Pat Carty

Pat Carty on the New Lad: ‘Wherever they ended up, the Oasis reunion was like a bat signal, calling them out of the shadows for one last adventure, one last moment of belonging’ Whatever happened to the likely lads? If you’re old enough to remember the 1990s, then I’m afraid at this point you are officially getting on a bit. It’s now 31 years since Oasis released their debut ...

Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? My 'opinion piece' (it says here) in The Sunday Independent uncovers the hitherto unknown connections between Oasis, Lad, Shakespeare, Baudelaire, ponytails, U2's 'brother', Fungie, and a lot more...

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Seán Rocks was a lovely man - intelligent, warm, & funny. Every time on Arena with him was a pleasure, sparring with his wit & charm on air, and having a laugh when the light went off. My deepest condolences to his family and friends, a number I’m proud to count myself amongst.

Leon Bridges review: Soul power of Texan star shines through at rain-soaked Iveagh Gardens, Dublin The weather gods may not have been on his side, but Leon Bridges still delivered in Dublin

Groovier Than A New Set of Tires: Went to see a mighty despite the rain Leon Bridges at Iveagh Gardens for The Irish Examiner.

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At least it was considerably dryer than Leon Bridges in The Iveagh Gardens...

Dinner with Charlton and backstage with Nureyev - an ode to the golden age of the celebrity interview, recounted by a master practitioner After steering Celtic rock heroes Horslips’s unique course, Eamon Carr made a poacher/gamekeeper transition and returned to writing to earn his bread. The problem with interrogating musicians is that ...

Warrants corresponding amounts of applause and envy: I reviewed Pure Gold - Memorable Conversations With Remarkable People by Eamon Carr for The Sunday Independent.

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Down the back of the latest issue of Classic Rock Magazine listening to Find El Dorado by Paul Weller, reading 1975 by Dylan Jones, and visiting Frankfurt to see Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.

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Delighted to be In Bantry.

Promising American chaps.

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Cool. I’m quoted in this Paste Magazine Bruce Springsteen article alongside Lester Bangs and Robert Christgau. Thanks Matt Mitchell.

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A riveting history of tanks - Mark Urban’s evolution of the military machine hits the bullseye Volodymyr Zelensky, a persuasive talker when not being ambushed by presidential tag teams, cajoled Western leaders into supplying the hardware that he believed was key “to breaking the Russian occupat...

Tank: The 10 War Machines That Changed the World and the Remarkable Men Behind Them by Mark Urban.

Reviewed for The Sunday Independent

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‘I said, Geldof, this is gonna hurt but it’ll help, and scratched his back like a maniac. It gave him a sexual identity with the girls’– BP Fallon’s life and times “I’m amazed there hasn’t been a film about BP Fallon before,” says Bob Geldof, not far into BP Fallon: Rock’n’Roll Wizard. Anyone even vaguely ­familiar with the true adventures of Bernard Patrick Fal...

The True Adventures Of BP Fallon

Spoke to Beep for The SundayIndependent ahead of the premiere of the documentary BP Fallon Rock’N’Roll Wizard at the Galway Film Fleadh. He’s got more stories than the Bible.

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Pat Carty: Glastonbury's main stages showed a changing of the guard from old men to young women Last weekend I made an annual rock and roll pilgrimage. Not actually to Worthy Farm in Somerset, you understand, but rather to my own front room. “Oh, you watched it on television,” the purists howl....

Glastonbury: The view from the couch. Starring Olivia Rodrigo, Raye, Lorde, CMAT, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, John Fogerty, The 1975, Kneecap, Chic, McCartney, Lana Del Rey... and my Ma.
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Lana Del Rey review: Incredible stage set makes for fine show at Aviva, Dublin Lana Del Rey's concert in Dublin featured her favourite tunes alongside some well-chosen covers

One Mint Julep: Lana Del Rey at The Aviva.
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Flowers Durand Jones & The Indications · Album · 2025 · 11 songs

It's not all Bruce. This new one from Durand Jones & The Indications is a soulful, groovy bastard.

