Glastonbury 2025: All that Kneecap and Bob Vylan outrage drowned out the air strike on the cafe birthday party
The BBC’s coverage of the festival is a wonder. But this time around it became a morass of missed points and moral cowardice
Olivia Rodrigo
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June 29th-July 4th: including 7/7: Homegrown Terror; Glastonbury 2025; and the second and final series of The Sandman
The treks Irish concert-goers endure are almost always worth it
It’s tempting to imagine concert and festival planners sitting around the gaping maw of Mordor devising ways to make people suffer
Olivia Rodrigo at Marlay Park: Pop star surprises fans with Fontaines DC cover during a brilliantly energetic show
Rodrigo is not just another Disney-approved star but a Gen Zer with a deep headbanging spirit
MCD on course for second busiest year as Oasis and Dua Lipa concerts due
Company will sell 2.5m tickets in 2025, says MD Denis Desmond
Olivia Rodrigo at Marlay Park in Dublin: Set list, ticket information, how to get there and more
Olivia Rodrigo returns to Dublin for her biggest Irish show to date
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Ireland event guide June 21st-27th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Putting on an outdoor music festival in Ireland: ‘The bands saw they weren’t going to be up on the back of a truck in Portlaoise’
Be it Glasonbury or Forest Fest, a good line-up is key for any music festival. How do Irish organisers attract the biggest names?
Glastonbury 2025: Olivia Rodrigo, Neil Young and The 1975 to headline
Young back on bill after withdrawing due to mistaken belief that festival was under BBC ‘corporate control’
From Billie Eilish to Electric Picnic: 85 unmissable concerts and festivals in Ireland in 2025
From Charli XCX to Olivia Rodrigo via Oasis and The Wolfe Tones, here’s how the calendar’s shaping up from January to November
UK Guinness shortage: Reserves earmarked for Irish customers raided to ease pressure
Brewery has also put shipments bound for North America on standby for potential diversion to the UK in case security stocks fail to fill gap
The Music Quiz: Who is the new popstar ‘face’ of Lancôme?
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Kim Deal of The Breeders: ‘Oh, I was wild – wild – in Ireland’
The indie-rock legend talks Pixies, Olivia Rodrigo, the loss of her parents, and the release of her first solo album, Nobody Loves You More
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