Eddie Vedder comes to the rescue of Bray band Florence Road in LA
Pearl Jam frontman stepped in when the four-piece had their equipment stolen during a US tour
Pearl Jam
I paid €440 for an Oasis ticket in Croke Park, and I’m not even a huge fan
For a teenager in rural Ireland, the things the brothers sang about felt superficial after Kurt Cobain’s anguish. But Oasis, who are about to play at Croke Park, were part of the wave that swept grunge away
Dry your eyes Oasis fans, there’s no such thing as a gig emergency
Ultimately it comes down to the free market, to supply and demand and what people are willing to pay - because they’re superfans or want to be seen. But people exhausted by the relentless hustle have had enough
Pearl Jam in Dublin review: A feelgood concert with heavy music and heavy themes
Eddie Vedder praises ‘very positive’ demonstration against suspended sentence for solider who assaulted woman in Limerick
Pearl Jam at Dublin’s Marlay Park: Stage times, set list, ticket availability, how to get there and more
Everything you need to know about the American alternative rock band’s concert this Saturday
Dublin’s Marlay Park concerts to see more than 200,000 fans in attendance
‘Ireland has got the greatest number of concerts per capita of anywhere in the world,’ says Melvin Benn
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
Foo Fighters, Oasis, U2, the Rolling Stones and more: Slane’s 15 greatest acts – in reverse order
As Harry Styles limbers up for this year’s gig, on Saturday, we pick our favourite performances at the castle since the inaugural Slane Festival, in 1981
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?
Various artists: C91 review – the worst circle of indie pop hell
Latest instalment of the C series reveals the good, the bad and the ugly of 1991
‘I was, like, Babe, turn this off! I was blushing so bad I felt like blood was seeping from my face’
Kings of Leon have mellowed. The ‘Southern Strokes’ are now better called the cattle-ranch Coldplay
Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs of Sorrow review – emotionally frayed, feral and beautiful
The morbid lyrics are inspired by scarifying details of Lanegan’s early life
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
This album changed my life: Elliott Smith – XO (1998)
The album accompanied Homebeat’s Emmet Condon on many train journeys as a student
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
Tupac and Joan Baez enter Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Pearl Jam and Yes are also given the prestigious honour at a ceremony in New York
North Carolina sues over transgender bathroom ban
US justice department and state file legal actions in civil rights standoff
Anti-LGBT law sparks protests and arrests in North Carolina
Supporters and opponents of new transgender law hold competing rallies
North Carolina business leaders urge repeal of transgender law
State is first to make transgender people use public restrooms that match gender at birth
Stars turn out in New York to support Global Citizen Festival
Beyonce, Bono, Malala Yousafzai, Michelle Obama attend equality awareness initiative
Musicians and the Middle East: there’s no middle ground
Eddie Vedder, Rihanna and more enter the war zone
Festivals worth the trip
No need to wait until your favourite acts do the festival circuit in Ireland. Get our continental drift? Lauren Murphy’s top 10 European festivals
New photos of Kurt Cobain’s death scene released
Police find undeveloped film ahead of 20 year anniversary
Tune up for a spectacular season of music
From rock legends Pearl Jam and Queens of the Stone Age to young guns Haim and Kodaline, the music calander is brimful of exciting happenings over the next few months. Here are 20 of the best upcoming shows and releases
Ben Shepherd: Soundgarden take the grunge full circle
Ben Shepherd from Seattle survivors Soundgarden on his formative years, on getting the band back together and how he almost joined Nirvana after partying with Kurt Cobain
Rattle in Seattle: Mark Yarm’s tales from when grunge was in bloom
Mark Yarm’s oral history of Seattle’s grunge scene has room for winners and losers
Legends of the fall
They have a combined age of well over 1,000, combined record sales of more than one billion, and they’re all coming here on tour in the next few months
Crosswords & Puzzles
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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