Bruce Springsteen's staggering The Lost Albums asks why lesser records were released instead "This collection is a breathtaking gift that Springsteen acolytes will cherish"

They Don't Call Him The Boss For A Laugh: I listened to Springsteen's staggeringly great Tracks II - The Lost Albums for @classicrockmag.bsky.social

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The sound of glorious pandemonium: Two nights with The Darkness in Ireland The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins and writer Pat Carty worked together as apprentice joiners in the 1990s: 30 years on, we put them together again

Rock Monsters Go To Munster: On The Road Through Limerick and Killarney with The Darkness for Classic Rock Magazine.

List of dates and venues for Tiffany Murray's tour for the paperback edition of her book My Family and Other Rock Stars. Included on the list of West Cork Literary Festival on Thursday 17 July at 11.30am

We're very excited to be part of Tiffany Murray's tour for the paperback edition of My Family and Other Rock Stars. Come and meet @tiffmurray.bsky.social as she chats to music & arts journalist @patcarty.bsky.social at WCLF on Thurs 17 July at 11.30am www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2025/...

How drugs ruined Sly Stone’s career and this frustrating story of his life Those in doubt about Sly Stone’s eligibility for a seat at soul music’s top table are directed to the Family Stone’s appearance in 2021’s Summer of Soul documentary, directed by drumming renaissance m...

A review of Sly Stone's frustrating book that I wrote for @independent.ie in 2023.

Washed Out N’ Groovy.
Sail On Sly Stone.

‘Society sees sadness as something to be solved — I don’t agree’ The musician Joseph Chester talks about his love of James Joyce, selling out Vicar Street and the inspiration behind his new work

Thanks to the very excellent @patcarty.bsky.social for this piece in today’s Sunday Times!
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The Waterboys review: New tunes and old classics in the mix at 3Arena Fiddle player Steve Wickham joined The Waterboys onstage in Dublin for a special encore

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Elaine Feeney delivers a moving meditation on enforced female roles in Irish society past and present On top of being a playwright and a Booker-longlisted novelist for 2024’s beloved How to Build a Boat, Galwegian Elaine Feeney is also a well-respected poet and so is likely familiar with Philip Larkin...

It's Lonely Around The Fields: I reviewed Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way by Elaine Feeney for the Irish Independent (free to read after registering).

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Bonnie Raitt in Vicar Street: a healing night of welcome warmth and real soul The Grammy-winner brought the house to its feet with I Can’t Make You Love Me

"That inexplicable way a song you’ve heard before can sneak back up on you..."

Bonnie Raitt puts on a superb Vicar Street show.

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Serial Killer Hair Do? More Hits Than A Wedding Disco? Songs So Dependable You'd Let Them Date Your Daughter? Bryan Adams Doesn't Faff About.

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Bryan Adams in 3Arena review: Groover from Vancouver gives fans the night of their lives No misplaced irony here, just more hits than a wedding disco as the anthems keep coming

More Hits Than A Wedding Disco: Went to see Bryan Adams detonate 3Arena for The Irish Times.

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Glenn Patterson’s The Northern Bank Job is a superb account of Northern Ireland’s most infamous bank robbery On December 19, 2004, Chris Ward was watching football in his Belfast home when the doorbell rang. Three men barged in and ordered him upstairs to collect his work uniform for the cash centre of the N...

The Belfast Umbro Caper: I reviewed The Northern Bank Job by Glenn Patterson for The Sunday Independent.

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The Illegals by Shaun Walker: The Russian agent who couldn’t get Irish people to shut up, and other spy stories Shaun Walker’s thrilling account of deep-undercover spies also serves as a potted history of communist Russia

Fact is more clandestine than fiction: I reviewed The Illegals - Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West by Shaun Walker for @irishtimes.com

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Gavin Friday: ‘I wouldn’t wish Bono’s success on anybody’ From Virgin Prunes provocateur to U2 advisor, Gavin Friday returns with Ecce Homo, a bold new album capping a lifetime of art, friendship and fearless reinvention

Behold The Man: interviewed Gavin Friday for The Sunday Times.

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