
Niall Doherty
Niall Doherty is a writer and editor whose work can be found in Classic Rock, The Guardian, Music Week, FourFourTwo, Champions Journal, 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 colleague Ted Kessler. 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, Radiohead, Liam and Noel Gallagher, Florence + The Machine, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Pearl Jam, Depeche Mode, Robert Plant and more.
Latest articles by Niall Doherty

Stevie Nicks is a huge fan of this modern pop superstar but she'd like him to stop swearing please
By Niall Doherty published
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
By Niall Doherty published
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
By Niall Doherty published
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
By Niall Doherty published
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
By Niall Doherty published
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
By Niall Doherty published
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
By Niall Doherty published
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
By Niall Doherty published
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
By Niall Doherty published
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
By Niall Doherty published
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.
By Niall Doherty published
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
By Niall Doherty published
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
By Niall Doherty published
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
By Niall Doherty published
The 1985 novel that rarely left the Nirvana frontman’s pocket and became the basis for one of In Utero’s heaviest tracks

The fan request that shocked Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood
By Niall Doherty published
The Radiohead man also says he’d love the band to get back on the road in 2025, but there is a caveat...

Elton John reveals that he’s lost his vision
By Niall Doherty published
The Rocket Man was speaking at a performance of his new musical The Devil Wears Prada, which he says he can only listen to

The essential one-size-fits-all phrase U2’s Bono was given by a hard rock icon
By Niall Doherty published
U2’s frontman on being enlightened by a true rock’n’roll sage

The Stone Roses on the making of their flawed, long-in-the-making second album
By Niall Doherty published
Second Coming turns 30 this week but the Mancunian indie-rockers’ resurrection didn’t last long

Ahead of next summer’s shows, your full guide to the contenders to play with Noel and Liam in Oasis, 2025 version
By Niall Doherty published
From Bonehead to Andy Bell and Guigsy to Gem, your essential guide to the contenders to join the Oasis Live '25 bandwagon

Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich on how making Band Aid 20 was the "beam me up" moment of his career
By Niall Doherty published
Producer Nigel Godrich on the "clusterf**k" that was putting together the 2004 charity single

Dave Gahan on how he “blagged” his way into Depeche Mode
By Niall Doherty published
The story goes that the other members heard him singing Bowie’s “Heroes” in the room next door – but was it Gahan on the mic or not?

Nicky Wire on why cooking programmes wind him up so much
By Niall Doherty published
The Manics man, who also reveals the very unique approach he has to making baked beans, probably didn’t tune in to the Great British Bake Off finale this week

How Blur’s Damon Albarn turned his idea for a cartoon band into one of the biggest acts of the 21st century
By Niall Doherty published
Diving into the beginnings of Gorillaz, Damon Albarn’s virtual pop side-project that became even bigger than Blur

The drug-addled craziness that fuelled Blondie’s most successful era
By Niall Doherty published
Debbie Harry’s new wave trailblazers had a special formula to knocking out the hits in the late 70s, not one your doctor would recommend

"Global warming is horrible but damn, it makes for beautiful weather." An audience with Kim Deal, still the coolest indie rock star on the planet
By Niall Doherty published
She was the coolest person in the Pixies, a platinum-selling artist with The Breeders, and now, finally, she's gone solo. Kim Deal on Steve Albini, dogs, loss, life and loving it all – even the rubbish bits
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