Rick Buckler, The Jam’s drummer, dies aged 69
Former bandmates Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton ‘shocked’ at muscian’s death after a short illness
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Steve McQueen: ‘It was always Saoirse Ronan and her mother. So there was this bond. There’s this kinship’
Director’s film Blitz, starring the Irish actor, focuses on a tight family of three trying to keep heads aloft as the bombs fall in London in 1940
Blitz review: Saoirse Ronan has little to work with in Steve McQueen’s absorbing but crowded war-time drama
Steve McQueen’s extensively researched script alights on racism and looting, but at heart is a boy’s own adventure
Heaven Sent: The Rise of New Pop 1979-1983 review: Inventiveness and experimentation from start to finish
This fresh form of forward-thinking UK music upended machismo, put anarchy back in its box and reinvented pop
Paul Weller at Trinity College Dublin: Stage times, set list, ticket information, weather and more
Everything you need to know about the singer’s concert on Thursday, June 4th, which is part of the Summer Series at Trinity College
Paul Weller: ‘The UK is led by idiots – public-school idiots. They don’t give a f**k’
The singer’s new album is his most political since The Jam eviscerated England’s class system with Eton Rifles in 1979
Paul Weller: 66 review – Charming and draining in equal measure
Album review: That Paul Weller is still very much in the game at 66 is no mean feat, but a bit more grit wouldn’t go amiss
Irish man’s new Santa Monica Airport restaurant takes off
Wild Geese: Restauranteur on life in LA and how his business thrived during pandemic
Paul Weller and a Madness spectacular: This week’s unmissable online events
Dublin Dance Festival and Ross O’Carroll-Kelly are among the other highlights
Paul Weller: ‘I’d hate to think how my health would be if I hadn’t stopped drink and drugs’
The Modfather turned lifestyle counsellor is back on form on Fat Pop (Vol 1), his new album
Declan O’Rourke: Arrivals – Impressive record that spotlights the journeys taken
Songwriter’s eighth album is a low-key affair that does not need to shout to be heard
MCD ordered to pay €7,000 compensation to cancer patient
Woman left ‘humiliated’ by treatment of security staff at Paul Weller gig in Trinity
Declan O’Rourke: How I learned to trust Paul Weller’s advice
The ‘obsessive’ Dubliner learned to let go after bringing the Jam man in as producer
Paul Weller: On Sunset – Modfather delivers more rock ’n’ soul magic
At 62, Weller is clearly not interested in resting on his considerable laurels
The Beatles split: ‘I was shattered’ – Paul Weller, Booker T and more on the the band’s abrupt end
The Fab Four parted 50 years ago today. Fans and insiders relive the end of John, Paul, George and Ringo
Miriam Lord’s week: Varadkar set for family Christmas in Mumbai
Taoiseach’s father will celebrate 80th birthday in the land of his birth
When Westlife battled Bob the Builder: The Christmas No 1 wars
From Slade v Wizzard to Bob the Builder v Westlife, winners and losers recall the struggles
Old friends Franz Ferdinand, The Revs, and Paul Weller: the best rock and pop gigs this week
Iron & Wine in for Valentine’s night, Jake Bugg sells out, and Wild Beasts bid farewell
Preview 2018: The year of the Monkeys – and Vampires
Arctic Monkeys and Vampire Weekend come out of hiatus with new albums, while Liam Payne gets off the pot and Sigrid and Saint Sister show why they’re tomorrow’s women
‘There are very few songs about the famine. It was skipped over’
Singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke mines the darkest corners of Irish history on his latest album
Jawbone review: A gritty boxing movie that's well worth the pay-per-view
Johnny Harris writes and stars as an alcoholic fighter going back in the ring, with great support from Ray Winstone, Michael Smiley and Ian McShane
Billy Bragg makes tracks around ‘the old, weird America’
The singer-songwriter recorded his latest album on a marathon 2,728-mile rail journey
Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter and poet, dies at the age of 82
Artist’s most ardent admirers compared his works to spiritual prophecy
The Spitfires – A Thousand Times review: brazen jauntiness nods to Paul Weller
Watford four-piece’s second album combines brawny vocals and mod-infused indie-rock
Television review: What the Dickens? Agatha Christie classic steals the Christmas show
‘And There Were None’ proves a compelling piece of costume drama, while Luke Kelly gets an affectionate, enjoyable treatment
Weekend in... Boston
This little big town has emerged from its introverted shell to offer a livelier mix of cultural offerings, plus an exploding food scene
Model Glenda Gilson marries in Co Clare
Exposé TV presenter and businessman Rob McNaughton wed in Kilrush ceremony
Tom Odell is playing for keeps
Tom Odell is a hard one to pin down – the newest pop kid on the block, with an Ivor Novello award in his back pocket and the musical world at his feet but with little interest in the impending stardom. Ahead of his Dublin gig, the Songwriter of the Year talks Elton John, Lily Allen and Leo Tolstoy
Paul Weller’s children win privacy case over Daily Mail photos
British singer’s twin sons and daugher awarded €12,000 for website’s use of images
The Strypes aiming to end 2013 on a high
Cavan band will play both Dublin and Limerick New Year’s Eve celebrations
James Blunt: The most hated man in pop?
He’s often called the most hated man in pop, but does nice guy James Blunt care? Does he f**k, he tells Lauren Murphy as he shares the secret of his thick skin
Breaking Bad has broken good for Macca’s favourites
Can ‘Baby Blue’ do for rock veterans Badfinger what ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ did for Journey?
Promoter reveals plans for live album to mark 10 year of Marquee concerts in Cork
Close to 75,000 music fans set to attend 17 concerts at venue in June and July
Miles Kane: Beyond the Shadows
He’s been a Rascal and a Shadow Puppet, but Miles Kane is settling into a comfortable solo groove. The dapper Liverpudlian gives the lowdown on making his glam-tinged second solo album with a little help from some friends
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