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

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It’s the latest cut to be unveiled from the Welsh trio’s forthcoming 15th album Critical Thinking

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It was all going right until it went very, very wrong

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The tale of how the Welsh trio's last Number One single, which was released 25 years ago next week, came together.

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Thirty years ago, Eddie Vedder & co. aired a live radio show and delivered a cult classic featuring guest slots from their heavyweight grunge pals

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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

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Michael Jackson wanted the pair to team up on a huge hit but the Purple One wasn’t having it

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The Blur frontman and Oasis leader spent the 90s at loggerheads but a chance meeting paved the way to a blossoming friendship

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The pair roped in the Scottish rockers for some football-style chanting when they found themselves working in the studio next door

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There was more to Bradfield’s searing guitar part on this classic Manics cut than flashy playing, the singer and guitarist explains

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There’s a raft of Yuletide tunes by the Seattle titans to see you through the festive period

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How a song about the “hardscrabble lives” of the fledgling rockers became a timeless rock anthem

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The ex-White Stripes man and guitar magus on the essential ingredients he thinks it takes to become a six-string master

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The Fleetwood Mac icon has a contemporary pop favourite but isn’t happy about all the cussing

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The model and actress does her best Rocket Man impression in a new video for Step Into Christmas

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Profits from the Dublin quintet’s latest single will be donated to the charity set up to help Palestinians in need of aid

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The Gallagher brothers celebrate their 1994 anthem's 30th birthday with a special vinyl remaster

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The superstar shares her guide for living so you too can get your Brat on

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You may have been wondering why this beardy indie veteran popped up in a Marvel film last year, and now you can find out

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An ex-housesitter spills the beans on the “nerve-wracking” experience of lodging at Elton’s pad

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The Radiohead bassist has just completed a stint in Nick Cave’s band and opens up on “the best time with the loveliest people”

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The Oppenheimer director worked with Bowie on 2006’s The Prestige, but the rock’n’roll icon needed some convincing first

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In short: the singer-songwriter is very lucky to have a publisher who doesn’t pay any attention to his instructions

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A famous frontman looks back on a childhood surrounded by rock stars, actors and welders that his dad had brought home from the pub.
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