
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

You Me At Six’s Josh Franceschi on what advice he’d give to a band just starting out
By Niall Doherty published
The pop-rock quintet will begin their farewell tour in the US next month, and they have some advice for the groups that come next

Lars Ulrich on how being an Oasis superfan changed his life
By Niall Doherty published
The Metallica drummer has loved Oasis since the early days – and even once did the lights for them at a show

Revisiting a 1999 interview with ex-painter and decorator and soon-to-be rock god Matt Bellamy
By Niall Doherty published
The rock titans’ 1999 debut Showbiz turns 25 next week and an early interview shows that Matt Bellamy & co. already had their sights set on the big time

Noel Gallagher on the version of Definitely Maybe that Oasis were forced to can
By Niall Doherty published
The Britpop classic turns 30 next week, but Noel Gallagher says its creation was far from easy

Michael Stipe on the making of What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? and the crazy tale behind its title
By Niall Doherty published
The lead single from Monster is about to turn 30 - and its title has got a crazy back story

Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis on the release of his long-awaited project with late Afrobeat icon Tony Allen
By Niall Doherty published
The Foals man and Afrobeat legend worked together on music back in 2016 and it’s finally seeing the light of day

Buzzcocks guitarist Steve Diggle on living next door to the notorious Moors Murderers
By Niall Doherty published
The guitarist and co-founder says he had a close shave with the notorious killers as a kid

The Revolution’s Bobby Z. and Brown Mark on the power and legacy of Prince
By Niall Doherty published
It’s 40 years ago this weekend since Purple Rain went to Number One in the US – and stayed there for 24 weeks

How Quadrophenia actor Phil Daniels came to the rescue on Blur’s era-defining Britpop anthem Parklife
By Niall Doherty published
The iconic title track from Blur’s third album turns 30 later this month…

The night Metallica hosted the world's biggest ever listening party
By Niall Doherty published
The band hired an arena to unveil their monster fifth record to fans

Noel Gallagher on the rest of Oasis not believing that he’d written Live Forever
By Niall Doherty published
The Definitely Maybe anthem turns 30 next week, and Gallagher says he knew he’d written a classic from the off

The 10 best non-Radiohead Thom Yorke songs
By Niall Doherty published
The Radiohead frontman has built up a huge body of work away from the group and here’s some of his best

David Gilmour on the “musical telepathy” he had with late keyboardist Richard Wright
By Niall Doherty published
The Pink Floyd pair were on good terms before Wright’s death from cancer in 2008

English Teacher's Lily Fontaine on how the music industry has left her feeling "incredibly cynical"
By Niall Doherty published
The Leeds quartet were nominated for the Mercury Prize this week, but their singer says things need to change in the music industry

Mike Skinner and Chris Martin on the version of Dry Your Eyes featuring the Coldplay singer
By Niall Doherty published
The Streets' classic originally contained a chorus sung by the Coldplay frontman

How Blur unwittingly brought Soft Play's estranged members back together
By Niall Doherty published
The Kent punk duo formerly known as Slaves say the Britpop icons played a big part in their reconciliation

Soundgarden on the making of their monster hit Black Hole Sun
By Niall Doherty published
The Superunknown cut was released as a single 30 years ago and became the Seattle rockers' biggest hit

The gee-up that Prince would give his band to make them feel like world-beaters
By Niall Doherty published
Brown Mark and Bobby Z. cast their minds back to what it was like playing a show on the Purple Rain tour

Trent Reznor on breaking new ground on Nine Inch Nails' sprawling third record
By Niall Doherty published
The industrial-rock titans' third record helped lay the groundwork for Reznor's hugely-successful career as a film composer

The Cult's Billy Duffy on how the relationship between him and singer Ian Astbury is like a "separated married couple"
By Niall Doherty published
Rock's odd couple embark on a UK tour later this year...

The time Duff McKagan took over Manics bass duties from Nicky Wire
By Niall Doherty published
Duff appeared on the band's 2010 track A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun

Radiohead's Philip Selway on what the band learned from touring with R.E.M.
By Niall Doherty published
The two groups toured together in 1995 and it was a valuable lesson for the Oxford band

Comedian Stewart Lee on curating a stage at Brighton’s Psych Fest and his forthcoming new show
By Niall Doherty published
The comedian has hand-picked some of his favourite psych groups to play at Brighton’s Komedia
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