Waiting for news on Taylor Swift tickets is the stadium pop version of the Hunger GamesEd Power: Only a percentage of those who registered with Ticketmaster will be ‘selected’ for a ‘purchase link’ to – potentially! – nab one. It’s a far cry from sleeping bags outside HMVWed Jul 05 2023 - 12:34
Wham! on Netflix: Two ordinary boys mucking around who happened to write some of the greatest pop songs ever Television: The story of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s rise to pop stardom may lack a neat finish, but it is great fun and brims with teenage nostalgiaWed Jul 05 2023 - 11:15
The Heiress and the Heist: Rose Dugdale was a figure almost too riotous for real lifeBritish debutante turned IRA armed robber reminds us how during The Troubles truth was routinely stranger than fictionTue Jul 04 2023 - 22:30
Brigid Mae Power: ‘I underestimated how vulnerable I would feel with everyone knowing my business’Galway-based songwriter says on her #MeToo experience and arguing with nuns in schoolTue Jul 04 2023 - 05:00
The Idol: The Weeknd’s TV project plumbs dire depths not witnessed since the end of Game of ThronesWho thought this hollowed-out cringe fest was a good idea?Mon Jul 03 2023 - 22:00
Julie Byrne: ‘It’s a memorial to the moments between us. And that includes grief and heartache’Buffalo-born singer-songwriter on her new album The Greater Wings which was a collaboration with a beloved friend whose death has both overshadowed and fuelled its completionMon Jul 03 2023 - 05:00
Give Me a Crash Course in... Why Lewis Capaldi is taking a breakThe 26-year-old songwriter from a village near Edinburgh is taking a break from touring to focus on his mental health. It means he’ll be skipping Electric PicnicSun Jul 02 2023 - 05:00
John Torode’s Ireland: The Return of the King of tourist-board advertorialsTelevision: You would hope we had arrived at a point where visitors were not astonished that everyone is walking upright – but apparently, there is still a way to goFri Jun 30 2023 - 21:30
Hijack: An excellent showcase for Idris Elba - shame about the angry Irishmen Television: The real-time thriller on Apple TV+ draws on many influences to conjure that is moslty engaging, though predictableWed Jun 28 2023 - 16:15
Your Home Made Perfect: The BBC gets the right amount of Angela Scanlon sizzle Television: The Co Meath presenter introduces just the right amount of sizzle on the BBC, compared with her RTÉ outputWed Jun 28 2023 - 11:12
‘The throuple was intense. I’m really happy I had that experience. I’m equally happy I’m no longer in it’Amber Bain, aka The Japanese House, has made an extraordinary album after her fraught three-way relationshipTue Jun 27 2023 - 05:15
Elton John at Glastonbury delivers a send-off to remember, Britney or no BritneyThe Sunday night grandee slot goes to the Rocket Man singer playing his last ever UK showSun Jun 25 2023 - 23:53
Today’s Ryan Tubridy Show is about to begin. Then a deathly silence fills the airwaves Oliver Callan stands in for the first post-Tubs Ryan Tubridy Show, there is a sense of an embattled institution circling the drain and picking up speedFri Jun 23 2023 - 14:49
And Just Like That ... : Even diehard Sex and the City fans may wonder if it’s time the lights went outTelevision: Episode one gives a crash course on why this reboot of the iconic 1990s dramedy remains so redundantWed Jun 21 2023 - 16:00
Secret Invasion: The Marvel hero with a Dublin accent we did not know we neededJoyless TV series proves we are a long way from the bright early days of MCUWed Jun 21 2023 - 02:00
Dave Fanning missed the point about Aslan. Fans loved the fact that they were underdogsPeople loved Aslan. Theirs wasn’t a rags-to-riches story. It was more compelling than thatTue Jun 20 2023 - 11:31
