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Eating disorders, motherhood, loneliness: Florence Welch’s most candid interview ever

With songs that read more like diary entries than lyrics, refreshing honesty has come to be a trademark…

By Sarah Finnan

Adele

AGENDA

Everything we know about Adele’s new album

We were treated to the first single from the album last month and now the usually private star…

By Megan Burns

James Vincent McMorrow

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First official gig of the summer takes place as Ireland welcomes a return to live music events

Live music made its long-awaited return last night thanks to James Vincent McMorrow and Sorcha Richardson who put…

By Sarah Finnan

AGENDA

Taylor Swift will become the first woman to win the BRITs global icon award… but how is that possible?

Taylor Swift will make history at the BRIT Awards tomorrow night, cementing her status in the hallway of…

By Sarah Finnan

LIVING

Irish Women in Harmony are searching for young female voices to feature on Christmas single

Irish Women in Harmony are on the search for young female singers aged 12 and under to feature…

By Edaein OConnell

Westlife

EDITORIAL

When I was seven years old I was too cool for Westlife

I was a strange child. There is no doubt in my mind about that. Practically too cool for…

By Edaein OConnell

Artist Loah

EDITORIAL

Sierra Leonean-Irish artist Loah: ‘We’re getting to know ourselves differently as Irish people’

Loah is a collection of paradoxes. The singer-songwriter is Sierra Leonean-Irish, and was brought up between the wild…

By Erin Lindsay

Junior Eurovision 2018

EDITORIAL

Listen: Dublin teen to represent Ireland in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

This year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest takes place on Sunday, November 25, and Ireland’s entry is in with…

By Grace McGettigan

Spice Girls

EDITORIAL

CONFIRMED: Spice Girls to play to Croke Park next summer

One week after selling out nine stadium concerts in the UK, the Spice Girls have confirmed they're coming…

By Grace McGettigan

EDITORIAL

Confirmed: Westlife officially announce Croke Park ‘Twenty’ comeback tour

Root out the old t-shirts (just us?), forget about dusting off the CD's because Spotify and Apple music…

By Jennifer McShane

EDITORIAL

Westlife are back and we are flying without wings

It’s time to dust off the high stools because Westlife are back. It has been confirmed that the…

By Edaein OConnell

EDITORIAL

Pop music is getting sadder, but that’s a good thing

One of the more interesting news stories of the past week was that of a new study which…

By Erin Lindsay