Kneecap review: Mo Chara tells 20,000-strong crowd ‘you have no idea how close we were to being pulled off this gig’
Mo Chara tells fans ‘You have no idea how close we were to being pulled off this gig’
By Siobhán Reynolds
Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band: Land of Hope & Dreams review – A roiling, righteous anti-Trump onslaught
By Ed Power
Bryan Adams in 3Arena review: ‘Had I been wearing a tie, I would have wrapped it around my head and run up and down the aisle screaming’
No misplaced irony here, just more hits than a wedding disco as the anthems keep coming
By Pat Carty
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: The Would-Be’s, Varo, Curtisy and Pete Holidai
May 2025 releases include HindZeitgeist, The World That I Knew, Beauty in the Beast and Electric Jukebox Volume One
Tate McRae at 3Arena review: An impressive, polished performance
The Canadian singer-songwriter’s Miss Possessive show delivers a sexy, fun and powerful vibe
By Rebecca Daly
Damiano David: Funny Little Fears review – Eurovision-winning Måneskin frontman goes solo with a beautifully overwrought LP
By Ed Power
Arcade Fire: Pink Elephant review – Win Butler and co release the biggest damp squib of their career
By Ed Power
Eric Church: Evangeline vs the Machine review – Student of the heart’s crookedness plays it straight
By Ed Power
Cormac Begley at Vicar Street review: Milestone performance from concertina master
Fluid, freewheeling and unerring tunes blurred the boundaries between musician and concertina
By Siobhán Long
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Paddy Hanna, Lullahush, Cushla, Maria Somerville and Danny Groenland
April 2025 releases include Oylegate, Ithaca, Tech Duinn, Luster and Burning Rome
Sugababes in Dublin review: A steamroller of peerless pop and sisterhood
Founding band members Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy replace old tensions with collective joy
By Ed Power
Julien Baker & Torres: Send a Prayer My Way review – Understated campfire-country album crackles with songwriting chemistry
By Ed Power
Finneas in Dublin review: Without his sister Billie Eilish, O’Connell shows his worth with a fun, high-quality gig
If Finneas can get more time off from working with his sister, he may make a career out of this
Paul Brady in Dublin review: A welcome stroll through master songwriter’s rich past
Paul Brady delighted fans with a typically assured performance at Dublin's Vicar Street on Friday night
By Pat Carty
Gavin Friday in Dublin review: Svelte, swooning performer lays bare his life on the stage
At 65, Friday shows a wilful disregard for inflexibility as he throws shapes, hunkers down and lurches forward
Bon Iver: Sable, Fable review – From carefree Supermac’s fan to angsty melancholy and, now, romantic yearning
By Ed Power
Ryan Adams at Vicar Street: A gig that nobody will forget anytime soon, but perhaps not for all the right reasons
The 50-year-old musician, who is no stranger to controversy, seems fragile and rambling at times over a three-hour Dublin gig
Thurston Moore live in Dublin review: Beautifully overcast set is brooding one moment, bucolic and balmy the next
The iconic indie-rock guitarist debuts his Guitar Explorations of Cloud Formations suite as part of the New Music Dublin festival
By Ed Power
David Gray in Dublin review: huge singalong moments accompany vocal firepower of one man and his guitar
White Ladder tracks open a home run of hit songs for the honorary Irishman’s ‘homecoming’ gig
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