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Remembering Amy Winehouse: "I’m like my Nan – anyone coming into my house has to be fed whether they’re hungry or not"
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  • 14 Sep 25

Remembering Amy Winehouse: "I’m like my Nan – anyone coming into my house has to be fed whether they’re hungry or not"

Junior Brother: "You escape into something and that can drive you into a state of mind which is kind of hard to come out of"
  • Music
  • 11 Sep 25

Junior Brother: "You escape into something and that can drive you into a state of mind which is kind of hard to come out of"

Remembering Daniel Johnston: "I identify with Casper. He always had a good attitude and he was always helping people. That’s the way I feel I should be"
  • Music
  • 11 Sep 25

Remembering Daniel Johnston: "I identify with Casper. He always had a good attitude and he was always helping people. That’s the way I feel I should be"

Shame: "When has music not been political?"
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  • 10 Sep 25

Shame: "When has music not been political?"

Shame's Sean Coyle-Smith condemns UK's crackdown on Palestinian solidarity: "Almost dictator-like behaviour, in favour of this genocidal Israeli regime"
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  • 07 Sep 25

Shame's Sean Coyle-Smith condemns UK's crackdown on Palestinian solidarity: "Almost dictator-like behaviour, in favour of this genocidal Israeli regime"

Kingfishr on James Bay: “He’s an honest to god saint”
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  • 06 Sep 25

Kingfishr on James Bay: “He’s an honest to god saint”

Remembering Dolores O'Riordan: "We weren’t just hearing a woman’s voice in rock music, but <i>that</i> voice that had a gorgeous Limerick accent"
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  • 06 Sep 25

Remembering Dolores O'Riordan: "We weren’t just hearing a woman’s voice in rock music, but that voice that had a gorgeous Limerick accent"

Nova Twins: “When we toured with Foo Fighters last year, it was really inspiring"
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  • 04 Sep 25

Nova Twins: “When we toured with Foo Fighters last year, it was really inspiring"

Cian Ducrot: "You’re sitting there surrounded by everybody you’ve seen growing up - Lady Gaga, Shakira, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, Chris Martin. It’s insane"
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  • 03 Sep 25

Cian Ducrot: "You’re sitting there surrounded by everybody you’ve seen growing up - Lady Gaga, Shakira, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, Chris Martin. It’s insane"

The Cranberries' Noel and Mike Hogan discuss EP reunion performance in <i>Hot Press</i> interview
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  • 02 Sep 25

The Cranberries' Noel and Mike Hogan discuss EP reunion performance in Hot Press interview

Tickets for Electric Picnic 2026 to go on sale this Wednesday
  • Music
  • 02 Sep 25

Tickets for Electric Picnic 2026 to go on sale this Wednesday

Chris Wong - On Our Radar Q&A: "'Self-work' would be an umbrella term that I would use to describe the EP as a whole"
  • Music
  • 02 Sep 25

Chris Wong - On Our Radar Q&A: "'Self-work' would be an umbrella term that I would use to describe the EP as a whole"

40 years ago today: Gary Moore released <i>Run For Cover</i>
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  • 02 Sep 25

40 years ago today: Gary Moore released Run For Cover

Tom Grennan: "I’m not from a family who were in the industry. I knew nothing about it and, yeah, I got swept up in it a little bit"
  • Music
  • 01 Sep 25

Tom Grennan: "I’m not from a family who were in the industry. I knew nothing about it and, yeah, I got swept up in it a little bit"

Electric Picnic boss Melvin Benn hails Kneecap’s “special moment” - 2026 Tickets go on-sale on Monday
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  • 31 Aug 25

Electric Picnic boss Melvin Benn hails Kneecap’s “special moment” - 2026 Tickets go on-sale on Monday

Hozier: "I always felt this kind of lasting guilt of being a college dropout – that there was all this literature I had never really dived into"
  • Music
  • 29 Aug 25

Hozier: "I always felt this kind of lasting guilt of being a college dropout – that there was all this literature I had never really dived into"

DELUSH: "You’re always telling yourself that you’re worth it. But when you get that outside confirmation, it’s fuel"
  • Music
  • 28 Aug 25

DELUSH: "You’re always telling yourself that you’re worth it. But when you get that outside confirmation, it’s fuel"

Kneecap's DJ Provaí: "We don’t really have that many differences with the DUP, except we seem to like the craic and they don’t"
  • Music
  • 28 Aug 25

Kneecap's DJ Provaí: "We don’t really have that many differences with the DUP, except we seem to like the craic and they don’t"

Esmeralda Road look ahead to Electric Picnic: "Being in a band at our level, you have a real chance to win people over"
  • Music
  • 27 Aug 25

Esmeralda Road look ahead to Electric Picnic: "Being in a band at our level, you have a real chance to win people over"

Nerves: "As a nation, we don’t have much to be proud about in terms of what our government is doing"
  • Music
  • 26 Aug 25

Nerves: "As a nation, we don’t have much to be proud about in terms of what our government is doing"

David Keenan: "This year it’s going to be my freest and wildest Electric Picnic performance"
  • Music
  • 26 Aug 25

David Keenan: "This year it’s going to be my freest and wildest Electric Picnic performance"

Orla Gartland: “This will, by far, be my biggest Irish festival moment ever”
  • Music
  • 26 Aug 25

Orla Gartland: “This will, by far, be my biggest Irish festival moment ever”

Vaticanjail - On Our Radar Q&A: "My music is for the girls, gays and theys, and the community that creates when they all join together"
  • Music
  • 25 Aug 25

Vaticanjail - On Our Radar Q&A: "My music is for the girls, gays and theys, and the community that creates when they all join together"

Melvin Benn: “To have two artists of their stature on the Friday night says a lot about Electric Picnic and how it’s become one of the big world festivals"
  • Music
  • 25 Aug 25

Melvin Benn: “To have two artists of their stature on the Friday night says a lot about Electric Picnic and how it’s become one of the big world festivals"

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