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’
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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
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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
Pixies drummer David Lovering: ‘My advice for Oasis? Have us as your opening act’
Drummer David Lovering recalls Pixies Boston roots as the punk-pop pioneers to whom Nirvana, Fontaines DC and even Olivia Rodrigo owe a debt surf a wave of renewed success
Emer McLysaght: You’re going to see phones at gigs. Suck it up
It was a thrill to accompany a tween and her seven-year-old sister on their rite of passage at Olivia Rodrigo recently
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Vampire singer is heady mix of raw vulnerability and self-confidence with not a single bum note on display
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‘This is like our Christmas’: Music outlets preparing for queues on World Record Store Day
Hard copies of releases from U2, The Cranberries, Fleetwood Mac, Pearl Jam and more to be in demand despite availability of music online
US singer Olivia Rodrigo ‘stops distribution’ of morning-after pill at shows amid widening abortion bans
Rodrigo’s team reportedly insisting abortion-access groups no longer pass out lubrication, condoms and emergency contraceptive pill because children are attending concerts
Folk band Lankum win RTÉ Choice Music album of year
Jazzy named artist of the year and breakthrough artist at annual RTÉ music awards
Brit Awards 2024: Irish singer CMAT lands international artist of the year nomination
British singer-songwriter Raye makes Brit Award history by securing seven nominations
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