Take It To The Lynott One More Time
You might have thought that, having marked the 25th anniversary of Phil Lynott’s passing, the Vibe For Philo would take a breather. Actually, that was the plan. But Thin Lizzy fans had other ideas.
Colm O Hare, 13 Dec 2011
2011 will go down as a special year for fans of Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy. It has been marked by several major events, including the record-breaking Phil Lynott exhibition Still In Love With You at Dublin’s Stephen’s Green Centre, Philomena Lynott’s updated memoir My Boy, which became a best-seller all over again, and the release of the re-mastered Thin Lizzy back catalogue. It also marked the 25th anniversary of Phil’s passing. The now annual Vibe For Philo at Vicar St in January was arguably the best ever. It featured Lizzy alumni Eric Bell and Brian Robertson, among others.
Time to take a break from all things Phil and Thin Lizzy, perhaps? Not as far as Smiley Bolger – close friend of Phil and the instigator of the annual Vibe – is concerned! Billed as an ‘after party’, following this year’s major celebrations, the next Vibe For Philo will take place on January 4, 2012 at the Button Factory in Dublin’s Temple Bar. Confirmed to appear so far are the Radiators From Space (who supported Lizzy on the 1977 Bad Reputation Tour), Doish Nagle, a member of Philo’s post-Lizzy outfit, and Grand Slam, who will perform a special Grand Slam set on the night. Also scheduled are Republic Of Loose, who performed several Lizzy tracks at the Phil Lynott Exhibition, northern outfit The Low Riders, and Sheffield’s Thin Lizzy Experience.
“It wasn’t supposed to happen at all,” says Smiley Bolger, sipping a pint outside Bruxelles pub off Grafton St in the shadow of the iconic statue of Lynott. “We had more or less hung up our rock ‘n’ roll shoes after the 25th Vibe. I was thinking, ‘We’ll leave it ‘til the 30th anniversary and do something really big'.
"Actually, the tenth Vibe was meant to be the stopping point,” he adds. “We thought we couldn’t do anything better than that. Then it went to the 15th, which was a bit of a joke because it said on the poster, ‘The 15th and final Vibe’ followed by the words, ‘Don’t believe a word’ (laughs).”
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