The double whammy of revolution in Russia and the outbreak of world war in Europe had disastrous financial consequences for Stravinsky.

Bombay Bicycle Club return to Ireland next weekend for gigs in Cork and Waterford, writes Ed Power

GIG WISE: Some extra tickets went on sale this morning for the Spice Girls at Croke Park in May.

Reviewing the White Album is a bit like passing judgement on Michelangelo’s ceiling doodles for the Sistine Chapel or wondering why James Joyce didn’t use shorter sentences in Ulysses.

"Whilst looking at letters, diaries and books written by cancer patients around the world — which are highly emotional things to read — what comes across from reading them is that these people are in a constant state of hardship and survival, facing huge challenges"

Joey Tempest of the big-haired metal band tellsn Ed Power about megahit ‘The Final Countdown’ and his time living in this country.

As a senator, Frances Black has recently been battling against Israeli settlements, but she is also looking forward to gigging again with her old friends, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has formed a new band to play some of the legendary group’s early material, writes Sherna Noah.

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Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters has urged support for a Seanad motion to ban the sale of goods in Ireland produced from Israeli-occupied territories.

East of the Spanish mainland and just across the way from Ibiza, the southernmost Balearic Island of Formentera has pristine beaches and its own brand of laid-back glamour, writes Kate Maxwell

From The Simpsons to The Big Bang Theory, take a look some of the times Professor Hawking had an influence on pop culture.

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest news from the entertainment world.

The legendary band only ever played one gig in the Republic of Ireland. Jack Lyons recalls being part of that sparse crowd at the Arcadia in Cork in 1967.

Ed Power looks at the state of popular music which is increasingly dominated by performers working their back catalogues to death.

George Patterson fronts The Roaring Forties, a band formed in 2003 for the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. 

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest news from the world of entertainment.

Iarla Ó Lionáird is from Cúil Aodha, Co Cork, and is vocalist with The Gloaming. He is currently preparing for a performance at Masters of Tradition festival in Bantry next Friday, where he will appear with Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin and others. See westcorkmusic.ie

Cork Midsummer Festival June 14-25, 2017. 

Elbow may not be at the top of anyone’s list of favourite body parts, but you can see why this band is the number one act on so many iPod playlists.

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Paddy Armstrong’s account of his wrongful imprisonment as part of the Guildford Four is harrowing. As a politically disengaged teenager of the ’70s, he was always an unlikely IRA man, as Anne Lucey discovers.

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MUSIC NEWS: It takes a lot to get Pink Floyd back together for anything, and while there are no signs of any music collaborations, the three surviving members have at least joined forces to release a statement on behalf of cause they’ve long been supporters of. 

Polly Samson loves to write, but hates sitting at her desk. She tells Colette Sheridan why she finds the short story to be the ideal form.

West Cork-based Keith Payne is using his set design experience with the likes of Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones to judge inventive creations at the Stradbally event, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Named after a Pink Floyd song, Irish group Overhead, The Albatross are impressing with their new album, writes Eoghan O’Sullivan.

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As a middle-class Londoner, singer Michael Kiwanuka is accustomed to not fulfilling the racial stereotypes that people might have of him, writes Ed Power.

The creator of the psychedelic pop sound is more than happy to be playing a concert in his adopted home of Cork, he tells Ed Power

MUSIC NEWS: Max Martin is Sweden’s greatest contribution to pop music since Abba, so it’s probably appropriate that some sort of Eurovision circle gets squared tomorrow when one of his songs is performed at the interval in Stockholm. 

Eoghan O’Sullivan shares the latest news from the world of showbiz

Back when The Cure were still curious, video games were different. 

Some of Ireland’s top artists have painted hares for an auction in aid of the Jack and Jill Foundation, writes Ellie O’Byrne

The most random items left behind in a taxi have been named.