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Feargal Sharkey reveals prostate cancer diagnosis and urges men to get checked

Environmental campaigner and former lead singer of the Undertones tells Daily Express problem now resolved

The Guardian - UK

Irish rappers turned Fox News villains

Belfast rap trio Kneecap made global headlines at Coachella — and right-wing enemies. It's a classic Irish story

Salon

"I'm able to retire because of that song becoming such a ginormous hit everywhere":Maria McKee on the new Lone Justice album and the reunion that isn't

Almost 40 years after the band called it a day, Viva Lone Justice is just around the corner

Louder

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"I always think this is the closest anyone has ever come to making the perfect record": The story of The Undertones' punk classic Teenage Kicks

Guitarist and songwriter John O’Neill on how a young band from Derry created a classic: "I can’t believe someone didn’t come up with it before me"

MusicRadar

José Mourinho, Brazil and a tempting opportunity to get it launched

In today’s Football Daily: The Undertones and Subbuteo, lost rings in bins and FA Cup joy for Crystal Palace

The Guardian - UK

"I went to Rough Trade: they told me it was the worst record they ever heard in their life. Everybody else that I could get a meeting with told me the same thing": The Undertones' Teenage Kicks wasn't always considered a punk rock masterpiece

Good Vibrations founder/Northern Irish punk legend Terri Hooley recalls how The Undertones were rejected by every British record label

Louder

‘I regret punching Lennon’: Terri Hooley on his wild life in the Belfast punk scene

He belted a Beatle, launched the Undertones and foiled armed kidnappers. Terri Hooley explains how he kept Northern Irish teens kicking as the Troubles escalated

The Guardian - UK

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Co Derry music industry insider shares story of working with stars including Van Morrison, Ray Davies and the Buzzcocks

The music industry memoir is set to launch this week

Belfast Live

Good Vibrations review: Belfast's punk spirit shines bright as Hooley story revived

The Lyric production was a huge hit in 2018 and now it's back for a two week run at the Grand Opera House before heading to New York

Belfast Live

Bulmers Leopardstown Live acts revealed with Wallis Bird and The Undertones topping bill

The acts are joining the already announced headliners Wild Youth, Keywest and Mark McCabe.

Dublin Live

‘Every river in this country is polluted’: how Feargal Sharkey got swept up by the clean water campaign

The former Undertones frontman was searching for a hobby and ended up an environmental campaigner. And he’s a man who can win an argument

The Guardian - UK

Sewage dumped in Scotland's rivers 14,000 times in 2022 - nearly 40 times a day

Rocker-turned-pollution campaigner Feargal Sharkey said horrendous new figures laid bare the 'full scale of the horror and abuse' of our waterways.

Daily Record

Music exclusive: punk trio Touts talk pub rock, poetry and Paul Simon

To find out more about the meaning, message and making of their music, lead singer of Irish post-punk band Touts, Matthew Crossan, takes Roisin O’Connor under the surface of their single ‘Old Man’s Land’

The Independent UK

Water company CEOs try to woo me, but I’ve got only one message for them: do your jobs

Parts of England could run out of water in the near future, says campaigner and former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey

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Stiff Little Fingers Belfast: Timings, tickets and support acts for Custom House Square concert

They play Custom House Square on August 20

The Independent UK

Mysie: ‘You dream about the future of a relationship – it’s easy to forget the reality’

The genre-weaving artist is about to release her third EP, ‘Joyride’. She speaks to Roisin O'Connor about the tumultuous relationship that inspired her new music, working with renowned producer Fraser T Smith, and discovering her own musical heritage

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