
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

Pearl Jam cancel London stadium show
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Pearl Jam forced to pull their scheduled London stadium show due to illness

Travis frontman Fran Healy on the rainy Glastonbury performance that made his band - and their rainy-themed anthem - huge
By Niall Doherty published
The weather gods came through and sent the Scottish quartet on their way to being huge

Forget all the record sales and live extravaganzas, Garbage’s Shirley Manson says opening the Scottish Parliament 25 years ago is her proudest achievement
By Niall Doherty published
The alt-rock giants were invited to play as part of the Scottish Parliament celebrations in 1999

10 offspring of rock and pop heavyweights who are getting into the family business...
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From Noah Yorke to Tye Trujillo to Olivia Vedder, here's the kids joining the family business...

The 1975’s Matty Healy on the time he thought he was going to get shot onstage
By Niall Doherty published
The alt-pop quartet wrote their punky anthem People in response to the state’s abortion band in 2019

St. Vincent on how the song she co-wrote with Taylor Swift went to Number One four years after its release
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The 2019 Swift and St. Vincent co-write Cruel Summer got a new lease of life when fans demanded its release as a single in 2023

The story of L7 and the most debauched, messy tour in grunge history
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The LA rockers' jaunt with Cat Butt tooks in brawls, hard drugs, gangland shootings, machete attacks and more.

Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten on the band's cocksure and drunk early gigs
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Chatten says the band were "ridiculously cocky and arrogant" when they were starting out

The ten best cover versions by Pearl Jam, from The La's to Prince
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Eddie Vedder & co. have done a truckload of cover versions across their career - here's ten of the best

Fat White Family frontman Lias Saoudi on the time he thought he'd been possessed by the spirit of John Lennon
By Niall Doherty published
The Fat White Family frontman was visiting Sean Lennon when the alleged possession took place

Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie on writing the classic England anthem Three Lions
By Niall Doherty published
Whether or not football is coming home, Broudie's classic tune is sure to be wheeled out for the Euros

Eels frontman E on the open-heart surgery that saved his life
By Niall Doherty published
The Eels leader says that he has a “new lease on life” in the wake of the operation

How Blink-182 fought back against accusations of sexism in the aftermath of Enema Of The State's huge success
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The pop-punk trio’s era-defining album turned 25 this month – but its big breakthrough wasn’t an easy ride

Your guide to every player who has completed a tour of service in Smashing Pumpkins, from their beginnings right up to the present day
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Introducing the hardy souls who did a stint in Billy Corgan's crew

Blur's Alex James on how he co-wrote a terrace anthem classic in Vindaloo
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The Blur man is set for the song's popularity to be reignited ahead of the Euros

Lenny Kravitz looks back on a career filled with his heroes
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From aspiring band guy to multi-faceted solo superstar, Lenny Kravitz has worked with some of rock’s greatest. On his new album, he’s revisiting his youth

The time that a poster purporting to be Bowie hilariously trolled a fan on one of his own messageboards
By Niall Doherty published
Apparently 'Bowie' piped up when a fan moaned about an awkward encounter back in 1978

How Flood encouraged Billy Corgan to remove a band favourite from the Mellon Collie… tracklisting
By Niall Doherty published
The Smashing Pumpkins leader said it was producer Flood who encouraged him to omit the track

Hole Lotta Hate: Ten times Courtney Love went to war with a fellow artist
By Niall Doherty published
Swifties came for the Hole singer last month but she is unlikely to have been rattled

The time that Creed's Brian Marshall went to war with Pearl Jam
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That went well Brian, nice one

Shirley Manson on the time she met her hero Patti Smith and totally lost it
By Niall Doherty published
Manson also recalled that the first time she met Smith, she totally lost it...

The inside story of the night Jarvis Cocker invaded the Brits stage and wiggled his bum in protest at Michael Jackson
By Niall Doherty published
The Pulp singer took exception at Jackson's messianic act and one of the most famous stage invasions ever occured

The time Gwen Stefani wrote a whole record about her bandmate dumping her and it made No Doubt huge
By Niall Doherty published
The ska-pop quartet went supernova with Stefani's heartbreak anthems
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