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June 21st-26th highlights: including House of the Dragon, Madonna & Graham, and The Bear series five
Madonna
Saturation point: Shane Hegarty on attending gigs during an Irish summer
You imagine sunglasses, shorts and a sunset to rival the pyrotechnics on stage
Olivia Rodrigo’s new album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, is brilliantly catchy and beautifully bittersweet
Olivia Rodrigo’s third LP vindicates her willingness to take inspiration from alternative pop’s most woebegone weirdos and wunderkinds
The Boroughs on Netflix: Stranger Things creators hit up the pensioners in this pacy murder mystery
Television: Boomer bigwigs Geena Davis, Bill Pullman and Alfred Molina top the bill in this supernatural amateur detective romp
Marilyn Monroe at 100: What her films reveal about the woman behind the myth
Decades after her death, she continues to attract speculation and fantasy, but her performances are neglected
Yacht-rocker Christopher Cross: ‘I certainly didn’t have the money for a yacht. Never had one’
Along with The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, the Grammy-winner made some of the greatest pop ever. But success never seemed a given
Shakira, Madonna and BTS to headline first World Cup final half-time show
Colombian singer teased new official tournament song last week
Inside The George at 40: The stories behind Dublin’s most famous and beloved gay bar
Opened before the decriminalisation of homosexuality, The George has become Dublin’s best-known gay bar, a nightclub, a cabaret stage, and a local and a living archive
Madonna, the highest-grossing female artist of all time, is back in the news. Here is why
Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II, is the sequel to her hit 2005 album, and the veteran is proving to be as wily as ever
‘Completely inexcusable’: Britney Spears arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence
Representative hopes episode in California proves to be a ‘first step in long overdue change’ that needs to occur in singer’s life
€500,000 in pop-star memorabilia? These superfans know few limits
For these Madonna, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey and Kylie Minogue devotees, money can be no object
The Music Quiz: Which Hollywood actor ‘gave good face’ in Madonna’s Vogue?
Plus: Singer-songwriter Tash Sultana’s middle name is also the surname of which famous musician?
No generation is the best. None is the worst. We are all great. We are all appalling
Alpha, beta, boomers, Joneses: confusion reigns about the ‘gen’ paramaters, never mind which is the greatest
Deftones: ‘I definitely think we’ve followed the Madonna model’
Frontman and lyricist Chino Moreno on keeping listeners guessing for nearly 40 years, refusing to cash in during the nu-metal peak years, and the ‘Radiohead of metal’ tag
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