If you can remember the 'mineral bar', ladies' choice and bands dressed in identical blue suits and winkle-picker shoes, then it'll be relatively easy to guess your age. Back in the showband era of ...
Comic Ardal O'Hanlon drove around in a VW camper van, as many of the showbands did Showbands were distinct from the four-man beat combos elsewhere; they were larger for a start, typically numbering ...
SHOWBANDS may no longer be considered cool but the fact remains they spawned some of Ireland’s most legendary rock and roll stars. Van Morrison and Rory Gallagher both kickstarted their careers ...
In the course of this excellent account of the showband era in Ireland – roughly the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s – Rebecca Miller quotes John Waters to illustrate what was a common attitude among those ...
COMEDIAN Ardal O'Hanlon's documentary about the Irish showbands phenomenon is among the highlights of a new television schedule unveiled by BBC NI. The channel has revealed its new line-up of comedy, ...
Adam Clayton says that U2 owe a huge debt to Ireland's showbands and dismissed any lingering snobbery about the era as "ridiculous". Clayton, who has been a member of U2 for nearly fifty years, is ...
Dublin-based indie prodco Sideline Productions has announced plans for a new feature documentary exploring the unique phenomenon and musical legacy of Irish showbands, presented by U2 bassist Adam ...
People can be slow to keep a record of pleasure. We remember the serious stuff first: the battles and wars, important dates and deaths, tragedies and dramas. But happiness, even broadly shared, is too ...
It was shown for the first time recently on BBC4, and will be repeated tonight on BBC2 Northern Ireland, this documentary fronted by Ardal O'Hanlon called Showbands: How Ireland Learnt to Party. And I ...
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