Avril Lavigne

Who Replaced Avril Lavigne? Joanne McNally’s deliciously deranged investigation is a must-listen

Podcast review: The Irish comedian musters all her charm and chutzpah to find out whether a body double has taken over from the Sk8er Boi singer

Sat Apr 06 2024 - 05:00

Depths of Wikipedia: The internet’s weirdest stories on display

Annie Rauwerda runs a popular Instagram page dedicated to sharing odd Wikipedia pages

Tue Apr 05 2022 - 09:33

Orla Gartland: Woman on the Internet review – A debut of strength and value

Fri Aug 20 2021 - 05:00

‘There are no rules now’: The gen Z women who’ve made pop punk the sound of the summer

It used to be made by juvenile men in shorts. Now Willow and Olivia Rodrigo have taken over

Thu Jul 29 2021 - 06:00

Ashlee Simpson: another soundtrack for a new life

Simpson’s new venture may be free from embarrassment but it is sadly lacking in personality

Sat Oct 06 2018 - 05:00

Snail Mail: ‘A lot of my favourite musicians are from the 1990s’

The US teen is one of the best of a wealth of young, female, ’90s-tinged up-and-comers

Tue Sept 04 2018 - 05:00

This Album Changed My Life: The Strokes – Is This It (2001)

Rakel Mjöll of Dream Wife on the album that made her want to express herself loudly

Sat Mar 31 2018 - 05:00

You What Now? Meet the 17-year-old livestreaming pop star

Knox has landed a record deal thanks to performances on YouNow, a site that streams 50 years’ worth of video each month

Tue Jul 05 2016 - 16:19

Rocking lullabies: No more ‘Twinkle Twinkle’

Is there an alternative to cloying lullabies? And what do musicians sing to their kids?

Sat Jul 02 2016 - 03:00

Cheers for Irish athletes at Special Olympics opening

Competitors joined by John Treacy in LA stadium where he won 1984 Olympic silver

Sun Jul 26 2015 - 09:42

Special Olympics athletes jet off to LA

World Games kick off on Saturday with 7,000 athletes competing from 177 countries

Tue Jul 21 2015 - 13:33

Let me introduce you to Priscilla, my fake leg

Priscilla enjoys music festivals and parties, is a hot topic of conversation and the focus of a Ted Med Talk by its designer, Sophie de Oliveira Barata

Fri Oct 31 2014 - 01:00

Phone hacking of photographs a ‘sex crime’, says Lawrence

Those who viewed images anyone ‘should cower with shame’, says actor

Tue Oct 07 2014 - 18:49

FBI and Apple investigate celebrity nude photo hacking

Jennifer Lawrence among stars whose explicit pictures were posted online

Tue Sept 02 2014 - 06:30

Who is more famous than Jesus? It’s not Roy Keane

Measuring fame across thousands of years is an imprecise science. But someone’s had a go

Sat Mar 22 2014 - 01:00