About this Event

The Undertones emerged from Derry in 1977, the result of five friends learning how to play guitar and drums in time with someone singing. Even by the standard of that decade Derry was not the rock and roll capital of

anywhere. 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. Practicing 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 signed with Sire Records and ‘Teenage Kicks’ was re-released.



For the following five years, John O Neill, his younger brother Damian, Feargal Sharkey, Billy Doherty and Michael Bradley crafted further numerous punkpop gems such as `Here Comes The Summer`, Jimmy Jimmy`, `My Perfect Cousin`, `You’ve Got My Number (Why Don’t You Use It)’ and four LPs. They almost enjoyed the life of professional musicians.

In 1983 Feargal Sharkey left the band to pursue a solo career and the remaining members decided to call it a day.



In 1999 The Undertones reconvened, without Feargal Sharkey, to once again perform their two-minute, three and a half chord songs to a new generation of fans in Derry. Fellow Derryman Paul McLoone replaced Sharkey on vocals and his vocal prowess and electric onstage presence soon convinced any doubters that he was more than capable of doing the job. After realizing that playing live was good fun the band repeated the experience in selected locations around the globe.



Fastforward to 2011 when the band embarked on 35th Anniversary tours in the UK, America and Europe that included, for the first time, the complete performance of their eponymous first LP. 2013 was the 35th anniversary of the release of "Teenage Kicks”. The band released an enhanced compilation "An Introduction to The Undertones CD + DVD (SalvoSVX016) and another highlight last year was a 7” vinyl only release on record store day(20th April),’Much Too Late” sold out within hours of its release.



And now, they're coming to SOUTHAMPTON!



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• THE UNDERTONES

• THE LOST BOYS (Acoustic)



TICKETS £18.00 ADV / DOORS 7.30PM /

Under 16's must be accompanied by an adult



29/08/2014 (Fri) - @ The Talking Heads



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