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Taylor Swift’s engagement ring marks a return to vintage elegance
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Taylor Swift announces engagement to NFL star Travis Kelce
Love Story singer (35), made the announcement in joint Instagram post with Kansas City Chiefs tight end
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Taylor Swift’s latest album announcement was another marketing masterclass
Her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, is a month away but already the buzz is deafening and fans are rushing to advance purchase limited edition options
Sharon Van Etten at Collins Barracks review: Cult songwriter puts a sublime goth twist on her confessional pop
When Sharon Van Etten plays in Dublin, Collins Barracks is the perfect framing device for a performance wreathed in dry ice and nicely chilled angst
The Music Quiz: Which famous Taylor is the title of a track Taylor Swift album The Life of a Showgirl?
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s podcast: Eight things we learned
Taylor Swift, who rarely gives interviews, gave a rare insight into her relationship over two hours on the New Heights podcast
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Oasis payday is here with Gallagher brothers and Dublin city set for a bonanza
Fans have shelled out hundreds to see the band, while gig tourists will swell the local economy this weekend
Taylor Swift announces imminent release of new album
Singer-songwriter’s website said copies of the album would be sent out by October 13th
‘The best night out’: The Gen-Z ‘Ticketmaster warriors’ spending €1,500 a year on gigs
‘Concerts are the best night out you can have as a young person in Ireland,’ says one music fan, who spent €1,500 on tickets last year
David McRedmond: ‘An Post has been brilliant. I’ve never been remunerated less and enjoyed a job more’
McRedmond’s credo is: ‘All businesses are dying; you have to find the new thing’. He has lived that philosophy at State-owned postal service, whose core business has shifted from letters to parcels and, increasingly, financial services
MCD on course for second busiest year as Oasis and Dua Lipa concerts due
Company will sell 2.5m tickets in 2025, says MD Denis Desmond
‘The Tudor von Trapps, the Royalling Stones’: How Six, the smash hit musical about Henry VIII’s wives, was born
Six is less the staging of a traditional historical musical than an indoctrination into the cult of the superfan
It’s Friday the 13th, what can possibly go wrong?
If you suffer from friggatriskaidekaphobia, pretty much everything
Taylor Swift buys back rights to master recordings of her first six albums
Swift originally lost the rights in 2019 when her first label, Big Machine, sold them to Scooter Braun
Donald Trump attacks ‘dried out prune of a rocker’ Bruce Springsteen and ‘no longer hot’ Taylor Swift
Veteran musician’s fiery speeches trigger angry insults from US president
Is Taylor Swift poised to release a new album? Let’s decode the cryptic clues
Swifties believe the singer is ready to drop her next record – but they could be just clowning
What high-end tourists get up to in Ireland: ‘You always have to make things happen. We do a lot of helicopters’
From Taylor Swift to millionaire CEOs, luxury travel agency founder Siobhan Byrne caters to the desires of the rich and famous who want bespoke Irish holidays
Bertie Ahern’s talent for mangling everyday phrases is undimmed
Radio: The former taoiseach joins former tánaiste Simon Coveney to analyse the turmoil surrounding Donald Trump’s tariffs
The inside story of Evie, the US conservative women’s magazine with big ambitions, and sex tips for wives
‘I think more women want a soft life, a beautiful life, than feeling all this pressure to do all these things,’ says cofounder Brittany Hugoboom
How to have a number one album, from U2 to The Beatles: An Irish expert shares his music industry experience
Michael Mary Murphy’s new book hails the managers who have steered U2, Hozier and The Beatles to the top of the charts
The age of liberalism is over. What does this mean for culture?
As the world gets worse around us, and authoritarians seek cover for their activities, the art of the future will happen on your phone
Spotify says it paid musicians $10bn in royalties in 2024
Money is paid to rightsholders, rather than directly to artists, and is based on their percentage of total streams over the year
Gracie Abrams in Dublin review: No nepo-baby here. A real star stands before us
Armed with an acoustic guitar and her breathy vocals, Abrams proves herself worthy of star status
Timothée Chalamet’s overt pursuit of greatness is a refreshing break from faux ‘who me?’ humility
Chalamet’s speech is a tonic to the jaded insouciance, the fear of being seen as a ‘try hard’, that has taken over
The Irish connection to Banksy’s painting that’s expected to fetch as much as €6m at auction
Planet Business: Taylor Swift’s IFPI triumph, Mira Murati’s new AI venture and tourism slogans gone awry
Fiachna Ó Braonáin of Hothouse Flowers: ‘I was quite disappointed by Bono. I don’t think Sinéad O’Connor would have done it’
The U2 frontman was an early cheerleader for his fellow Irish band, who are back on tour to mark 40 years together. But his acceptance of a medal from Joe Biden sent the wrong signal, they say
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