Live Shows 2019
March
09 - The Great British Alternative Music Festival, Butlins, Minehead, England
May
02 - Electric Ballroom, London - England
03 - Empire - Coventry, England
04 - SWX, Bristol, England
09 - Boiler Shop, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
10 - O2 Academy, Leeds, England
11 - O2 Ritz, Manchester, England
16 - Open, Norwich, England
17 - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill Hill On Sea, England
18 - Engine Rooms, Southampton, England
22 - (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York, USA
23 - Gramercy Theatre, New York - USA - Sold Out
24 - Once Ballroom, Somerville, Boston, USA - Sold Out
27 - Punk Rock Bowling, Las Vegas, USA
29 - Casbah, San Diego, USA
30 - Observatory, Orange County, USA
31 - Echoplex, Los Angeles, USA
June
02 - Slims, San Francisco, USA
29 - Stone Valley North Festival Festival, Stanhope, England
July
20 - Rewind Festival, Cone Palace, Perth, Scotland
August
03 - Rewind Festival North, Macclesfield, England - - EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN
04 - Indie19, Cork, Ireland
17 - Rewind Festival South, Henley-on-Thames, England
30 - John Peel Centre, Stowmarket, England
31 - The Junction, Clifton Way, Cambridge, England
October
05 - Great British Alternative Music Festival, Butlins, Skegness, Lincolnshire - Tickets
November
30 - Butlins, Minehead, Somerset, England - Tickets
Live Shows 2020
May
23 - Let’s Rick Norwich, Norwich - ON STAGE AT 1:00pm - Tickets
And the same day:
23 - Stone Valley South Festival, Hillside Farm, Ware, England ON STAGE AT 9:00pm - Tickets
A MESSAGE FROM MICHAEL BRADLEY
Hello, Michael Bradley here.
I've written a book which is now available.
It's a dark thriller which exposes the corruption at the very heart of our society.
No it's not.
It's my account of being in The Undertones, from first hanging around in O'Neill's house to the break up with Feargal in 1983.
I've called it Teenage Kicks : My Life As An Undertone, getting in quick before anyone else uses that title. Like Stephen King.
My older brother Martin has read it and gives it his approval.
I hope you like it.
If you go to any of the forthcoming Undertones shows, you will not be asked questions about what was in it.
Cheerio
Michael
You can hear Michael talking about the book here.
Here Comes The Drummer!
The Billy Doherty Ceili Band
Billy has started a Ceili band with some other musicians from Derry, they´re playing “Ceili” versions of the Undertones songs plus some trad numbers and plan to “Ceilify” some other well known tunes in the near future. Their first performance was as support to The Undertones at the recent The Button Factory show in Dublin.
Photo: l to r: Robert Peoples, Ciaran O’Carolan, Steven O’Carolan, Ramon Ferguson, Billy Doherty
The "Billy Doherty Ceili Band" are can be booked for live shows via: baz100@me.com
Damian O'Neill released a solo single on 10th November 2014.
'Trapped in a cage' c/w 'Love Makes The World Go Round' on 7" vinyl only on Overground Records is a limited edition of 500 copies. (cat. no. Over 140).
Both songs are selected from 'Re-energize' a musical play written by renowned Belfast playwright Gary Mitchell. Music by Damian with lyrics by Gary.
'Re-energize' was commissioned by Derry’s Playhouse Theatre for Derry City of Culture 2013 and was performed there and at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast.
Damian: "Re-energize is a gritty play about 4 downtrodden individuals from Belfast who, now middle aged and on hard times, decide against all the odds to reform their old punk band and in effect get a 'second chance'. Initially John and I were commissioned to write 8 pieces of music to lyrics by Gary Mitchell to be performed by the actors live on stage. John wrote 3 songs, I wrote 4 and we co-wrote one. The songs went down really well so I decided to take things further and record 5 of the songs myself in a studio playing everything apart from the drums. I think the 2 songs on the single turned out best."
To receive irregular information send an e-mail to: news@theundertones.com
Guide To Derry
Michael Bradley’s guide to Derry for The Guardian website can be viewed here: The Guardian
The Mickey Bradley Radio Show
Mickey presents a weekly two hour radio show every Tuesday evening between 8 and 10 pm on BBC Radio Ulster 94.5 FM or online at bbc.co.uk/radioulster.
More details here.
The video for the single Much Too Late can be seen here.
THE UNDERTONES MERCHANDISING
The Undertones merchandising store is now open: Click here to enter the store.
LET’S TALK ABOUT GIRLS
As the great F.R. David put it: 'Words Don't Come Easy' ...especially if you're relying on someone dropping the needle onto a copy of Nuggets .....
Read more here from the writer of “Let’s Talk About Girls”, the legendary Manny Freiser
On
The Wireless
Gobbins Path
Michael Bradley takes a walk along the newly reopened Gobbins Path in Antrim: The Guardian
THE UNDERTONES - VINYL RELEASES - 2016
2016 marked the 40th Anniversary of The Undertones and to celebrate this milestone they released vinyl remasters of first two LPs; ‘The Undertones – The Undertones’ and ‘The Undertones – Hypnotised’.
Both LPs were remastered from the original master tapes and produced on 180g heavyweight vinyl with original replicated artwork.
Also released is a 7” remix of the 1979 single ‘Get Over You’. Remixed by Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine/Primal Scream), also remixed from the original multi track tape and also available on 180g heavyweight red vinyl. You can listen to it here:
The Paul McLoone Show broadcasts nationally in Ireland Monday to Thursday, 9 to midnight, Today FM. www.todayfm.com/paulmcloone
DAMIAN O’NEILL AND THE MONOTONES
Refit Revise Reprise, the brand new album from Damian O'Neill, is now available from all good record shops, iTunes and Amazon
You can watch the Sweet ‘n Sour video here or listen on Spotify
Comprising of 12 tracks recorded at home and at Press Play Studios in South London. Co-produced, engineered and mixed by Damian, Andy Ramsay (ex Stereolab) and Paul Tipler with musical contributions from Sean O’Hagan (The High Llamas) amongst others. There’s some old, new, borrowed and blue on this record. You’ll hear new songs and instrumental tracks that are guaranteed to thrill and melt your heart plus Damian’s delved into his musical past and revamped selected self penned Undertones/That Petrol Emotion songs too. It’s Glam/Stomp/Dreamy Pop with a cascade of guitars, vibes, organ, bells and whistles.
The Undertones - Vinyl Singles Box Set-Released 21st April 2018
Catalogue Number: BMGCAT169BOX
This new box set contains the 13 x 7” original Undertones singles from 1978-1983.
40 gram singles housed in a rigid, open-one-end, cardboard slipcase. Mastered from original analogue tape transfers. All in their original artwork including the original poster single for “Teenage Kicks”. Contains an additional poster with photos and notes by The Undertones and track by track comments from Michael Bradley.
The Undertones - Hard To Beat The Masters Collection
Cat No: BMGCAT282DCD
Released: 27th July 2018
Michael Bradley tells the story of the Derry Halloween.
The Undertones ‘You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It!)’ single celebrates its 40th Anniversary. Here is their Top of the Pops performance of the track from October 1979:
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The Undertones ‘Teenage Kicks’ major label single release and first UK top 40 hit, came out 41 years ago on 13th October 1978. Check out the original promo video:
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