The Dublin post-punk band’s leader on the malign influence of smartphones, his disappointment in Nick Cave and his horror at anti-immigration protests in Finglas
Writing Dark Luminosity, his memoir, has been more cathartic for the London-Irish musician than he expected it to be
Hugh Linehan: When it comes to Taylor Swift, for example, only the tinfoil-hat-wearers of the US extreme right have a bad word to say about her
The 67-year-old singer, who released first album in eight years with his band Pil, says he has constantly struggled with stage fright through his life
People advised her to ‘just shut up and sing’. But there was no separating the singer from the song
The former Sex Pistol combines playing in Blondie with releasing solo work – including the politics-tinged Consequences Coming
On her first encounter with her eventual husband, she recalled: ‘John passed by my table and said: Drop dead’
Sex Pistols singer attempted to represent Ireland at Eurovision 2023 with a song dedicated to wife
Eurovision 2023: The veteran pop-rock Dubliners Wild Youth edge out 19-year-old Connolly to go forward to this year’s contest in Liverpool
Six acts will be competing to represent Ireland in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, including a punk legend and a favourite making her professional debut
Hugh Linehan: Public Image Limited’s Hawaii is unlikely to find favour with televoters
Singer, whose parents came from Cork and Galway, goes up against five other acts hoping to perform in Liverpool
The punk rock legend feels betrayed by his former bandmates and upcoming Disney+ series, Pistol
Frontman known as Johnny Rotten had objected to use of material in new series
This post-Oasis band have rarely convinced, badly exposing Gallagher’s limited range
Musician and film-maker Don Letts on Shane MacGowan, The Clash and being black in Britain
The protest singer tells the Irish Times politics podcast punk was about solidarity, not Brexit-style masochsim
Morrissey was once an Anglo-Irish critic of Britishness, but he is now a far-right icon
The UK’s decision to leave the EU is like living through the anarchy of punk all over again
The Blur frontman on ‘Merrie Land’, Britpop, Oasis, Morrissey and John Lydon
Public Image Ltd, Thunderpussy, Five Grand Stereo, Shannon & the Clams, Other Voices
There are lots of alternatives this weekend – and ironic takes on Francis’s Irish trip
Discovering Dylan about the same time I discovered punk felt right. He’s like punk’s secret grandfather
The self-proclaimed executioner of the last taboos of the Western world on his Irish blood, not drinking – and finding religion
From The Beatles to The Pogues, Oasis and The Smiths, musicians of Irish descent played a key role in UK scene, writes Johnny Rogan
Malcolm McLaren’s son says will destroy hoard on 40th anniversary of debut single
Made just seven years after the couple died, Sid and Nancy emerged at a moment when punk was still fresh in the collective consciousness
A recent trend among stars is to restrict press photographers at concerts to control every aspect their image
Hiring spree makes Davy seem like Irish wealth management’s version of free-spending Manchester United
Every generation has a soundtrack of its struggle. Ian Maleney marches on, shouting slogans and carrying the banner of music into a new dawn. Are we ready to rock the system?
Record Store Day has taken a kicking, but there’s hope yet
Films and a musicial about Dusty Springfield jockeying for position
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
