Jim Kerr: ‘I’d been a rock star. I thought, What happened my life?

The singer talks about Live Aid, ex-wives and four decades of Simple Minds

Various artists: C91 review – the worst circle of indie pop hell

Latest instalment of the C series reveals the good, the bad and the ugly of 1991

Roxy Music’s Avalon gets a pretentious but illuminating overview

Music book reviews: Jon Savage reissues and Will Sergeant memoir among other highlights

Sporting upsets: ‘Boring’ Arsenal snatch the league from under Liverpool’s noses in 1989

The title was destined for a city haunted by tragedy - Michael Thomas didn’t read the script

What Courtney Love did straight after she left 1980s Dublin

The feuds, filched raincoats and grotty flats that set a tearaway on the path to stardom

Electric Picnic 2019: Five acts to catch on Saturday

Expressive Irish hip-hop, a seductive singer-songwriter and the best act of the festival

Echo & the Bunnymen: The Stars, the Oceans & the Moon review – Embellished classics

Sonic Youth, Nirvana, The Frank & Walters – remember when they played Sir Henrys?

Cork’s renowned but long-defunct music venue is the star of a new show. What was it like to work there?

Echo & the Bunnymen: Meteorites

Oxegen 2013: A breath of fresh air or a last gasp?

It was once the festival that ruled them all but ticket sales have declined and the line-up has shifted to pop and dance. Will the likes of David Guetta, Calvin Harris and Rita Ora herald a new dawn?

Crawling back to happiness

Ian McCulloch on his legacy as a Bunnymen and his preparations to play the second Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin