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Behind the music - Greene & Shine

Cork duo Greene & Shine, husband and wife Mary Green and Noel Shine, have released their new album, Like Sweet Summer Rains. We asked Mary the BIG questions . . . We asked Mary the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 3 hrs

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Thomas Dolby: 'Shane MacGowan was our music guru'

Thomas Dolby brings his live show, Iconic 80's Recollections, to Dublin next week. He will play synth-pop classics and tell personal stories from a golden era of music and tech. We spoke to him about what was acceptable in the eighties

Music • 15 hrs

Five Silver Clef Award winners announced

Melanie C, Jessie J and Jade are among the newly announced artists who will receive an O2 Silver Clef Award this year.

Music • 13 May

Slash's photo-matched Gibson Les Paul '59 Custom Shop Guitar at the Propstore auction house in London. Photo: Lucy North/PA Wire

Guns N' Roses guitar fetches over £230,000 at auction

A guitar used by Slash of Guns N' Roses during the chart-topping rock group's Not in This Lifetime tour has fetched more than £230,000 (€266,626) at auction.

Music • 01 May

Boy George to make an exhibition of himself in Newbridge

Boy George will open an exhibition of his style and fashion in Co Kildare this May - and it will feature items made by his late mother Dinah.

Music • 17 Apr

Patsy Kensit on Friday night's Late Late Show

Patsy Kensit: 'I never got over the death of my mother'

Actress Patsy Kensit has said she has never gotten over the death of her mother, Leitrim-born Margaret-Rose, and has described her as "an angel" and "the best mum".

Late Late Show • 11 Apr

David Bowie's childhood home to open to public

David Bowie's childhood home in south-east London is set to open to the public after being acquired by the Heritage of London Trust.

Music • 09 Apr

Behind the music - Then Jericho

UK band Then Jerico play Belfast's Limelight 2 on 19 February and Whelan's of Dublin on 20 February. We asked front man Mark Shaw the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 07 Feb

Behind the music - Reluctant Bob & the Lonely Lovers

Dublin act Reluctant Bob & the Lonely Lovers have released their new six-track EP, Dreamager. We aside Robert Baker of the band the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 29 Jan

Behind the music - L'assassin Blanc

Dublin-based artist L'assassin Blanc has released his new album, Staring at the Moon. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 17 Jan

Bowie's childhood home to open as immersive experience

David Bowie's former childhood home where he wrote one of his best known songs, Space Oddity, is to open to the public as an "immersive experience".

Music • 08 Jan

Kylie Minogue astonished to end 2025 with No 1 album

Kylie Minogue has said it feels "astonishing" and "emotional" to finish the year with an 11th number one UK album under her belt.

Music • 13 Dec 25

New documentary to chart Bowie's final creative chapter

A Channel 4 documentary is to "chart the extraordinary final creative chapter" of music star David Bowie.

Music • 30 Oct 25

Mark Hochman, Music Consignments Consultant for Propstore, is seen with Noel Gallagher's 1960 Cherry Red Gibson ES-355 Guitar, damaged by Liam Gallagher the night Oasis split up in Paris in August 2009, during the Propstore music memorabilia auction photo

Oasis split guitar among items worth £3m at UK auction

Legendary guitars, iconic glasses, and handwritten lyrics from some of the biggest names in music are going under the hammer at a London auction this week.

Music • 21 Oct 25

Behind the music - Marouli

Manchester five-piece Marouli have released their new single, Don't Wanna Dance, ahead of their upcoming second album Tall Tales from a Distant Uncle Volume 2. We asked Graham McCusker of the band the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 05 Oct 25

Kate Moss reveals her final message to David Bowie

Kate Moss has revealed that the last message she sent to David Bowie before his death was a video of her singing Mr Bojangles for his birthday.

Music • 22 Sep 25

Bowie Centre features section on 'unrealised' projects

The David Bowie Centre at the V&A's new East Storehouse in London is to feature an entire section on the singer's "unrealised" projects.

Music • 10 Sep 25

David Bowie in Concert at The Hammersmith Apollo in London in October 2002

Unrealised David Bowie project to go on display

One of David Bowie's final unrealised musical projects, The Spectator, is to go on display for the first time next week in London.

Music • 05 Sep 25

Yungblud documentary was a 'roller coaster of emotions'

Singer Yungblud has admitted that filming a documentary that gives viewers a virew into one of his recording sessions was like a "roller coaster of emotions".

Music • 19 Jul 25

Crafted by Iron Maiden artist Albert 'Akirant' Quirantes, the design of the new coins features the band's mascot Eddie in a dynamic pose

Iron Maiden's 50 years celebrated on new UK coins

Commemorative coins celebrating 50 years of Iron Maiden have been launched by Britain's Royal Mint.

Music • 08 Jul 25

Behind the music - Merpire

Sydney singer/songwriter Merpire has released her new album, Milk Pool. We asked her the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 07 Jul 25

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Nile Rodgers guest-curates at new David Bowie Centre

Chic star Nile Rodgers has guest-curated a display for the new David Bowie Centre, including personal correspondence between the two singers.

Music • 04 Jul 25

Jakko M. Jakszyk. Photo credit: Louise Patricia Crane

Behind the music - Jakko M. Jakszyk

King Crimson lead singer and second guitarist Jakko M. Jakszyk has released his new solo album Son Of Glen. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 27 Jun 25

(MANDATORY CREDIT Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Guitarist Mick Ralphs of English super-group Bad Company performs on stage at Earl's Court in London, July 1977. (Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images)

Bad Company's Mick Ralphs dies, aged 81

Guitarist, songwriter and Bad Company co-founder Mick Ralphs has died at the age of 81, it has been announced.

Music • 26 Jun 25

Behind the music - Motorcycle Display Team

Alternative rock band Motorcycle Display Team have released To the Endless, the second single to be released off their upcoming compilation album. We asked them the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 04 May 25