Event guide: Púca Festival, Jazzy and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead

October 24th-30th, 2026: Our pick of music, art, theatre and more coming your way

The Music Quiz: Which boy band did Simon Cowell call the ‘ugliest band I have ever seen’?

Plus: What is Brandon Flowers’ middle name?

Brandon Flowers: Thrasher review – An all-in love letter to the country rock the Killers frontman grew up on

Brandon Flowers was once a teenager obsessed with New Order and The Smiths. Now he’s a 45-year-old dad embracing his inner Garth Brooks

The Killers at Electric Picnic 2023: ‘If you’re looking for rock’n’roll, you came to the right place’

Electric Picnic 2023: Brandon Flowers and his bandmates close this year’s festival with a bang

Shut up and play the hits: The dangers of rock stars getting political

Hugh Linehan: The Killers, The 1975 and Placebo have been getting into trouble with audiences around the world this summer

The Killers: Pressure Machine review – Wistful look at American malaise

Flowers swerves away from stadium rock to focus on challenges facing his home town

The Killers: Imploding the Mirage review – Pomp, schmaltz and tunes

This is a somewhat predictable but very fine rock album from the altered line-up

Morrissey kicks out anti-fascist protester from US concert

Fan footage shows Morrissey refusing to perform until protester is removed

Morrissey is ‘beyond doubt’ spreading far right ideas, says Billy Bragg

Bragg also criticises the Killers’ Brandon Flowers for describing former Smiths frontman as ‘a king’

The best jazz gigs of the week ahead

From Susannah De Wrixon to Tommy Halferty’s Lifetime Group

The Killers on the Dublin restaurant that stays open late for them

Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci Jr on their early ambitions and working with Irish producer Jacknife Lee for their new album

The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful review: Sticking it to the man

OMD review: Synth-pop at its most charming and effortless

The Killers: Direct Hits