Pet Shop Boys at 3Arena: Five stars for a landslide of arch, tart, ageless hitsThere isn’t much banter at Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe’s outstanding Dublin show, just one smash after anotherTue Jun 20 2023 - 09:30
Litvinenko: David Tennant captures the sense of a man haunted by his stolen futureUTV’s retelling of the murder, though well-intentioned, fails to locate the drama in the storyMon Jun 19 2023 - 22:00
Labyrinth, Excalibur, Sandman and more: Behold the 20 ultimate fantasy movies and TV seriesWe embarked on an epic quest to find the mightiest fantasy tales ever screened. Lo, here is our top 20, in reverse orderMon Jun 19 2023 - 05:30
Martin Phillipps of The Chills: ‘There’s common link between New Zealand and Ireland. We’ve both been done wrong’It’s a long time since Martin Phillipps and his band were the next best thing, but his story of survival is remarkableSun Jun 18 2023 - 05:45
Untameable: This should be a bogwater-dull documentary. Instead it’s grippingTelevision: The tone is elevated, as you would expect from a film about bogs from a text by Colm Tóibín, and focusing on Seamus HeaneyThu Jun 15 2023 - 23:34
Give Me a Crash Course in ... the new Beatles songBefore AI conquers humanity, it’s helping Paul McCartney complete a new Beatles tune using old John Lennon demoThu Jun 15 2023 - 17:13
Depeche Mode at Malahide Castle: Dave Gahan and Martin Gore put on a blazing showIt is no surprise that a concert unfolding in the shadow of the death of Andrew Fletcher, the band’s keyboardist, should be full of vitalityThu Jun 15 2023 - 09:39
Black Mirror season six: Skip the underwhelming first instalment and head straight for the best episodesTelevision: Forget AI or killer robots. For this series of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian series, the true threat to the world is human wickednessThu Jun 15 2023 - 08:01
Charlie Brooker on hitting the reset button in the new Black Mirror series and ChatGPTTelevision: Black Mirror has cracked, and something new and different has poured throughWed Jun 14 2023 - 13:52
‘The Rolling Stones wanted me to compromise. And I didn’t want to compromise’Paul Charles is no pushover. One of the lessons of Adventures in Wonderland, the Irish music agent’s new memoir, is that sometimes you have to say noWed Jun 14 2023 - 05:30
‘He was branded an IRA man’: RTÉ Europe editor Tony Connelly on his gripping family historyTelevision: Michael Connelly served with the RIC and then left the newly independent Republic to join the fledgling RUCMon Jun 12 2023 - 22:35
Best Interests: Sharon Horgan moves between dread, fear and anger in this heartbreaking dramaTelevision: Horgan plays Nicci, mother of Marnie, who has fallen into a coma. Should Nicci and her husband agree to turn off her life support?Mon Jun 12 2023 - 22:00
Pulp in Dublin review: Suddenly, a rather ordinary gig jumps to an extraordinary placeThe band’s first tour in a decade touches down at St Anne’s Park on Friday night for a greatest-hits setSat Jun 10 2023 - 09:09
Niall Horan: ‘I’ve tried to remain somewhat humble – not tried, just did it. The Irishness helps’Fame came early to the One Direction star, but he continues to navigate the hectic lifestyle with impressive poiseSat Jun 10 2023 - 05:00
‘Rap is expressive, open, honest. It’s storytelling in your own voice. It’s real’Rappers from the Kabin, a creative hub for young people, will showcase their talents as part of the Rhyme Island project during Cruinniú na nÓg this weekendFri Jun 09 2023 - 05:45
The Crowded Room: Punchy opening, schmaltzy ending – Tom Holland takes us on a bumpy rideTelevision: Sasha Lane, from Conversations With Friends, shines opposite the Spider-Man star in this uneven psychological thrillerFri Jun 09 2023 - 05:00
Arnold: Schwarzenegger documentary fails to ask the tough questionsTelevision: As a movie star, the 75-year-old deserves his victory lap. It’s just a shame there isn’t more to this Netflix seriesWed Jun 07 2023 - 09:33
