Electric Picnic 2025: More acts added to line-up as capacity increases again
Becky Hill to join Chappell Roan, Kings of Leon and Hozier at this year’s festival
Chappell Roan
News and features about singer Chappell Roan (Kayleigh Rose Amstutz)
Self Esteem on the music business: ‘It’s things like dressing rooms with only a urinal which make women give up’
For Rebecca Lucy Taylor, performing as Self Esteem has been a way of unpicking years of anger at the way the industry operates
Tracy Chapman: ‘I have been labelled as a protest singer, and it’s not a label that I accept’
Chapman looks back on her self-titled debut and its powerful hit Fast Car, which has gained a second life as a country song
Hot to go: New batch of Electric Picnic tickets sell out within minutes
Limited number of festival tickets were on sale from noon
Electric Picnic 2025: Chappell Roan, Hozier and Kings of Leon among acts to headline festival
Ireland’s biggest music and arts festival takes place from August 29th-31st at Stradbally Estate, Co Laois
Japanese Breakfast: For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) review – Melody and vulnerability in beautiful equilibrium
A wonderfully fragile collection takes off with Honey Water – not to mention an unexpected appearance from the actor Jeff Bridges
From Brat to Brits: Charli XCX wins five awards, while Fontaines DC take one
Hozier lost out to Chappell Roan, who paid tribute to Sinéad O’Connor as she celebrated win
Grammy Awards 2025 in pictures
Winners at the Grammy Awards 2025 include Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan
Irish musician Cian Ducrot wins Grammy Award for songwriting
Beyoncé secures album of the year award for Cowboy Carter after previously missing out four times
Sabrina Carpenter earrings to Fontaines DC T-shirts: Christmas gifts for music lovers
From a Chappell Roan T-shirt to Sabrina Carpenter’s Espresso earrings, we’ve got you sorted
The Music Quiz: Who is the new popstar ‘face’ of Lancôme?
Plus: What topped the list of Rolling Stone magazine’s 74 Best Albums of ’74?
Chappell Roan live in Dublin review: Five-star performance by a modern phenomenon
Artist and her fantastic pink-and-black-clad band leave it all on stage with fun and soulful songs
The Guide: Chappell Roan, Hamilton, Culture Night and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
September 14th-20th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
MTV Video Music Awards 2024: Taylor Swift wins seven categories at ceremony dominated by women artists
Swift is now the most decorated solo artist at the VMAs of all time, surpassing Beyoncé's record
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
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