We are often fascinated by the twists of fate in the lives by our favourite music artists.

As they get ready to play Dingle, Editors tell Ed Power of a near encounter with Michael Jackson in Ireland, and why they’ve outlasted so many of their peers

A few weeks ago, the Guardian’s beauty columnist Sali Hughes posted a video where she outlined the months of systematic bullying she had been subjected to online.

Public policy schools typically have a strong economics focus but must rethink how they teach students. Medical schools could offer a model, writes Ricardo Hausmann

The main stage battled it out against the draw of a new dance-heavy area on the Saturday of Electric Picnic.

Ian Ring is a Cork-based music producer, who has recently released ‘Rise’, the debut single from hisBoku project on Soul Jamz Records.

The A-Listers hiding in plain sight: As Rihanna is spotted at the cricket, who are the celebs who have been living under our noses in Ireland? Ed Power reports.

No man is an island. And only the privileged get the deeds to their very own isle. Sometimes the purchase is the goal. Then once the high wears off, it’s time to stampede back to the

The A-Listers hiding in plain sight: As Rihanna is spotted at the cricket, who are the celebs who have been living under our noses in Ireland? Ed Power reports.

Close your eyes, open your ears wide, click your heels three times and you could be in the Maracana.

Christine and the Queens, James Blake and a gender-conscious roster were among the highpoints of Primavera Sound in Barcelona, writes Eoghan O'Sullivan.

As they get ready to play the Marquee in Cork, Hall and Oates tell Ed Power about the mad times of their 1980s heyday, and having Bowie support them for his first US gig.

Sorting out Cork people for ages...

Following in the footsteps of her late father Michael Jackson.

Never listening to Michael Jackson’s music again is like the Germans refusing to drive on the Autobahn.

Toto will play their classic mega-hit, and plenty more hits from their impressive repertoire, at the Marquee in Cork, writes Ed Power.

So that’s Monday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Here are all the latest headlines this lunchtime...

Here are all the latest headlines this lunchtime...

€2,187,500 worth of parking tickets.

Child star and friend of Michael Jackson, Mark Lester will be also on the couch.

SAMANTHA Mumba’s Twitter handle reads like a cryptic story of her life: Mama; wife; Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling recording artist; actress; TV presenter.

HIS cha cha charm offensive on Sunday night’s Dancing with the Stars brought the studio audience to their feet.

“I bless the rains down in Africa”

Andrea Williams is a Cork-based dancer and choreographer originally hailing from Cape Verde.

The sun was setting over Dun Laoghaire harbour as jazz sorcerer Kamasi Washington embarked on his umpteenth dazzling solo of the evening.

The sun was setting over Dun Laoghaire harbour as jazz sorcerer Kamasi Washington embarked on his umpteenth dazzling solo of the evening.

The King of Pop kicked off the first of his two concerts on July 31, 1988 - which fell as August bank holiday weekend that year.

It's a given that there is nothing like a good Irish road trip, and in the recent weather we've been having, we crave the wind on our face even more than ever.

DJ Jenny Greene rocks. In fact, she's the Jenny Hendrix of the turntables.

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Patrick Melrose, a series based on the novels by Edward St Aubyn. He tells Gemma Dunn more about his character, who suffered an abusive childhood and drug-addled adulthood.

Nearly 30 years after monies from a pair of Michael Jackson gigs helped the Cork County Board to buy Páirc Uí Rinn, another musical performer has led to a summer weekend free of county championship games.

Bill Cosby has been convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman.

An 800-year-old relic, stolen from Christ Church Cathedral, has been recovered by Gardaí.

PROUDLY decked out in green, and set in the tiers of stacked housing rising up above the River Lee in Cork’s Tivoli, is Villa Franca.

A 7-year-old boy who fell in love with Michael Jackson while recovering from open heart surgery, had a ‘Thriller’ time at the Michael Jackson tribute show at the Gaiety Theatre this week.

President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to Guinness heir Garech de Brún, founder of Claddagh Records, and custodian of Luggala Estate, following his death at the age of 78.

A day after Hollywood's first Oscars of the #MeToo era, Bill Cosby went to court in a bid to get his sexual assault case thrown out or at least stop some of his dozens of accusers from giving evidence at his retrial.

The promoter behind Ed Sheeran’s forthcoming shows in Páirc Uí Chaoimh has given his assurance that lighting issues outside the stadium will not affect the concerts this summer.

Justin Timberlake’s enthusiastic portrayal of an East Village folkie in the 2013 Coen brothers movie Inside Llewyn Davis was confirmation that there was more to the pop star than McDonalds-boosting funk-pop and Janet Jackson-attendant Superbowl controversies.

Fire And Fury, the White House expose met with outrage from Donald Trump, is heading to television after the rights were purchased in a deal reported to be worth seven figures.

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

Dancer Michael Flatley’s Castlehyde mansion has disappeared from property websites, having failed to find a buyer after two years on the open market with a quoted guide price of €20m.

Leopardstown has announced the two music headliners for the Dublin Racing Festival: Damien Dempsey and Stockton’s Wing.