
Niall Doherty
Niall Doherty is a writer and editor whose work can be found in Classic Rock, The Guardian, Music Week, FourFourTwo, on Apple Music and more. Formerly the Deputy Editor of Q magazine, he co-runs the music Substack letter The New Cue with fellow former Q colleagues Ted Kessler and Chris Catchpole. He is also Reviews Editor at Record Collector. Over the years, he's interviewed some of the world's biggest stars, including Elton John, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Robert Plant and more. Radiohead was only for eight minutes but he still counts it.
Latest articles by Niall Doherty

Watch Nancy Wilson join Chappell Roan onstage for a rollicking cover of Heart's Barracuda
By Niall Doherty published
The Hot To Go! star was playing at New York’s Forest Hills stadium when the Heart star joined her for a guest spot

Our track-by-track guide to Nine Inch Nails' excellent Tron: Ares soundtrack
By Niall Doherty published
The first ever soundtrack under the NiN name is as good as a new album proper. Here’s our track-by-track guide through its epic 24 songs

Blink-182’s Travis Barker on turning producer for new Alkaline Trio recordings
By Niall Doherty published
The drummer is behind the mixing desk on three new songs from the punk-pop veterans

New supergroup bringing together members of R.E.M., Screaming Trees, QOTSA and more announce first UK shows
By Niall Doherty published
Alongside new material, the group will be playing some of their former bands' old classics too…

Listen to the first track from Aerosmith and Yungblud’s new collaborative EP
By Niall Doherty published
My Only Angel is the first song to be unveiled from the One More Time EP, due out in November

Bob Dylan's early years explored in forthcoming Bootleg Series release
By Niall Doherty published
Though The Open Window, out in October, delves into the legendary singer-songwriter’s work between 1956 and 1963

Depeche Mode release trailer for epic new concert film
By Niall Doherty published
The synth giants captured three huge shows in Mexico on their Memento: Mori tour

Revisiting Chris Cornell’s final album Higher Truth as it turns 10
By Niall Doherty published
The late Soundgarden frontman's final work was one of his most stripped-down and intimate records.

Frank Turner announces new career compilation The Next Ten Years
By Niall Doherty published
The triple vinyl set is the follow-up to 2015’s The First Ten Years. What will he call the one that comes out in 2035?

Six reasons to get excited about music in 2026 from the Coachella line-up
By Niall Doherty published
Starring a new mash-up collaboration from Nine Inch Nails, a mysterious Radiohead project, the return of Dave Grohl’s favourite band and more…

The new movie from Portishead’s Geoff Barrow features an unhinged turn from Sleaford Mod Jason Williamson
By Niall Doherty published
Game, the first film to be released through Barrow’s new Invada Films imprint, is out in November

Massive Attack team up with Sepultura’s Max and Iggor Cavalera for special South American show
By Niall Doherty published
The trip-hop trailblazers will perform Sepultura's classic Chaos A.D. with the pair to shine a light on the plight of the indigenous people of Brazil

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds announce details of their only UK show in 2026
By Niall Doherty published
The band will play their only UK show of 2026 at the city's Preston Park next July

Iron Maiden, Architects, Nova Twins and Wolf Alice sign up as ambassadors for National Album Day 2025
By Niall Doherty published
“Albums matter,” says Bruce Dickinson, whose band are one of four “Album Champions” alongside Architects, Nova Twins and Wolf Alice for this year’s rock-themed event

Gerard Way teases new project with US ska-punk crew The Interrupters
By Niall Doherty published
Gauzy Records are teeing up a new single titled I Wanna Know Your Name, with the My Chemical Romance frontman on vocals and bass duties

Liam Gallagher pays tribute to Ricky Hatton after the boxer’s death
By Niall Doherty published
The Gallagher brothers became fast friends with the late boxer and fellow Man City fan who was an Oasis diehard

What ex-Oasis members are up to whilst their former group embarks on their triumphant comeback tour without them
By Niall Doherty published
It's been an all-conquering summer for Noel and Liam, but what about the guys they left behind?

The 10 best B-side albums including Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Deftones, The Cure and more
By Niall Doherty published
Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Oasis, The Smiths, Deftones, the Manics and more all had classics going spare, as these superlative compilations prove

Watch Turnstile's Brendan Yates stage dive during the band's Tiny Desk Concert performance
By Niall Doherty published
NPR have officially decreed the frontman's leap from the eponymous desk is the long-running series' first ever stage dive.

The story of That’s The Spirit, the album that sent Bring Me The Horizon into a different realm
By Niall Doherty published
The Sheffield metal giants are one of the world's biggest bands these days and their fifth record is the one that sent them on the path to superstardom

Reunions aren’t for everyone – here’s six Britpop bands who will never get back together again
By Niall Doherty published
For some groups, splits are a permanent thing...

What each member of Radiohead has been up to since their last tour in 2018
By Niall Doherty published
Their band might have been inactive since 2018, but Thom Yorke, Ed O'Brien, Philip Selway and Greenwoods Colin and Jonny definitely haven't...

David Bowie was working on an “18th Century musical” when he died, archivists say
By Niall Doherty published
You can see his notes and ideas for the proposed show at the David Bowie Centre, which opens at London’s V&A East Storehouse this month
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