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Furiously angry and uproariously witty, the Irish singer’s third album was a high-water mark for pop, inspiring a TikTok dance craze and a triumphant set at Glastonbury

5/5 Alan Carr was headbanging on the balcony as Dunboyne Diana led the crowd in the Woke Macarena

Playing stadiums and causing dance crazes, the Irish singer-songwriter is going supernova – and whether opining on trans rights, body shaming or capitalism, she’s more forthright than ever

Barclays will no longer be sponsoring Download, Isle Of Wight or Latitude festivals following escalating protests and cancellations by musicians and comedians. Louder looks at how this discourse has dominated summer 2024 in the UK

The Irish musician on her favourite traditional pub, converting to the cult of baseball, and gigs in a western movie set

It was a year of avant-rap, sex-positive R&B, polyrhythmic jazz and hyper-punk pop – plus Lana Del Rey’s glossy meditations on death and loss

Touring her masterly new album, one of the best of this year, Irish country-pop auteur Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson brings unruly energy, wit and guitar heroics to her searing tales of heartbreak

Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson’s debut album shot straight to No 1 in Ireland and won the RTÉ Choice Music Prize last year. Annabel Nugent speaks to the musician in the makeup chair about her Meat Loaf-inspired follow-up , mining heartbreak for material, and her die-hard love of Toby jugs

(AWAL)Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson sets her characteristic lyrical blend of wit and defiance to a more expansive country-pop sound