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Was the year 1975 a watershed moment in music and pop culture?

What year in music history spawned Springsteen's Born to Run, Led Zeppellin's Physical Graffiti and Love Is the Drug by Roxy Music?

Wreckquiem - Pat Shortt is music-mad in Mike Finn's new play

RTÉ Arena spoke to multi-award-winning actor, comedian, show runner, comedian, musician and national treasure Pat Shortt.

Twin Peaks returns - co-creator Mark Frost talks to RTÉ Arena

Written by Mark Frost and David Lynch, Twin Peaks was a sensation when it first aired in 1989.

Brian Wilson remembered - RTÉ Arena on a troubled pop genius

Brian Wilson co-founder, chief songwriter, and creative force behind The Beach Boys, one of the most influential bands in American pop music history has died at the age if 82. For RTÉ Arena, John Meagher reflects on Brian's life and work

RTÉ Arena's Kay Sheehy signs off after 25 years

'Its been such a thrill...' As the incomparable Kay Sheehy bids farewell to RTÉ after a quarter century, she looks back on a glorious career as a true champion for arts and culture in Ireland.

Long live Iggy Pop - RTÉ Arena on the Godfather of Punk

Ahead of his headline performance at In The Meadows, Paul McLoone looks back at the amazing career and life of the Godfather of Punk Iggy Pop.

Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch's on his debut novel

Stuart Murdoch is a singer, songwriter and founder member of iconic Glasgow band Belle and Sebastian.

Kila, and brass - be in the audience for RTÉ Arena's live special

The new album Raise the Road features Irish music legends Kila and the Paul Frost brass band, and captures all the exhilarating energy of a live Kíla performance, and more.

Andor returns: the team behind the Star Wars TV hit talk to Arena

The second and final season of Andor, the critically acclaimed Star Wars TV series, has just debuted on Disney+ to rave reviews, with some critics already calling it the finest TV show of the year.

Donal Ryan's From A Low And Quiet Sea, from page to stage

Donal Ryan is a master of the layered narrative, and his award winning novel From a Low and Quiet Sea is a case in point.

Anne Enright & Paul Muldoon on the pros & cons of poetry & prose

End of the world as we know it - Tilda Swinton talks to RTÉ Arena

Academy Award winner (and screen icon) Tilda Swinton discusses her role in Joshua Oppenheimer's apocalyptic musical, The End with RTÉ Arena - listen above.

Palestinian writer Ahmed Masoud on the literature of his homeland

Cúirt International Festival of Literature is 40 this year – and it's celebrating with a line-up led by Irish novelists Sally Rooney and Roddy Doyle and poet Paul Muldoon.

Watch: Paul Durcan remembered - Arena celebrates the great poet

Writers Colm Toibín, Paula Meehan, Dermot Bolger, join Sean Rocks on RTÉ Arena to celebrate the 80th birthday of poet Paul Durcan and the publication of the new book Paul Durcan: 80 at 80

I Hear You - Paul McVeigh on his new collection of short stories

It's been 10 years since Paul McVeigh's debut novel The Good Son hit bookshelves...

Bowie's bass player Gail Ann Dorsey talks to Arena

Renowned bassist and vocalist Gail Ann Dorsey takes the stage in Dublin this week for special performances at the Dublin Bowie Festival

Goose and the Common: the Array Collective and the art of protest

Paula Shields reports on The Goose and the Common, the Array Collective's new show at Rua Red, Tallaght.

Photographer Rich Gilligan on belonging, identity & coming of age

Photographer Rich Gilligan discusses dividing his time between New York and Dublin, and his new exhibition at Draíocht.

Meet the Irish producers chasing Oscar glory

Julianne Forde and Ruth Treacy are the founders of Tailored Films, the Irish production company behind the controversial Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice.