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US indie icon talks about her childhood kidnapping and her repressive upbringing
Ed Sheeran = review: If you loved what came before, you will love this
Whatever you already think about the pop star, this album isn’t going to alter it
‘I can barely hold a stick’: Phil Collins says ill health means his drumming days are over
70-year-old singer and musician calls upcoming Genesis tour putting the band ‘to bed’
O’Callaghan says she is ‘deeply sorry’ for flouting Covid rules
Broadcaster makes on-air apology on Sunday radio show over RTÉ retirement gathering
Emily in Paris: If it was Dublin, she’d be shifting Colm Meaney in the Leprechaun Museum
Patrick Freyne: Frenchies are depicted as smelly, sex-obsessed, work-shy and nude
The twins who broke the internet with Phil Collins video: Here’s their verdict on U2 and Hozier
Videos of YouTubers Tim and Fred Williams listening to classic songs have racked up millions of views
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Album covers ground previously explored many, many times before
Genesis to play Dublin in November as band tours for first time in 13 years
Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks reunite for first time on road since Turn It on Again tour
Keith Duggan: This is not an All-Ireland final tonight – it’s a cult
Dublin and Kerry have us convinced this is a rivalry, but it’s more of a Masonic lodge
Soothing Shay Byrne strikes right tone for graveyard slot
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Frodo Baggins was my moral guide, Rick Astley my hair hero
Patrick Freyne: Hobbits, Phil Collins, The Monkees – these were my role models
Jennifer O’Connell: Spotify transforms my train home into a time machine
‘People who have a habit of moving their lips silently when they read tend to be given a wide berth’
Band Aid archive arrives for posterity after Bob Geldof donation
National Library of Ireland says some materials to be digitised and available free online
McGregor makes weight; Mayweather makes promise fight won’t go distance
McGregor: ‘It’s about sacrifices, dedication. It’s focus. I make it and that’s it’
Phil Collins at the Aviva: Everything you need to know
Getting there, line-up, stage times, possible set list and more
The appeal of Phil Collins? It's his friendly, happy face
Phil Collins, who plays Dublin on Sunday, is hip again – but for Patrick Freyne he always was
Warren Beatty: ‘I’ve had 16 books written about me. All baloney’
Warren Beatty, a true Hollywood maverick, sets the record straight on his six-decade-long career and the state of cinema today
Sgt Pepper’s: when The Beatles got high on pomposity
Who knows when Sgt Pepper by The Beatles was first declared the greatest LP of all time? It’s not even their best
In praise of Chris de Burgh, musical genius
The singer’s finest songs demolish the caricature that he’s just a Daniel O’Donnell for Dart users. Indeed, if ever an artist was ripe for rehabilitation it is de Burgh
Miriam Lord: Enda starts his ‘Not Dead Yet’ tour
It’s also open season on private life of a man who bravely came out as a Fine Gael member
You really need to hear Marian Finucane recite pop lyrics
The broadcaster's weekend competition provides a surreal moment that proves most lyrics are not exactly poetry
In the age of awesome, how do you predict what’s coming in 2017? Well, here goes
We can confidently say that that the gig of the year will not be Phil Collins at the Aviva, but that's where the certainty ends...
Stan Wawrinka stuns Novak Djokovic to seal first US Open
Wawrinka secures fourth Grand Slam after four pulsating sets at Flushing Meadows
US Open: Novak Djokovic advances but new concerns rise over fitness
Title defence begins with win over Jerzy Janowicz - and he celebrates with a song
Lovely Old Town: All Tvvins take a tour of the Dublin that made them
Hotly tipped duo All Tvvins trace a line from their first-ever jam together to finding their feet on the Dublin music scene and taking their sound to the wider world
Off-pitch: The dark side of American soccer fan culture
Growing fan culture mimics European traditions and excludes Latinos
Primavera shows Irish festival goers an alluring glimpse of ankle
The Barcelona festival is an excellent primer for what’s coming to Ireland this summer and beyond. Here’s what we caught and where you can track them down
Sing Street and 1980s: If you remember them, you were here
‘Sing Street’ recreates 1980s Dublin. What else was going on at the time?
Phil Collins ‘raring to go’ after coming out of retirement
Former Genesis frontman says ‘the horse is out of the stable’ after a four-year break
Fintan O’Toole: Public interest, private initiative – what must change
‘There is a myth of the self-made man, the rugged individualist who succeeds in building an empire in spite of the nanny State’
1984: the year that brought Ronald Reagan and Dunnes strikers
Key events from 30 years ago as State papers are about be released
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