Simon Le Bon: ‘I’ve had a lot of fun in Ireland. I once ended up in Lisdoonvarna. I was the only guy with a girlfriend’
At 3Arena in Dublin on Sunday, Duran Duran did a magnificent job of reeling in the years and rolling out the hits
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Roxy Music’s Avalon gets a pretentious but illuminating overview
Music book reviews: Jon Savage reissues and Will Sergeant memoir among other highlights
Band Aid archive arrives for posterity after Bob Geldof donation
National Library of Ireland says some materials to be digitised and available free online
Electric Picnic: Arrests down as ‘friendly’ festival ends smoothly
Security at Stradbally opus stepped up this year, but the impact appeared to be minimal
Smooth start to Electric Picnic despite increased security
Heightened security ‘observing and profiling’ and designed to be low-key, say organisers
Finding musical serendipity at Electric Picnic’s smaller stages
Tara McGuinness, booker of Body & Soul’s Bandstage stage, on how she selects the line-up
Electric Picnic: Elbow one of 20 acts just added to line-up
The xx, Duran Duran and Chaka Khan headline this year’s sold-out festival
Melvin Benn would ‘absolutely welcome any regulation’ of secondary ticketing market
Comments come after Electric Picnic sells out in less than five minutes, ahead of lineup announcement
The xx and Duran Duran to headline Electric Picnic
The first tranche of acts is announced hours after the festival sells out
Live at the Marquee to give Cork economy €30m boost
Series of 25 summer shows at the Docklands venue kicks off with Riverdance
Live at the Marquee concerts continue to grow in strength
Ticket sales often outperforming similar events in Dublin, according to promoter
Fans are all one Live Nation under a groove
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