Bruce Springsteen has released the first track from his first studio album in five years entitled 'Western Stars'.

"Standing before you is a man who has become wildly and absurdly successful writing about something of which he has had absolutely no personal experience"

Des O'Driscoll shares the latest from the entertainment world

After a two-week break, the FEI World Cup series resumes this weekend with both dressage and show jumping rounds taking place in Stuttgart in Germany.

Badly Drawn Boy may never escape from his Bewilderbeast album, but he’ll also be playing new music on his Irish tour, writes Ed Power.

The worst-kept secret in Irish music has been confirmed with the announcement that Metallica are to headline Slane Castle on June 8 next year.

As Ed Sheeran gets ready to play Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Ed Power and Des O’Driscoll recall some of the other big gigs at the Cork venue.

When Joe Dolan came to stay with Pete Williams and his family in 1974, the first thing Williams did was move the six-month old baby to another room.

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

Who would have thought that a marquee in Cork could attract the world’s biggest music acts? Peter Aiken reflects on 12 years of Live at the Marquee with Ed Power.

Steven Van Zandt has been a star sidekick for Bruce Springsteen and Tony Soprano. But, for now, he’s happy to to do his own thing, writes Ed Power.

Jake Clemons is taking the time between Springsteen tours to play some solo gigs in Ireland, writes Ed Power

WHAT do Homer Simpson and Enda Kenny have in common, apart, that is, from celebrating anniversaries? The Simpsons is 30 years in the making and Mr Kenny is today the longest surviving Fine Gael Taoiseach.

His fans will tell you he put in one of the best performances seen in years in Croke Park — and it seems Bruce Springsteen’s two concerts at the home of the GAA proved to be glory days for the Boss.

Is Gavin James inevitably bound for global stardom? For last night’s ecstatic young Live At The Marquee fans, he’s clearly already there. When every single person in this capacity, high-profile venue canonises his quest, it does seem like you’re watching an unstoppable train. One thing is for sure, you’d have to go a long way to hear a sweeter voice.

“It was 22 degrees in the car when I arrived,” auctioneer Jim O’Brien mentioned to me before taking up his post in the main ring in Bandon mart on Monday.

It's not ever day you see a 'nonagenarian' busting a move to a Bruce Springsteen song on stage, unless of course you're friends with Dick Van Dyke and Bernie Sanders.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

With Bruce Springsteen set to rock out at Croke Park tonight, one beloved Irish kids TV character is very excited.

The Big Night is finally here - Bruce Springsteen is in town for the first of his Irish dates.

As Bruce Springsteen brings his River tour to Ireland, Ed Power looks back on the 1980 album that suddenly feels so relevant again

 

Some of the stranger stories from around the world

Croke Park will have to apply for special permission to host any more concerts this year — after both dates for the highly anticipated Bruce Springsteen concerts sold out in just under two hours.

Bruce Springsteen isn’t going to be a popular man in Dublin club football circles this summer.

Getting to know Daniel Goulding.

Following the Garth Brooks concert Croke Park debacle, last year is likely to be a year Aiken Promotions would want to quickly forget.

Jane* has heard her children being called “monkeys”; the father of a toddler who has profound disabilities as a result of injuries sustained during her birth, has said that her life has been destroyed; Turkey has blocked access to Twitter to prevent the broadcast of images of a bomb blast which killed 32 people earlier this week. Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

The Bruce Springsteen concert at Thomond Park in 2013 contributed last year to a marginal increase in operating profits at the firm which controls the Limerick stadium.

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The Herald can also reveal that one gig will be announced on Friday with another being announced on Saturday.

Got a gig-goer, a gamer or even a gadget-freak on your pressie list? Ed Power runs through some entertainment options that might help ease your shopping worries.

While there has been a steady flow of ‘post-Springsteen’ bands over the past decade, few have transcended mere hero worship of the New Jersey icon.

If injured Bono was in the market for top-notch understudies, the U2 frontman certainly found what he was looking for in New York.

At half-time of what is by now the legendary 2011 Dublin-Donegal semi-final, this writer fell into conversation with another from Ulster [not Donegal].

On what would have been his 65th birthday, Ed Power looks at Phil Lynott’s legacy

Ireland show jumping team manager Robert Splaine was far from defeatist after his team’s disappointing performance in yesterday’s Furusiyya Nations Cup at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show.

It might not have been Ladies Day at the Dublin Horse Show yesterday but sisters were still doing it for themselves.