The new issue of Hot Press is finally here – which means it's time to unveil our brand new flip-covers, starring Bob Dylan and St. Vincent!

On May 24th, Robert Zimmerman, aka Bob Dylan, celebrates his 80th birthday. In a special issue to mark the occasion, Hot Press writers – including Dylan experts Anne Margaret Daniel and Pat Carty – explore different aspects of the extraordinary legacy of the world’s greatest songwriter.

Meanwhile, a selection of musicians, artists and bands (including Fontaines D.C., Villagers, David Keenan, Inhaler and Judy Collins) join in the celebrations, paying personal and collective tribute to the prodigious inspirational power of the Minnesota-born legend. Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday offers a special moment to reflect on – and hopefully to understand afresh – the poetry, the flair and the influence of a mercurial genius who changed music forever.

On the flip-cover, we talk to St Vincent, who's back with the acclaimed Daddy’s Home – an album inspired by the release of her father from prison. She talks openly and with remarkable honesty about her extraordinary life – and the attitudes and ideas that have made her one of the world’s most challenging and revered artists.

Elsewhere in the issue...

As Royal Blood take a disco turn on their third album, Typhoons, frontman Mike Kerr sits down to discuss sobriety, the return of live music, Inhaler, and karaoke at Workman’s...

Boasting A-list fans like Billie Eilish and Matty Healy, Norwegian indie-pop star girl in red is primed to go supernova. She discusses Minecraft obsession, fan adoration, wrestling with demons, and her stellar debut album, if i could make it go quiet...

Paul Weller's purple patch continues with a new album that finds him working with family and one of his all-time heroes. Spotify, Declan O'Rourke, Nina Simone and David Bowie are also up for discussion when he talks to Stuart Clark...

Best known as a founding member of legendary metal crew Kyuss, Brant Bjork is back in action with STONER, where his bandmates include ex-Queens of The Stone Age man Nick Oliveri. He talks pioneering music, controversies, bust-ups, The Ramones - and more...

"It's not work, I just love doing it," says Noel Hogan, whose rich vein of post-Cranberries songwriting form has resulted in his Bond-esque 'Crybaby' collaboration with Bronagh Gallagher. They talk new beginnings, big nights out, TV adventures, Dusty Springfield and the Grammys...

Electronic maverick Moby discusses giving his hits an orchestral reworking on Reprise, his friendships with David Bowie and David Lynch, and soundtracking De Niro and Pacino's legendary final scene in Heat.

As she releases The Rules Of Revelation, the highly anticipated third book in a trilogy that kicked off with the Women's Prize for Fiction-winning The Glorious Heresies, Lisa McInerney sits down to discuss Cork, class, gender, music and adapting her work for the screen...

Nearly four months after the publication of the Commission on Mother and Baby Homes report, we ask the Clann Project's Dr Maeve O'Rourke and Claire McGettrick if we're any closer to dismantling the culture of secrecy that the State and religious orders have maintained over their records for decades.

Plus - stand-up comic Matthew Tallon gives us an inside look at the insurance industry in Dublin...

And that's not all! You can also look forward to interviews with Annmarie Cullen, Anthony Boyle, Ann Skelly and Sue Rainsford - as well as all the latest new, previews and reviews you'd expect from Hot Press!

So don't miss out! Pick up your copy of the new issue of Hot Press in shops now – or order online below: