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Landscape shot of Irish singer Cathal Gavin

Behind the music - Cathal Gavin

Singer Cathal Gavin has released his new single, Out of Love, and plays the Sugar Club, Dublin on 25 September. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 26 Aug

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Saturday

Loads of music on offer tonight, ranging from Sam Smith at the Proms and Lady Gaga at the BBC, to Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience and Fred Again . . . at the Leeds and Reading Festival

Television • 25 Aug 24

Behind the music - Kawaii Hoe

Wexford-based pop producer Kawaii Hoe has released their debut Album, The Reality. We asked them the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 12 Aug 24

Sam Smith back on stage after vocal rest

Sam Smith returns to the stage after vocal rest

Sam Smith made a triumphant return to the stage in Switzerland after taking several weeks of enforced vocal rest.

Music • 06 Jul 23

Sam Smith and Madonna join forces to release single

Sam Smith has released a new single with Queen of Pop Madonna. The new song, teased on Smith's social media for several weeks, is titled Vulgar.

Music • 09 Jun 23

Sam Smith "heartbroken" after cancelling gigs

Sam Smith has said they are cancelling their concerts in Glasgow and Birmingham due to a "vocal cord injury".

Music • 25 May 23

Kim Petras and Sam Smith pose with the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance award for Unholy

Kim Petras becomes first trans woman to win Grammy

Sam Smith handed the floor to collaborator Kim Petras as the duo celebrated her becoming the first transgender woman to win best pop duo/group performance at the Grammys.

Grammys • 06 Feb 23

Sam Smith frustrated over Brits female acts snub

Brit Awards host Mo Gilligan has said he sees where Sam Smith is "coming from", after the singer expressed their frustration over the event announcing an all-male best artist category.

Music • 03 Feb 23

Sam Smith opens up about expressing 'authentic self'

Sam Smith feels that it "takes a lot of courage" to express their "full, queer, authentic self" in the public eye.

Music • 11 Nov 22

Jessie Ware announces the arrival of her third child

Jessie Ware has welcomed her third child with husband Sam Burrows.

Jessie Ware • 17 Jul 21

Stephen Byrne chats to Nicola Coughlan of Derry Girls about Netflix's new drama Bridgerton

The Weekend with Stephen Byrne

This weekend we talk to Nicola Coughlan of Derry Girls fame and we take a look back on some of the biggest interviews on the show over the last twelve months including Miley Cyrus and Sam Smith!

The Weekend with Stephen Byrne • 18 Dec 20

Zara Larsson aims to energise MTV European Music Awards

Zara Larsson has said she hopes her fans can feel the "energy coming through the screen" during her performance at the MTV European Music Awards.

MTV European Music Awards • 08 Nov 20

Niall Horan is in the money with estimated £55m fortune

Niall Horan has ranked fourth in Heat magazine's 30 Richest Celebrities 30 and Under list, with the former One Direction singer's fortune estimated to be £55m.

Music • 27 Oct 20

Sam Smith has been 'hit hard' by anxiety and depression

Sam Smith has said they have been 'hit hard' by mental health issues and believes they have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Music • 18 Oct 20

Sam Smith is back with their third album

Sam Smith announces new album Love Goes

Sam Smith has announced details of their third album which the singer says was made during a "time of experimentation and self-discovery".

Music • 18 Sep 20

What's on? 10 top telly tips for Sunday July 19

There's a documentary with the self-explanatory title Trump in Tweets, a Late Late Toy Show Singalong, the FA Cup clash of Chelsea and Manchester United, and the final episode of period drama The Luminaries . . .

Television • 19 Jul 20

Ed Sheeran is the UK's most played artist - again!

Ed Sheeran was the most played artist of 2019 in the UK, topping the list for the fourth time in the last five years.

Ed Sheeran • 22 Jun 20

JLo and Taylor Swift are among the performers at Lady Gaga's upcoming benefit gig

Swift, Lopez added to Gaga's virtual benefit gig

Jennifer Lopez and Taylor Swift are among the new names added to the line-up for Lady GaGa's One World: Together at Home benefit show.

Music • 15 Apr 20

Next Sam Smith album delayed and to get new title

Sam Smith has announced that the title of upcoming album To Die For will be changed and its release date will be revised due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Sam Smith • 30 Mar 20

Billie Eilish releases new James Bond track

Billie Eilish has released the theme song for the new James Bond movie, No Time To Die.

Music • 14 Feb 20

Singer Sam Smith changes pronouns to they/them

The singer Sam Smith has asked fans to use the pronouns "they/them", instead of "he/him", after coming out as non-binary.

Music • 13 Sep 19

Sam Smith: 'I'm not male or female'

The singer Sam Smith has come out as non-binary in an interview with actress Jameela Jamil, saying he doesn't identify as male or female, but "somewhere in between."

Music • 20 Mar 19

Sam Smith: struggled in teenage years with body image

Sam Smith reveals he had liposuction surgery at 12

Singer Sam Smith developed "breasts" in his adolescence, was the victim of bullying because of his shape and underwent liposuction surgery at the age of 12.

Entertainment • 16 Mar 19

Dermot Kennedy makes BBC Music's Sound of 2019 list

Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy is one of ten acts on BBC Music's Sound of 2019 list - the annual countdown whose previous winners include Adele, Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding and Jessie J.

Music • 10 Dec 18

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will tie the knot next year at Windsor Castle

Sam Smith dreams of singing at the royal wedding

Grammy and Oscar winning singer Sam Smith has revealed his royal wedding ambition, saying it would be "a dream" to perform at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's upcoming nuptials.

Royal Wedding • 30 Nov 17