bill

The Messy singer brings heartfelt neosoul to an appreciative Main Stage audience that includes CMAT

Dave Grohl’s 20-year-old daughter has grown up in the spotlight. Now the musician needs room to experiment artistically

American singer’s theatrical entrance sets tone for full-on show that features Noel and Mike Hogan on Celtic grunge favourite

Delayed by a downpour for half an hour, the Swedish singer brings TikTok dances and stomping excitement to the Main Stage

At a sold-out Collins Barracks, the Melbourne band put on a magisterial display throughout a stunning set

Abel Tesfaye’s Saturday-night Dublin show is a real spectacle. Oddly, though, there’s remarkably little sexual charisma

Techno titan Richard Melville Hall returns to the stage with a exhilarating set – and there’s even a nod to Father Ted

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August 2026 releases include Mariana Trench, The 123, Affirmations, Kulture Bikki and Mudlark Ballads

Welsh veteran’s well-preserved croon has acquired the wisdom and ache of a bluesman who has seen it all

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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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