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Fontaines D.C. – Blitz, Preston
‘My childhood was small, but I’m gonna be big.’ Those great ‘I was there’ moments in music history don’t come along often, and admittedly I’ve occasionally been proved wrong in the past when calling them. But this was one such … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Action Records, Big, Blitz, Boys in the Better Land, Dogrel, Dublin, Fat White Family, Fontaines D.C., Grian Chatten, Idles, Preston, the Pogues, Too Real
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Revealing the Byrne identity – the Jason Byrne interview
It’s been a mad-busy few years for Jason Byrne, the Irish comic currently heading back around the UK in his guise as The Man With Three Brains show. In addition to extensive worldwide touring, you may know him from appearances … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre
Tagged Adventures of the Wonky-Eyed Boy, Arthur Mathews, comedy, Don't Say It Bring It, Dublin, Father Figure, Father Ted, Graham Linehan, Ireland's Got Talent, Jason Byrne, John Bishop, Roddy Doyle, Simon Pegg, Southport Comedy Festival, The Man With Three Brains, Tommy Cooper
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Life beyond The Waves – the Katrina Leskanich interview
When Katrina Leskanich told me down the telephone line, ‘The sun is shining, finally’ in London, I took it with a pinch of salt, not least as earlier that day I revisited a grainy mid-‘80s promo video in which she … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged Blisland, Chris Tookey, Chrissie Hynde., Dublin, Going Down to Liverpool, Kansas, Katrina Leskanich, Katrrina and the Waves, Kimberley Rew, Leader of the Pack, London, Loreen, Love Shine a Light, Lucie Jones, Mama's Cookin', Metropoodle, Norfolk, Paul Young, Preston, Terry Wogan, The Bangles, The Soft Boys, Walking on Sunshine
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