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Mac’s Viva Glam campaign has donated almost €4m to Irish organisations since 2007

A sportscar spins through the air at the 3Arena (that’s no metaphor, it happened)

Severe weather on Irish Sea delayed trucks carrying equipment for the show

Viv Albertine, Nick Harper, Bastille, Kelsey Lu and a 90s nu-metal/pop-punk double bill

Calvin harris, The 1975, Pink, Jorja Smith, Little Mix and George Ezra among the winners

1975 take British group and British albums f emale artists snubbed for major awards

Review: Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie keep us awake. The director doesn’t help

Women and young talent dominate annual pop music honours

English driver tops the time sheets in practice for Russian Grand Prix

As one of this generation’s finest songwriters, SZA’s emotional intelligence is her weapon

Victimhood, narcissism and ‘squad goals’ distract from genuine feminist expression

Bar-restaurant gets a bunch of new memorabilia including Phil Lynott’s guitar and Cranberries’ lyrics but U2’s Trabant is out

Wild Geese: Sarah Lucey works as talent management director for Miami's most exclusive venues

The rapper and reality-TV star is a straight-talking, no-BS kinda gal

The London singer, who’s just had a baby and released her third album, discusses writing with Ed Sheeran and adoring being a mother

Miley Cyrus seems to equate blackness to wickedness and whiteness to virtue

Destroyer channel Lennon and the Cure, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back on the line

MAC is widely known as a brand which caters to all ethnicities, ages and genders

Over lunch, the frenchman traces his route to fame and riches and why once again it’s time adapt

Singers, actors and entertainers around the world react to the death of at least 22 killed at concert

The pop starlet delivers a live show of formidable efficiency

In the run-up to St Patrick's Day, Irish Times writers select the acts that represent modern Irishness

Aussie hip-hop star Tkay Maidza has caught the attention of the Run the Jewels rapper and many others with her quick-fire rhymes and determined approach

After his second album, ‘Post Tropical’, the Dubliner found himself in demand as a songwriter for hire, but decided to keep the songs for his new album, ‘We Move’

Beyonce earns 11 nominations for ‘visual album’ Lemonade while Adele bags eight – with seven for Hello

Beyoncé has come a long way from the God-fearing, good girl of Destiny’s Child – the star is being reborn as an icon and vocal advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement

New York judge throws out allegations of rape and abuse made against ‘Dr Luke’

Expectations low as ex-Westlife man steps up with ‘radio-friendly’ pop song ‘Sunlight’

Singer combines with songwriter Wayne Hector to try and end Ireland’s bad luck

They’ve been called as much, but they’re more interested in achieving longevity

He produced Public Enemy and lit the fuse for Bomb Squad but don’t expect him to be hot for modern hip-hop

Footage of cheeky superfan goes viral after he gets cosy with the curvacious popstar

Steven Brown told emergency services there was a poltergeist in his house

The superstar DJ says the genre is over, he’s having a musical crisis of confidence, and it’s time for him to ground the jet-set lifestyle

Minaj spurned as role model Lorde defies stereotypes

Miley Cyrus let a homeless man accept her video of the year award

They were the bad boys of the boyband bunch, the darkness to One Direction’s light – but now The Wanted are getting ready to say goodbye. Dubliner Siva Kaneswaran sets the record straight ahead of the band’s farewelll tour