2016 is the 40th anniversary of The Undertones and they are delighted to announce that they will be celebrating this anniversary with national and international live shows and some exciting releases.
The Undertones emerged from Derry in 1976, the result of five friends learning how to play basic rock and roll. Even by the standards 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 EP in 1978 on Terri Hooley's Good Vibrations label in Belfast.
The legendary DJ John Peel received a copy and like it so much he played it twice in a row on his radio show.
The Undertones signed with Sire Records and Teenage Kicks was released followed by further punk pop 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.
The Undertones are at Fibbers in York on Friday, August 26.
For more information, phone 0844 478 0898 or go to seetickets.com/event/the-undertones/fibbers/1006875
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