Latest articles by Niall Doherty
Revisiting Self-Pollution Radio, Pearl Jam’s chaotic and star-studded radio show
Thirty years ago, Eddie Vedder & co. aired a live radio show and delivered a cult classic featuring guest slots from their heavyweight grunge pals
Ten brilliant indie-rock records released in the year 2000 that you might have missed
From Six. By Seven to Clinic and The Delgados to …Trail Of Dead, here’s ten albums released in 2000 worthy of a revisit 25 years later
Why Prince turned down Michael Jackson's request for the pair to sing together on a huge 80s hit
Michael Jackson wanted the pair to team up on a huge hit but the Purple One wasn’t having it
How Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher buried the hatchet and became unlikely friends
The Blur frontman and Oasis leader spent the 90s at loggerheads but a chance meeting paved the way to a blossoming friendship
Simple Minds on the night that David Bowie and Iggy Pop gatecrashed their studio
The pair roped in the Scottish rockers for some football-style chanting when they found themselves working in the studio next door
The Manics solo that James Dean Bradfield says was born from him being a “complete and utter dunderhead”
There was more to Bradfield’s searing guitar part on this classic Manics cut than flashy playing, the singer and guitarist explains
Celebrate Eddie Vedder's 60th birthday with this Pearl Jam Christmas playlist
There’s a raft of Yuletide tunes by the Seattle titans to see you through the festive period
Duff McKagan on how Guns N’ Roses wrote the classic anthem that became their calling card
How a song about the “hardscrabble lives” of the fledgling rockers became a timeless rock anthem
Jack White on the cult hero guitarist he learned the most from
The ex-White Stripes man and guitar magus on the essential ingredients he thinks it takes to become a six-string master
Stevie Nicks is a huge fan of this modern pop superstar but she'd like him to stop swearing please
The Fleetwood Mac icon has a contemporary pop favourite but isn’t happy about all the cussing
Watch the Cara Delevingne-starring new video for an Elton John festive classic
The model and actress does her best Rocket Man impression in a new video for Step Into Christmas
The Murder Capital release new single in aid of Palestinian charity
Profits from the Dublin quintet’s latest single will be donated to the charity set up to help Palestinians in need of aid
Oasis announce special vinyl reissue of their 1994 standalone classic Whatever
The Gallagher brothers celebrate their 1994 anthem's 30th birthday with a special vinyl remaster
Brat star Charli XCX on why she gets peeved when people misuse emojis, her teen diary and more
The superstar shares her guide for living so you too can get your Brat on
The US alt-rock don whose father came up with the idea of parallel universes
You may have been wondering why this beardy indie veteran popped up in a Marvel film last year, and now you can find out
Ever wondered what it's like to stay at Elton John's house? Wonder no more, here's the inside story
An ex-housesitter spills the beans on the “nerve-wracking” experience of lodging at Elton’s pad
Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood on his stint playing in Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
The Radiohead bassist has just completed a stint in Nick Cave’s band and opens up on “the best time with the loveliest people”
Christopher Nolan on his “treasured memories” of working with David Bowie
The Oppenheimer director worked with Bowie on 2006’s The Prestige, but the rock’n’roll icon needed some convincing first
Stephen Fretwell on how his song became the theme tune for Gavin & Stacey
In short: the singer-songwriter is very lucky to have a publisher who doesn’t pay any attention to his instructions
The indie-pop superstar who had Thin Lizzy, Dire Straits and, umm, Christopher Biggins visit his family home when he was a kid.
A famous frontman looks back on a childhood surrounded by rock stars, actors and welders that his dad had brought home from the pub.
The night Metallica's Robert Trujillo got pied in the face by a rock legend
It was the Metallica man’s birthday and an iconic rock veteran wanted to make sure it was properly celebrated
AC/DC unveil details of first US tour in nine years
The North American leg of the rock legends’ Power Up tour will see Angus & co. work their way across the country next spring
Kurt Cobain on the novel that inspired a Nirvana classic
The 1985 novel that rarely left the Nirvana frontman’s pocket and became the basis for one of In Utero’s heaviest tracks
