At Newstalk, Ciara Kelly gets righteously annoyed
The breakfast host seems to court listeners who once complained about the PC brigade but now prefer to decry the woke mob
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South Korean drama of a fictional kind as Netflix winds up the Squid Game hype machine in Paris
Planet Business: Words of the year, Intel’s interim arrangement and the Death Clock app that claims to predict your likely date of death
Charli XCX announces two gigs in Ireland for 2025
Get ready for Brat summer 2.0 as the English pop sensation is set to play two outdoor concerts
The Music Quiz: Charli XCX has sampled a song by which blues great?
Plus: What is the name of the upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic starring Jeremy Allen White?
Are celebrities preparing Donald Trump takedown speeches ahead of awards season? Don’t bet on it
Ignore the right-wing blowhards: awards ceremonies are rarely as politically partisan as they like to pretend
‘Brat’ chosen as Collins Dictionary word of the year
Another word on this year’s list - Era - underlines the role of female music icons in shaping popular culture
Nilüfer Yanya: ‘People are really harsh towards female or female-presenting artists. Especially the big pop ones’
After a decade of resisting the not-so-subtle pressures that women in the music industry face, the singer is more determined than ever to stick to her guns
Brat summer: Annoying, dirty, hedonistic, bra-less, is this the end of the clean girl era?
Charli XCX’s new album, Brat, is not promoting a new feminine ideal, but shows how many young women currently aspire to live
Charli XCX: Brat review – Banging tunes sandwiched between snarl and snark
Amid so much sanitised pop, Charlotte Aitchison’s innovation has never been so essential
CMAT breaks the UK: ‘It’s definitely happening over here. She’s getting bigger and bigger all the time’
It has been Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson’s year, with a chart-topping second album, sold-out gigs and a growing reputation in Britain and the US
Electric Picnic 2022 line-up: Dermot Kennedy, Tame Impala and Arctic Monkeys to headline
With 70,000 expected attendees, this year’s festival is set to be its largest on record
Glastonbury 2022: Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar to headline
Majority of acts announced feature women as festival recovers from pandemic hiatus
Shygirl’s tracks are, for want of a better word, filthy
‘I love it when art makes me uncomfortable, because I have to question where that’s from’
Tame Impala: ‘I wondered if I was ever going to finish the album’
Kevin Parker talks about album delays, plagiarism and gender equality in music
Longitude reveals headline acts for 2020 festival
The three day festival will return to Marlay Park in Dublin next July
Elton John: ‘George Michael was too stubborn to get sober’
Elton answers questions from celeb fans Victoria Beckham, Billie Eilish, Bob Dylan and more
Christine and the Queens at Electric Picnic: Standout show from a singular performer
Review: ‘Stay freaky, my friends,’ urges the intense, sultry and captivating Chris
Charli XCX at Electric Picnic: pop nirvana, then a surprise, then it gets really good
Review: Charli XCX has the Electric Arena crowd in the palm of her hand from the off
Poptastic party at Electric Picnic: This week’s best rock and pop gigs
Charli XCX, Shura, Mitski and Róisín Murphy turn Stradbally into pop heaven
Mercury prize 2018: full list of nominations for album of the year
Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen, Noel Gallagher, Florence + the Machine among nominees for album of the year
The 12 best overlooked albums of 2018 (so far)
From an ambient legend to punk newbies, discover the music that deserves a second listen
Taylor Swift at Croke Park: Everything you need to know
Unlike Swift’s previous tours, where tickets were like gold dust, they're available for both gigs
Taylor Swift: Why is it so difficult to support her?
Victimhood, narcissism and ‘squad goals’ distract from genuine feminist expression
Dua Lipa: Our New VBF
The effortlessly cool, razor-sharp pop star's music is a magic mix of fun, fluff and edge
Preview 2018: The year of the Monkeys – and Vampires
Arctic Monkeys and Vampire Weekend come out of hiatus with new albums, while Liam Payne gets off the pot and Sigrid and Saint Sister show why they’re tomorrow’s women
Bieber wants to stay friends, and Beyoncé gets academic
Track of the week is Justin Bieber's 'Friends' - an attempt to get back in his ex's good books.
Jay-Z: ‘Chris Martin is a modern-day Shakespeare’
Pop Corner: Coldplay’s own Bard; Rihanna’s cycle-to-school scheme in Malawi
Charli XCX rounds up all the boys, and Kesha sits by the beach
Track of the week is summer crush mixtape fave Jessie Ware with “Midnight”
‘I’m with the brand’ say musicians in post-Prince industry
Artists who embrace advertisers are not treated with suspicion anymore
Pop Corner: Jodie Abacus sweet voice and Perrie Little Mix’s burning issue
Also, Charli XCX is shaking up pop music while Craig David wants to work with Cheryl
Pop Corner: Bad Love, Rihanna love, One Direction love, but no love for ‘I Love It’
Our fave indie-pop twosome are back, Rihanna is representing and Ashton 5SOS feels One Direction’s pain
Booker T Jones: ‘Green Onions? I’m still learning about it’
Jones played a key role in Memphis’s 1960s soul scene, but his music looks forward, not back
Beyonce rules at the MTV music awards
Miley Cyrus let a homeless man accept her video of the year award
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