Big Burns Supper – Look Ahead : The Undertones
Written by author on January 9, 2015
Here at Alive Studios Lee is getting VERY excited about the BIG BURNS SUPPER taking place January 23rd-31st!
Every morning on MITM Lee will be looking at the amazing talent that is performing and give you a look at what the festival has to offer.
Thursday January 8th – What’s on during BBS2015?
The Undertones emerged from Derry in 1977, the result of five friends learning how to play guitar and drums in time with someone singing.
With no live bands worth watching, they learned by listening to mail order records, reading one of the few copies of NME that made it to Derry but most of all from listening to John Peel’s wonderful show on BBC Radio One. Practising in their bedrooms eventually led to the band recording ‘Teenage Kicks’ in 1978 on the Good Vibrations indie label in Belfast. The legendary DJ John Peel received a copy and liked it so much he played it twice in a row on his radio show.
The Undertones went on to become one of the most successful bands from the punk era, still as fresh and dynamic today as they were in 1977.
They perform at the Speigeltent Saturday January 24th at 9.30pm, for tickets and more information head over to the website www.bigburnssupper.com or call 01387 271820
