Manic Street Preachers: Critical Thinking review – Consistency in a world gone mad, drab and sad
The former angry young men satisfyingly take flight as grumpy older gentlemen aghast at the world
Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi praised for helping distressed woman off edge of Nashville bridge
Singer seen speaking to woman who climbed over bridge railing and stood on ledge before helping her down
Claudia Winkleman could be in your midst right now. Security forces live in fear of the day she goes rogue
Patrick Freyne: On The Piano, she shows why she’s the best light-entertainment presenter. Jon Bon Jovi, on the other hand, is both cheesy and hammy
Las Vegas dices with Delta as the casinos roar back to life
City yearns for a time before Covid pandemic plunged it into most acute crisis in its history
Vaccine puns, Bob Dylan’s lump sum and Ikea’s ‘emotional but rational’ move
Planet Business: The times they are a-changin’
Fairytale of New York: Horrified fans react to Jon Bon Jovi’s new cover
The Pogues also pan rock star’s cover of Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl’s duet
US election: Trump visits battleground states as Covid-19 numbers surge
Joe Biden warns voters the US president cares more about ‘the stock market than he does about you’
Bono was ‘beaten up by Orangemen’ as a kid - if you can believe Bon Jovi
US singer delivers Irish history remix as he contrasts his upbringing with U2 frontman
U2’s €1bn ticket sales makes band world’s top live act of the decade
U2’s 360 Tour was the largest ever in music history and grossed more than €679m
‘I am so sick of Irish-Americans wishing for an old country they’ve heard about in stories’
Mary Beth Keane describes life growing up as the first-born child of Irish immigrants in America
Time for the RDS to flex its cultural muscles
Society should go back to its roots, as scattergun use of venue is not helping it fulfill its potential
Tagging a long with the 100 baby fawns born in the Phoenix Park
Patrick Freyne spends the day with researchers as they gently capture, assess and release the newborns
Miriam Lord: It’s all in a day’s work for Síoda and Bród
The First Dogs are more than ice-breakers, ‘they’re also a great source of wisdom’
Darts hits bullseye in post-Christmas television lull
Competing championships give viewers opportunity to gorge on treble 20s
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2019 nominees revealed
The Cure, Radiohead, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks and LL Cool J among the 2019 cohort
Jennifer O’Connell: Spotify transforms my train home into a time machine
‘People who have a habit of moving their lips silently when they read tend to be given a wide berth’
First Look: Hard Rock Cafe Dublin reopens with splash of luxury rock den chic
Bar-restaurant gets a bunch of new memorabilia including Phil Lynott’s guitar and Cranberries’ lyrics but U2’s Trabant is out
Beyoncé at Coachella: The most meaningful, absorbing, radical performance of the year
Instantly, she has reoriented her music – replacing pop with a Southern black sound
America at Large: Bellicose Belichick’s eyes still on main prize
New England Patriots’ remarkable coach is closing in on a sixth Super Bowl success
From Baby Ed to gay Babadook: The web was a tonic in a dispiriting year
In a Fake News maelstrom, #MeToo and a cartoonish sauce meltdown lifted us up
Fizzy milk or crunchy cheese? What we can expect from the food of the future
Food scientists are battling to overcome dairy and carbs’ image problem – but will mealworms and 3D-printed pasta really win consumers back?
Will you pay €90 to see Guns N’ Roses in a hilly field in Meath?
Jim Carroll: The band are the latest heritage act to make the journey to Slane, a venue they last played in 1992
It's time for an academic paper on how techno has influenced GAA
More Ibiza and less Coppers – its time for GAA musical snobs to change their tune
Moby: The secret of success? 'Don’t have a fallback plan'
Moby’s new memoir is less about showbiz and more about clawing hs way out of poverty in the late 1980s
Macau gambling paradise on bad streak as corruption targeted
Beijing crackdown seeks to transform casino hub into place with wider appeal
Music preview: albums to look out for in 2016
Everybody who’s anybody seems to have a new album lined up for the new year. And there are a few superstar maybes too
‘I’ve never doubted God’s existence but I do query the amount of suffering that goes on in the world’
Sr Julie Buckley is head chaplain at the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street in Dublin
China doles out bad medicine: Bon Jovi gigs cancelled
Poodle rockers fall foul of Chinese officials for displaying picture of Dalai Lama in previous concert
Tributes flood in for blues musician BB King
Ringo Starr, actor Hugh Laurie and Lenny Kravitz remember ‘one of the best blues guitarists ever’
When tomorrow comes, will it be U2 or even Garth Brooks at Croke Park?
Speculation mounts ahead of announcement with The Script tipped by bookies
Poll: Would you like AC/DC to play Slane next year?
MCD and Lord Henry Mountcharles understood to be looking at May 30th as possible date
10 ways you know you’re in rural Ireland
All this talk of ploughing got us thinking about how unique rural Ireland is
Adidas deal puts Kanye in a champions league of his own
The West/Kardashian road show has more than a wedding to celebrate
Marriage, monogamy and the mirage of perfection
I read a survey the other day that said older people are more accepting and compassionate about affairs of the heart
‘Material Girl’ top of the earnings chart for 2013
Madonna out earns Lady Gaga, Bon Jovi on Forbes list
Slick Bon Jovi leave Slane living on a prayer
‘Show me what you got, Dublin!’ says the man with the whitest teeth in rock
Robbie Williams takes to the stage as summer concert circuit begins
Bon Jovi and Neil Young to complete line-up of weekend stadium acts.
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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