Eddie Vedder

Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam: ‘Music has helped me in survival, in mental health, in dealing with aggression’

Grunge stalwarts, whose rollicking new album is imminent, get along better than ever - until they enter the studio

Pearl Jam: Dark Matter – Eddie Vedder and co return with a tempestuous back-to-basics album

Producer Andrew Watt helps grunge stalwarts with what he did for The Rolling Stones last year: roll years back while avoiding parody

Red Hot Chili Peppers: ‘I thought we’d implode at some point, like most bands do’

Why does Anthony Kiedis hang up after a difficult question about his past?

RTÉ to screen Lizzo, Lady Gaga and Paul McCartney coronavirus benefit concert

One World: Together at Home, on April 18th, will support WHO Covid-19 response fund

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Ukulele: The ‘child’s toy’ that conquered the musical world

Ireland’s annual ukulele festival demonstrates the instrument’s phenomenal appeal

Satirising Donald Trump: ‘It’s a struggle just to keep up’

Cartoonist Dan Perkins: It’s hard coming up with something crazier than what's actually going on

Seattle: Wide awake on the coffee and grunge trail

Catherine Conroy dines well, but there’s no tossed salad and scrambled eggs on offer

Musicians and the Middle East: there’s no middle ground

Eddie Vedder, Rihanna and more enter the war zone

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Out of the Furnace

Jake Clemons: No Springs attached

Sax maestro Jake Clemons (nephew of the late Clarence) is looking forward to his solo trek around Ireland. He might even get a bit of surfing in, he tells Jim Carroll

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The To-Do List

West of Memphis

Amy Berg’s portrait of American injustice is thrilling and terrifying in equal measure