Geoff Travis may have had a hand in the rise of bands such as The Smiths, but it’s his new crop of Irish acts that has him excited in advance of his visit to Cork, writes Ed Power

Guggi still gets asked about his rock’n’roll past, but it’s his art that occupies him now, writes Alan O’Riordan

Three hours of The Cure might have been a bit much, but the bill at Stradbally was certainly eclectic, says Sorcha Coleman

Gavin Friday

ROCK band U2 interrupted their 2005 world tour yesterday to attend the funeral of a family friend in Dublin.