Podcast review: A sharp and expansive account of the making of music, the forging of friendships and the origin of portentous arbitrary decisions and serendipity
Take your mind off that new diet, grey weather and dark January evenings
Coventry’s ska heroes are back and taking a stand for Black Lives Matter
BBC’s The Pursuit of Love features a histrionic Andrew Scott and ladlefuls of whimsy
The Liverpool singer and late bloomer delivers a glossy progressive pop gem
Salthill venue hosted countless high-profile music acts in recent decades
New Order’s frontman on Joy Division, Morrissey, Trump and the far right, giving up Pernod (‘alcoholic toothpaste’), and how he finally learned to enjoy touring
Ambitious and joyous work to remind us that New Order are best behind the synthesizer
Northern Irish musician Aislinn Logan on an album that helped her through hard times
Ruairi Lynch of Bantum on an album that ‘sounded like nothing I’d ever heard before’
US actor gets rock star welcome at Glastonbury music festival
The Guardian has selected its 10 favourite songs by ‘the Irish four-piece’
Lissadell co-owner says 2010 concerts made up ‘one of most incredible weekends in my life’
Musician claims comedian, who died in July, attacked him with knives and bottles
Despite splits and court cases, New Order are playing and recording again – and coming to Electric Picnic
With one week to go, here’s a sneak preview of the Stradbally site so you can pick out your camping spot
ZZ Top among newly confirmed acts for festival headlined by Adele, Coldplay and Muse
Delegates arrive at city’s university from around the world to discuss post-punk act
It is your destiny to feel rubbish today, unless you’re happy. In that case, stay as you are
He took a bath on ‘Blue Monday’, lost a pile in the Hacienda and was part of a scene that has become music myth. Bernard Sumner of New Order on living in the present
Singer and presenter talks to The Irish Times ahead of her appearance at the Radiodays Europe event in Dublin
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
