Alan Corr

Multimedia Journalist

Atom baby! U2's "shadow album" to feature new songs

U2 have shared two unreleased songs ahead of the 20th anniversary edition of their 2004 album, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, and announced a "shadow album" titled How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb.

Music • 27 Sep 24

Saoirse Ronan on the red carpet at a screening of The Outrun at the Lighthouse cinema in Dublin on Friday evening

Ronan: 'The Outrun struck a very personal chord for me'

Saoirse Ronan has said that her husband, fellow actor Jack Lowden, "had an ear out" for her accent in her latest role as a recovering alcoholic who tries to piece her life together in the Orkneys.

Movies • 21 Sep 24

London Grammar immerse themselves even deeper into their orchestral electronica and melancholic soul on new album The Greatest Love. Photo credit: Tarek Mawad

London Grammar reveal the greatest love

They've sold three million albums, won Ivor Novello and Brit Awards, become festival favourites and sell out arena shows but London Grammar have managed to maintain an air of mystique and anonymity over their 11-year career.

Music • 20 Sep 24

Patrick Kielty: "The heart of The Late Late Show is that someone who doesn't know someone can come along and there will be a wee spark." / Images: Andres Poveda

Patrick Kielty: 'The Late Late is uniquely Irish'

"If you were going out for a night in Ireland, The Late Late Show is the exact same experience - except you're staying in," says Patrick Kielty.

Television • 13 Sep 24

Picture This: "We're just authentically ourselves and I think people connect to that."

Ryan of Picture This: 'I've learned to love myself'

They're recording a live album and have released a new song with Australian singer Dean Lewis. Ryan Hennessy and Jimmy Rainsford of Kildare band Picture This talk about romance, their fans, and why "corny old romantic" Ryan is just in "love with love"

Music • 13 Sep 24

Girl in Red. Photo credit: Heather Hazzan

Girl in Red on Taylor, misogyny and mental health

From supporting Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour, recording a duet with Sabrina Carpenter, and a headline show at the 3Arena - Norwegian singer Girl in Red is on the rise

Music • 07 Sep 24

The Gallagher brothers have never made any secret of their love of mammon and were happy to wave their newfound wealth about when they made it big thirty years ago

Why is everyone so shocked at the Oasishambles?

It's all over - bar the shouting, gnashing of tweets and a possible government inquiry. However, one very big question remains - why is anyone even remotely surprised at the Oasishambles that unfolded on Saturday morning?

Oasis • 08 Sep 24

Don't look back in anger: an Oasis timeline

Bust-ups, smash hits, breakdowns and, finally, a reunion. Oasis are back for a tour, including dates at Croke Park next August. We take you back to the very start and chart the key moments in the rise and fall and rise again of the people's band

Music • 31 Aug 24

If there is one thing we have learned about the irascible Gallagher brothers, it's that everything has always been not so much, as the song goes, up in the sky as up in the air

Oasis: Are the brothers gonna work it out?

Following Tuesday's announcement of the long-awaited Oasis reunion shows, including two nights at Croke Park, the big question now is are the brothers gonna work it out?

Music • 30 Aug 24

Nihilistic but romantic, poetic and tender: Fontaines D.C. Photo credit: SImon Wheatley

Review: Fontaines D.C.: weirder, darker, poppier

On their fourth album, Romance, Fontaines D.C. try to re-locate what made them yearn and dream in the first place - and they often come up with some very uncomfortable answers

Music • 23 Aug 24