Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire is happy to scale down for a more intimate musical experience at a Cork event he knows well, writes Ed Power

The promoters of All Together Now have apologised for the traffic chaos that dogged the music festival in Waterford earlier this month.

Once you got past the traffic, there was plenty fun to be had at Curraghmore, writes Joe Leogue.

Once you got past the traffic, there was plenty fun to be had at Curraghmore, writes Joe Leogue.

Cars have been packed up with pop-up tents, toilet roll and plenty of food and drink as thousands prepare to descend on festivals around the country over the Bank holiday weekend.

FESTIVAL TIME: All Together Now and Indiependence are among the events making the most of the bank holiday weekend, with strong line-ups over the next few days.

One of the country's biggest music festivals has created a new area made entirely out of wood and other natural materials.

Mad Cool Festival returned to Madrid for its third instalment at the weekend. A stellar line-up featuring The Cure, The National and Robyn attracted over 180,000 fans to the Spanish capital.

As we dust off our gladrags for the summer’s festival calendar, Ellie O’Byrne asks what Irish music festivals are doing to go green this year.

When The National performed at Cork’s Sounds From A Safe Harbour festival in 2017, they were raising the curtains on 18 months of punishing touring. After that, the plan was to lay low and recuperate. What the Ohio five piece certainly hadn’t in mind was recording another album so soon after their career-best Sleep Well Beast.

There can hardly be more disconcerting examples of what happens when the truth is managed to make room for propaganda than Brexit or Donald Trump’s US presidency.

Gavin Murray records under the name Trick Mist, and releases his debut album, Both Ends, next week via Pizza Pizza Records.

Quiet Lights Festival: Griffith College, Cork

Championed by the likes of Guy Garvey and The National, British musician Kate Stables has followed her own path, writes Ed Power

Our regular contributors select their highlights of the year

From surprise comebacks to celebrity spats and unfortunate deaths, pop stars were never far from the headlines in 2017, writes Ed Power.

Our regular contributors select their highlights of the year.

Joe O’Leary, formerly of the band Fred, runs Levis Corner House in Ballydehob, Co Cork. On Friday, the pub hosts two shows by Steve Poltz as part of the Culture Night celebrations.

Cork hit all the right notes with its unique music event, write Eoghan O’Sullivan and Des O’Driscoll

The Cork Opera House stage must feel like a second home to Lisa Hannigan. 

Bryce Dessner tells Ed Power why his band are so happy to be involved in the Sounds From A Safe Harbour festival in Cork

Des O’Driscoll with the latest entertainment news and events...

Here’s what’s going on this weekend. 

From Glasto to Spain, there are a flock of festivals that could tempt you overseas in the coming months, writes Ed Power

Des O’Driscoll with the latest entertainment news and events

Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh is an Irish language poet from Tralee, Co Kerry. She co-presents arts show Imeall with Tristan Rosenstock on TG4 on Thursdays.

Oil markets will probably balance by the end of next year, prices rising in the medium term, according to Sultan Al Jaber, new head of Abu Dhabi National Oil.

The National’s Matt Berninger really is enjoying his sideproject with El Vy, writes Ed Power

As Cork gears up for a feast of music over the next few days, Ed Power spent the weekend in Lismore with some of the stars to get a taste of what’s in store for Leeside

From an early gig in Cork, to their Lady Gaga remix, Wild Beasts have long been one of the most fascinating bands around, writes Ed Power

From movies to music, food to fashion, our critics pick the best on offer this autumn.

Percussive stylist Nic Gareiss will perform at the Masters of Tradition festival, says Colette Sheridan

Bryce Dessner of The National has a long-held affinity with Cork. It’s part of the reason he’s organising an impressive music fest in the city, writes Ed Power

The historic Everyman Theatre in Cork recorded a €462,000 increase in turnover last year, it emerged last night, as details of its new summer season were unveiled.

Details of a new festival of music, art, and conversation curated by The National’s Bryce Dessner to mark the 160th anniversary of Cork Opera Houseare set to be announced next week.

The tough and remarkably consistent Roi Du Mee completed a hat-trick when making all the running to beat just two rivals in the Daily Mirror Chase in Down Royal yesterday.

ALEC Ounsworth likes not being famous. For a few scary months in 2005 he was on the cusp of something akin to celebrity (the indie rock equivalent at least). The experience did not agree with him very much.

It’s not every gig you almost get flattened by the lead singer, but this wasn’t every gig, and The National’s Matt Berninger is not every singer.

Now that Cincinnati’s finest have taken their lovely, gloomy love stories and hitched them to even catchier tunes like last night’s Marquee set opener, ‘Don’t Swallow the Cap’, the buzz is even better than ever.