
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

Trent Reznor on breaking new ground on Nine Inch Nails' sprawling third record
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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

The Smile cancel all forthcoming shows due to serious Jonny Greenwood illness
By Niall Doherty published
The Radiohead side-project have scrapped all dates to give the guitarist time to recover

Every Coldplay album ranked from worst to best
By Niall Doherty published
With over 100 million albums sold, Coldplay are one of the biggest bands in the world. Here's their stellar back catalogue ranked

Avril Lavigne addresses the bonkers conspiracy theory that claims she’s not actually Avril Lavigne
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The Sk8ter Boi star has confirmed she did not die in 2003 and is, in fact, Avril Lavigne

The night Oasis completely trashed a London hotel and got their marching orders
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The demolition job was spearheaded by guitarist Bonehead, who said the hotel was like somewhere “your Granny would stay”

The time that Eddie Vedder hopped behind the counter at his favourite record store
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Easy Street Records was short-staffed and their most famous customer came to the rescue

The time that Paul Heaton tried to nationalise his back catalogue and the government turned him away
By Niall Doherty published
The Beautiful South and Housemartins man tried to put the proceeds from his hits back into the state but was turned down

The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett on their gamechanging second record, which turns 30 this week
By Niall Doherty published
Liam Howlett says Music For The Jilted Generation was a reaction to the government trying to stop kids having a good time

Want to hear World In Motion with Peter Beardsley rapping? Yes, you definitely do...
By Niall Doherty published
A few members of the team had a go at doing the John Barnes rap to much less success

How R.E.M.'s Glastonbury headline slot in 1999 was almost scuppered by a security guard who wouldn't let Michael Stipe in
By Niall Doherty published
The R.E.M. frontman had some trouble being let into the festival site when the alt-rock titans headlined back in 1999

Blink-182's Tom DeLonge on how an encounter with Liam Gallagher left him thinking the Oasis man was the most "punk rock dude" he'd ever met
By Niall Doherty published
The Britpop legends and pop-punk giants crossed paths at a radio show in Detroit and Tom DeLonge emerged from the experience a changed man

Michael Stipe on how R.E.M.'s triumphant Glastonbury bow revitalised them
By Niall Doherty published
The Athens, Georgia trio's post-Bill Berry era began in earnest with a triumphant headline slot at Worthy Farm

Pearl Jam cancel London stadium show
By Niall Doherty published
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...
By Niall Doherty published
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
By Niall Doherty published
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
By Niall Doherty published
The LA rockers' jaunt with Cat Butt tooks in brawls, hard drugs, gangland shootings, machete attacks and more.
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