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RIP Starman: how fans reacted to David Bowie's death 10 years ago

The multitude of ways in which fans responded said much about Bowie's cultural significance, influence and reach

SPRINTS Other Voices 25 by Leah Carroll

Other Voices Home at the Guinness Storehouse

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Great albums that you might have missed this year

Flyer for Green Day, The Attic, Dublin 1991

The story of Green Day's 1991 gig in a tiny Dublin venue

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

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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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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

image shows the main stage of the All Together Now festival

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