As the hype grows for Oasis: Supersonic, Declan Burke offers a personal selection of its predecessors in the genre

CLARA Rose Monahan is a woman of many parts. However, the golden thread uniting her many different roles is music.

Festival Season has brought a level of madness to summer fashion. But there are ways of doing the festival circuit in style, explains Carolyn Moore

A celebration of female film directors at Triskel Christchurch in Cork aims to shine the spotlight on the many women making independent and art house films in an industry that is predominantly male.

THIS dress worn by Janis Joplin comes up at Julien’s Auctions Rock Icons sale at the Hard Rock Cafe, Times Square, New York on May 21. 

ENGLAND: Estate agents dealing with the sale of an entire English village say they have been inundated with inquiries despite the £20m (€25m) price tag.

Hundreds of music-loving snorkellers and divers, joined by long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, attended an underwater concert broadcast at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

JOHN P Quinlan is from Macroom, and founded the Vangard Gallery in Cork in 1991. He is in the midst of a nine-month stint as guest curator at Triskel in Cork.

For jazz legend Charles Lloyd, playing live is a spiritual and uplifting experience, says Alan O’Riordan

The road sign outside town reads “Welcome to Aberdeen. Come As You Are.” The iconic Nirvana song title greets fans from around the world flocking to pay homage to Kurt Cobain.

Theatre is thriving in Cork: SHOW is a festival of original work and continues at the Triskel Arts Centre until Sunday.

LEONARD Cohen returns to Dublin next week to perform two concerts at the O2.

THE Performance Corporation is renowned for staging its theatre productions in adventurous places — in medieval dungeons, amongst sand dunes, even on a small rowboat. For its latest, most adventurous trick, it’s staging a three-day festival in Ireland’s only palace — Castletown House on the outskirts of Celbridge, Co Kildare.

The Everyman Theatre launched its Spring 2013 programme in Cork yesterday evening.

Richard Fitzpatrick rounds up his top tomes of the year

Leonard Cohen’s life is ultimately a story of enlightenment and redemption, says Richard Fitzpatrick

'X Factor' fans have slammed the show for "killing" it with extended back stories.

Endurance athlete Diana Nyad forged ahead through the Straits of Florida with renewed vigour in pursuit of a record 103-mile unassisted swim in open waters without the aid of a shark cage.

Bono and Ali Hewson’s youngest daughter Eve was shocked when her parents gave her an unusual 21st birthday present at her coming of age party in a glitzy Las Vegas club.

IN On the Road, Jack Kerouac wrote about “the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars”.

Amy Winehouse predicted she would die at the age of 27.

Relatives of singer Amy Winehouse said her untimely death has left a “gaping hole” in their lives.

AMY WINEHOUSE released only two albums in her life, which, combined, sold in excess of 12 million copies, won countless awards and sparked a retro soul movement.

The family of singer Amy Winehouse said today they have been left “bereft” by her death at the age of 27.

London Ambulance Service has this afternoon confirmed the death of soul singer Amy Winehouse.

Amy Adams is in negotiations to star in the upcoming ‘Muppets’ movie.

Michael Jackson’s white glove will take centre stage in Ireland tomorrow as some of the pop legend’s most famous belongings go on display.

IF the record books were anything to go by nobody from Fermanagh would even bother with the short hop across the county border to Kingspan Breffni Park this evening.

A stunning-looking and strong-sounding Whitney Houston made a triumphant return to the stage today at a pre-Grammy party honouring her mentor, music mogul Clive Davis.

FOR the second year in a row, the Edge is putting his money where the music is.

Billy Joel will become the last artist to perform at New York's Shea Stadium after announcing a summer show at the home of baseball team the New York Mets.

The Who legend Roger Daltrey is convinced troubled British rocker Pete Doherty will die young.

Troubled pop star Britney Spears has gone into rehab.

Troubled pop star Britney Spears has gone into rehab, her manager said tonight.

Justin Timberlake was forced to miss out on music mogul Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy Awards party in Los Angeles on Saturday night to battle a severe cold.

Janis Joplin’s estate has announced Search For The Pearl, a reality TV talent search to find the next Joplin in the US.

Teenage British soul star Joss Stone and Melissa Etheridge electrified the Grammys audience with a gritty tribute to Janis Joplin.

The late music legend Ray Charles was the star of the show today at the Grammy award ceremony in Los Angeles while U2 scooped three awards.

Pop punk Pink will expose her innermost thoughts and feelings in a big screen adaptation of her private diary.

Beyonce put on shimmery hot pants and Rod Stewart wore a three-piece suit as fashion rocked in New York.

American singer Laura Branigan has died from a brain aneurism at the age of 47.

Oscar winner Renee Zellweger is too old to play rock legend Janis Joplin, according to the director of a rival biopic.