Category: Music

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Be Here Now🎸🏝️: The Time Of My Life At Casa De Snagg, Chester Cottage, Saint Vincent🇻🇨

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Be Here Now🎸🏝️: The Time Of My Life At Casa De Snagg, Chester Cottage, Saint Vincent🇻🇨 “You gotta be bad enough to beat the brave”- Noel Gallagher. A 23 year delay was eventually put right on the 23rd December 2021. I was finally doing that Noel Gallagher pilgrimage that I craved back when “Be Here Read more about Be Here Now🎸🏝️: The Time Of My Life At Casa De Snagg, Chester Cottage, Saint Vincent🇻🇨[…]

The Back Four Project Release Their New Single - This Is Where It All Begins

“The Back Four” Project Release Their New Single – This Is Where It All Begins

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Get ready for this one. As a kid growing up in Northern Ireland, I watched football incessantly. At the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, Northern Ireland excelled and took on the world, playing 8 matches and the only 3 we lost were to World Cup winning countries (France, Spain, Brazil) we even beat Spain 1-0 Read more about “The Back Four” Project Release Their New Single – This Is Where It All Begins[…]

Staying At Home: Top 5 Football Podcasts To Listen To

Staying At Home: The Best Football Podcasts To Listen To

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“England Wednesday. Sheffield Saturday” – Chris Woods Advert (1990s). When I worked in the “high flying” PR industry in London from 2006-2007, I was into Podcasts a lot. I downloaded lots of them and always listened to them on the tube on my way to work and back. It was a sweet release from the Read more about Staying At Home: The Best Football Podcasts To Listen To[…]

Was There Then🎸🎙️Oasis⚫⚪20 Years On: My Sentimental Trip To Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Cork, Republic of Ireland🇮🇪

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“Some might say, we will find a brighter day” – (Some Might Say)* all quotes on this post are from Oasis and this post is dedicated to Colin Walker and Keith Freel. August 1996. Rock’n’roll. I was only 16 years old. I was still officially a student at Bangor Grammar School, having just finished “fifth Read more about Was There Then🎸🎙️Oasis⚫⚪20 Years On: My Sentimental Trip To Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Cork, Republic of Ireland🇮🇪[…]

International Anthem Live: Last Day in Tasman Backpackers, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia

International Anthem Live: Last Day in Tasman Backpackers, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia

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“Even in the sun, defeat is cold. At the end of the rainbow there’s no gold” – Jonny Blair (International Anthem). I spent cumulatively about 10 weeks in Tasman Backpackers in Devonport, Tasmania, Australia from February to June 2010, with many nights in between spent in my tent, my car, sleeping in the Molly Malones Read more about International Anthem Live: Last Day in Tasman Backpackers, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia[…]

Three Days in Madonna's Island: La Isla Bonita, San Pedro, Belize

Touring Madonna’s Island: La Isla Bonita, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize

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“Last night I dreamt of San Pedro” – Madonna Ciccone. I’m a fast mover. I’m a fan of pop music. I loved Madonna in the 1980s and can still remember playing ten pin bowling in Bangor for the first time when Like a Prayer was number one single in the UK. “Life is a mystery. Read more about Touring Madonna’s Island: La Isla Bonita, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize[…]

Reunion in Beeston and the Subways Live in Derby, England

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Never forget that life is a crazy rollercoaster ride and be ready for the weird and wacky all the way. I had never been to Derby or even Beeston until October 2014. But things fell into place on my return to England. I had lined up a few days in Birmingham and Nottingham on route Read more about Reunion in Beeston and the Subways Live in Derby, England[…]

Working Wednesdays: Back on the Air at Radio 3🎤📻, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong🇭🇰

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“Travel blogging chilled the radio star” – tweaking of a lyric by The Buggles. If you have followed my journeys or indeed known me back in the early days, you’ll be aware of my passion for radio. What began as a “bit of craic” in a blue hut in Belfast’s Belvoir Park estate in 1997 turned Read more about Working Wednesdays: Back on the Air at Radio 3🎤📻, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong🇭🇰[…]