Paul McCartney

While idiosyncrasies like Van Halen’s ban on brown M&Ms have become familiar lore, artists have a bigger focus on wellness when it comes to food

From the crowd helping a struggling Capaldi, to Del Rey being escorted off stage by security, the weekend had some unplanned events

Before AI conquers humanity, it’s helping Paul McCartney complete a new Beatles tune using old John Lennon demo

The Beatles guitarist and songwriter would have turned 80 tomorrow. Which is reason enough to nominate the band’s best songs, both together and solo

‘He can do it all,’ Bob Dylan said of the former Beatle who has been writing good-to-great songs since 1956

Majority of acts announced feature women as festival recovers from pandemic hiatus

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet spoke at the Irish Times Winter Nights Festival

I’m hoping that by the time we go for a break, we will be able to eat out safely

We published six stories about the former Beatle, including the appreciation reproduced here

Funding scheme for music broadcasting should be repeated as restrictions return

Look up ‘shambles’ in the dictionary and you’ll find United post-Alex Ferguson

Peter Jackson’s unflinching film shows the tensions weighing on the band by the late 1960s

It’s a big misconception ‘that I broke The Beatles up … Once a headline is out it sticks’

Whatever you already think about the pop star, this album isn’t going to alter it

Aslan singer releases an uplifting solo debut

Sheikh Mohammed ‘authorised use of military-grade software’ during court battle with Princess Haya

Rolling Stones members honour their bandmate of almost 60 years

The Lyrics will feature a ‘self-portrait’ in 154 songs, including the unrecorded Tell Me Who He Is

Tech millionaire Norman Crowley wants to build the world’s most beautiful classic cars

Amid the 373 entries so far, just three counties (Armagh, Fermanagh, Laois) don't feature yet

Two new documentaries offer intriguing insights into the band’s escape to India in 1967

Album smacks of an exercise in passing time rather than any significant progressive enhancements

Individuals across arts, media, science, finance and industry on prestigious ranking

Musician and film-maker Don Letts on Shane MacGowan, The Clash and being black in Britain

Ballinacurra House, retreat for media-shy celebrities and royalty, has rented for €40,000 a week

Michael and Emily Eavis axe 210,000-capacity music and arts event ‘with great regret’

Restoration of 1964 Corman adaptation confirms continuing relevance of film and source

Small-screen highlights in case telly remains as important as it was last year

This unexpected release is as wholesome and solid a pop-rock album as you’re likely to hear in 2020

Pop’s mums have told of guilt, loneliness and prejudice. Do men face the same problems?

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, a new film, chronicles the band’s extraordinary career

McCartney III continues solo series started in 1970 in secret as the Beatles broke up

Annie Nightingale on being a DJ at 80, what matters and her latest memoir

The music press has not gone away – a handful of websites still hold substantial influence

Q, the magazine that was once a cornerstone of the British music press, was a victim of its own success

Music Quiz: Who opened the show, who played the longest and during what song did Bono go walkabout

On the Charlatans frontman’s fifth solo album there’s lots going on in every song, but it never feels overcooked

Michael Flatley retains position in wealth list while Rihanna joins after moving to London

Canadian musician cites unproven theories about disease in expletive-filled rant

Star, famous for songs such as Tutti Frutti, was an originator of the genre