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Great albums that you might have missed this year

It is a fool's errand to argue that West End Girl by Lilly Allen is only the second biggest break-up album of 2025...

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Why did Guns N' Roses take 14 years to make Chinese Democracy?

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When rave culture hit Ireland - Donegal days to Berghain nights

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Something for the Weekend: David Keenan's cultural picks

Something For The Weekend

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National Concert Hall announces winners of 2025 Bursary Awards

1971: Chelsea's Ron Harris tackles Manchester United's George Best. (Photo by A. Jones/Express/Getty Images)

George Best returns to Dublin - a footballing legend celebrated

Was Paschal Donohoe the hippest Minister for Finance ever?

Was Paschal Donohoe the hippest Minister for Finance ever?

From the Archives

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Soprano Lesley Garrett comes to Dublin this Christmas

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President leads tributes to violinist Geraldine O'Grady

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Why musicians are leaving Spotify

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The Bigger Romance - David Kitt re-imagines his classic LP

Lily Allen and ex-husband David Harbour, allegedly the subject of her new LP

Should Lily Allen have bared her soul so brazenly on her new LP?

The Lauren Murphy Column

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Something for the Weekend: Chris Thile's cultural picks

Something For The Weekend

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How Fred Again.. brought the gig of the year to Dublin

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How Fred Again.. brought the gig of the year to Dublin

Reviewed: Taylor Swift's The Life Of A Showgirl is utterly... meh

Three young women, two of whom are wearing Taylor Swift tshirts

Watch: University of Galway Swifties review new album

Taylor Swift's The Life Of A Showgirl is utterly joyful

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Why do all good things come to an end? All Together Now reviewed

This is a Bonologue that obeys all the conventions of a stage production, but this being Bono, it is also a folk mass and a sermon

Bono: Stories of Surrender

Masked and majestic, Sleep Token juxtapose crushing riffage with moments of what-just-happened? beauty Photo: Andy Ford

Wide awake in Arcadia as Sleep Token rouse jaded ears

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

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

Kneecap: Not since the heady early nineties days of wayward Dublin crew Scary Eire has an Irish hip-hop act sounded so vital and energetic. Photo credit: Sarah Ellis

Kneecap make an exhibition of themselves on Fine Art

Hackney diamond geezers. Photo credit: Mark Seliger

Review: The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds

The Mary Wallopers. Phtoo credit: Sorcha Frances Ryder

The Mary Wallopers back with more DIY diddley aye

Soda Blonde: ambition fulfilled

Soda Blonde dream bigger and bolder on new album