THE last time we spoke to Bruce Foxton was back in 2007, when he'd just formed From The Jam with fellow Jam man Rick Buckler and was nervously preparing to head out on the band's first run of live dates, including a show at Belfast's Spring & Airbrake.
Today Malojian – American Bar, Belfast No Oil Paintings, Buffalo Bay etc – Voodoo, Belfast Kieran Goss – Portico, Portaferry Crazy Town – Skylite Room, Warrenpoint Saturday June 23 Carl Cox etc – Belsonic, Ormeau Park, Belfast From The Jam – The Ulster Hall, Belfast Riley Pearce – American Bar, Belfast This Place Hell, Donum Dei – The Limelight 2, Belfast, 5pm Wasps, Alpha Twin, Willoware Jackson – Foundry, Belfast Villiers & The Villains – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast Peter McVeigh – The Sunflower, Belfast Paper/Boy, Oh Boland, Atticus etc – Nerve Centre, Derry Kieran Goss – Seamus Heaney Homeplace, Bellaghy Sunday June 24 The Script, Gavin James – Belsonic, Ormeau Park, Belfast Peter McVeigh – The Sunflower, Belfast Monday June 25 Kris Kristofferson – Millennium Forum, Derry Tuesday June 26 Kris Kristofferson – The Waterfront Hall, Belfast Beth Rowley – Studio 1A Theatre, Bangor Thursday June 28 The Bonk, Percolator – The Menagerie, Belfast Deap Vally, Hand Models – The Limelight 2, Belfast Lock Horns, Ketos, Heel of Achilles – Voodoo, Belfast Friday June 29 Dr Feelgood – The Black Box, Belfast Petty Youth, Bloody Apes, Horse Tablet – Bar Sub, QUBSU, Belfast Joshua Burnside – The Empire, Belfast Ferals, Valium – Oh Yeah, Belfast Rival Consoles, Ryan Vail, Elma Orkestra – Echo Echo Dance, Derry Saturday June 30 Bailer, Death of a Salesman, Donum Dei etc – Foundry, Belfast Strung – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast Pat McManus Band, Willie Byrne Band, Blackwood – 10th Annual Rory Gallagher Day, The Black Box, Belfast Aaron Keylock – Green Room, The Black Box, Belfast Interrogate, Ketos – The Limelight, Belfast, 5pm Ulster Orchestra & Phil Kieran – The Glassworks, Derry Hunkpapa, Petty Youth, Beauty Sleep etc – Our Back Yard Festival, 67 Plantation Road, Craigavon Sunday July 1 Colm McIntyre & The Slipstream Band, Lonesome George, Dove etc – Foundry, Belfast Monday July 2 Tremonti – The Limelight, Belfast Tuesday July 3 Sons of Apollo – The Limelight, Belfast Alice Signal Fires, James Downey, Darren Doherty & The Heathen Choir – The Sunflower, Belfast Wednesday July 4 Myles Kennedy – The Limelight, Belfast Blumehaus etc – Voodoo, Belfast .
ELECTRONICA and classical music will collide at this year's Celtronic Festival in Derry when DJ/producer Phil Kieran teams up with the Ulster Orchestra for a special live performance of new original work.
1. When did you think about a career in music and what were your first steps into it? My dad played accordion in a local group and every Friday night in our home in Castledermot, Co Kildare, we had a traditional Irish session and eventually I would play some tunes on the upright piano.
"DOES that mean we're conducting this in Gaelic?" jokes Beach Boys leader Mike Love when he learns that he's speaking to The Irish News about the iconic US hit-makers' imminent return to Dublin and Belfast We offer to try our best if he's game, but the suggestion is quickly brushed aside with a cheerful "just kidding" before the singer and founding band member gets down to plugging the Boys' latest release.
Today Nile Rodgers & Chic, Soul II Soul, Queen & Disco – Belsonic, Ormeau Park, Belfast The Bonnevilles, Amy Montgomery – The Mandela Hall, QUBSU, Belfast Girls Names, Ghost Office, Fears – The Black Box, Belfast Wynona Bleach, Roe, Ember Trails etc – Voodoo, Belfast Lunasa – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast Brennen Leigh, Noel McKay – The American Bar, Belfast Cara Dillon – The Glassworks, Derry Saturday June 16 Liam Gallagher, Richard Ashcroft, Louis Berry – Belsonic, Ormeau Park, Belfast UK Subs, Buck Eejit, Confrontation Time – The Empire, Belfast Bad Manners – The Limelight, Belfast Cry****, Jordaan Mason, Oscar Jennings – Nerve Centre, Derry Kaz Hawkins, Sam York – Market Place Theatre, Armagh Sunday June 17 Picture This, Lany, John Gibbons – Belsonic, Ormeau Park, Belfast CW Stoneking – The Black Box, Belfast Monday June 18 The Beach Boys – The Waterfront Hall, Belfast Wednesday June 20 Saint Sapphire, Petty Youth, Modern Rome – Voodoo, Belfast Eliza and Martin Carthy – Seamus Heaney Homeplace, Bellaghy Thursday June 21 Timmy Trumpet – Belsonic, Ormeau Park, Belfast Crazy Town, Surf Green, Crisis – Foundry, Belfast Lonesome George, Siomha, Abhainn Bheara – Voodoo, Belfast Friday June 22 Malojian – American Bar, Belfast No Oil Paintings, Buffalo Bay etc – Voodoo, Belfast Kieran Goss – Portico, Portaferry Crazy Town – Skylite Room, Warrenpoint Saturday June 23 Carl Cox etc – Belsonic, Ormeau Park, Belfast From The Jam – The Ulster Hall, Belfast Riley Pearce – American Bar, Belfast This Place Hell, Donum Dei – The Limelight 2, Belfast, 5pm Wasps, Alpha Twin, Willoware Jackson – Foundry, Belfast Villiers & The Villains – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast Peter McVeigh – The Sunflower, Belfast Paper/Boy, Oh Boland, Atticus etc – Nerve Centre, Derry Kieran Goss – Seamus Heaney Homeplace, Bellaghy Sunday June 24 The Script, Gavin James – Belsonic, Ormeau Park, Belfast Peter McVeigh – The Sunflower, Belfast Monday June 25 Kris Kristofferson – Millennium Forum, Derry Tuesday June 26 Kris Kristofferson – The Waterfront Hall, Belfast Beth Rowley – Studio 1A Theatre, Bangor Thursday June 28 Deap Vally, Hand Models – The Limelight 2, Belfast Lock Horns etc – Voodoo, Belfast .