Taylor Swift discovers the dark side of superfandomFor some, the big question about Wednesday’s The 1975 gig was whether Matty Healy is a suitable boyfriend for Taylor SwiftWed Jun 07 2023 - 06:15
Dubliner Catherine Agbaje debuts in Love Island as ITV reels from ongoing Phillip Schofield controversyTelevision: Barely 90 minutes in, and show is already playing the hits. Fans will adore it. Everyone else will have changed the channelTue Jun 06 2023 - 08:49
The Idol: Nobody makes something this dreadful by accidentTelevision: A creepy male gaze-athon from Euphoria creator Sam Levinson and Abel Tesfaye. Let’s never speak of it againMon Jun 05 2023 - 16:27
Keaton Henson: ‘I just hate being looked at by lots of people’Songwriter’s new album, House Party, investigates notion of musicians projecting alter-ego versions of themselvesSat Jun 03 2023 - 05:00
The Gallows Pole: As English as red buses and morris dancers – and you won’t want to miss a minuteTelevision: Director Shane Meadows embarks on a spooky plunge into the heart of old EnglandThu Jun 01 2023 - 13:28
Ted Lasso began life as a lockdown treat. The toe-curling finale features unrelenting schmaltzTelevision: For the viewer, the overwhelming feeling may be relief that this orgy of saccharine is finally doneThu Jun 01 2023 - 13:01
Single Drunk Female: Nuance and empathy elevate this snappy sitcom above other addiction dramasTelevision: As charming as ever but with the central conundrum of whether addiction can be funny unansweredWed May 31 2023 - 14:11
White House Plumbers: An agreeably preposterous retelling of the Watergate scandalTelevision: Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux star in this screwball comedy that happens to be based on actual eventsWed May 31 2023 - 09:04
Barry finale: An ending even more devastating than Succession’sTelevision: Nobody laughs in Bill Hader’s dark comedy. They’re too busy sobbingMon May 29 2023 - 21:40
What a punch Succession packs at the death. It goes out doing what it does bestTelevision: Jesse Armstrong’s dark dramedy about the billionaire Roy family ends with a flurry of body blowsMon May 29 2023 - 11:54
Rufus Wainwright: ‘I asked Paul Brady to sing Arthur McBride three times one evening’The singer-songwriter has gone back to his family folk roots via his new album, Folkocracy, and found it’s not such an uncomfortable place to beSun May 28 2023 - 05:45
Ryan Tubridy’s last Late Late: Host brims with emotion as Saoirse Ronan, U2 and Paul McCartney make appearances Television: ‘I’m leaving with a spring in my step as opposed to a heavy heart,’ the RTÉ broadcaster says as he steps down after 14 yearsSat May 27 2023 - 00:13
Who’d have thought Kim Kardashian would be the one to flag the dangers of oversharing?Rather than give the inside scoop on their fab life, the family shoot the breeze on antiseptic couchesFri May 26 2023 - 14:45
Succession’s big finale: Here are seven questions we need to be answeredBefore the last episode of the megasatire drops, we ask: Will Roman die? Is Tom Wambsgans poised for victory? What’s next for Greg?Fri May 26 2023 - 11:15
Fubar: Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready for TV. But is TV ready for Arnold?Television: The 1980s action star has jumped from the movies to the small screen with his first starring role for NetflixThu May 25 2023 - 12:01
Tina Turner: broken and beaten survivor reinvented herself to become a superstarFor Irish fans, there will be incredible memories of live shows in Croke Park and the 3Arena and her cover of Paul Brady’s Paradise is HereWed May 24 2023 - 21:26
‘Everybody has their own terrorist. The British army are mine,’ says FionaTelevision: Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland gives a voice to those who lived through the bombings and the shootings of the TroublesMon May 22 2023 - 22:15
