Alan Corr

Jazzy becomes the biggest Irish female artist in the world on Spotify

Dublin singer Jazzy has overtaken Sinéad O'Connor and Enya to become the most popular Irish female a...

Ben Elton on Trump, Musk, Boris and Mrs Brown's Boys

"I've gotten a lot of abuse over the years for being enthusiastic," says Ben Elton. "The British don...

Dermot Kennedy says he's `very proud' of new album

Irish singer songwriter Dermot Kennedy has said that he had "a very fruitful time" writing new music...

Dermot Kennedy launches new global Irish music festival

Irish singer songwriter Dermot Kennedy has announced Misneach, a new annual Irish music festival tak...

Atom baby! U2 announce "shadow album" featuring new songs

U2 have shared two unreleased songs ahead of the 20th anniversary edition of their 2004 album, How T...

Saoirse Ronan says husband Jack "had an ear out" for her accent in The Outrun

Saoirse Ronan has said that her husband, fellow actor Jack Lowden, "had an ear out" for her accent i...

London Grammar reveal the greatest love

They've sold three million albums, won Ivor Novello and Brit Awards, become festival favourites and ...

Patrick Kielty: 'The Late Late is uniquely Irish'

"If you were going out for a night in Ireland, The Late Late Show is the exact same experience - exc...

Why is everyone so shocked at the Oasishambles?

It's all over - bar the shouting, gnashing of tweets and a possible Government inquiry. However, one...

Oasis: Are the Gallagher brothers gonna work it out?

However, the rot had set in long before that. The friction between Noel and Liam saw line-up changes...

Review: Fontaines D.C.: weirder, darker, poppier . . .

On their fourth album, Romance, Fontaines D.C. try to re-locate what made them yearn and dream in th...

Review: Fontaines D.C.: weirder, darker, poppier . . .

"Into the darkness again . . . " croons Grian Chatten over prickling post-punk guitars and ominous p...

Rose of Tralee: The best moments from night one

Jigs, a harpist, some fiddling, a spot of magic, a song or two and The Proclaimers played on the bag...

Alien: Romulus: In space, no one can see you shrug

Following the cosmic space junk of Ridley Scott's films Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, Don’t Breath...

Music festival fever: The good, the bad and the muddy

In what has been a very busy year for live music in Ireland, festival fever is well upon us. As Elec...

Profile: Can Paul Mescal carry a Hollywood blockbuster?

It told the painfully intimate story of the romance between star-crossed young lovers Connell Waldro...