Peeling in the years

The Undertones record John Peel session after 20 year break, release DVD rockumentary 'Teenage Kicks'

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After a 20 year break, The Undertones return to the BBC studios in Maida Vale next month to record a new John Peel session.

"I'm so excited it's ridiculous," enthuses singer Paul McLoon. "You're not a proper band until you do John Peel, and obviously I wasn't there the first time round."

As revealed last month in Hot Press, Derry's finest have been polishing off a 14-track album that gets a live airing at Jury's Hotel, Cork (March 15) and the St. Patrick's Day Festival, London (16).

The other good news is that their fab John Peel-narrated Teenage Kicks documentary is to get a DVD release later in the year with loads of bonus goodies such as the 'Here Comes Norman' video which has been rediscovered after being lost for 23 years. A nation waits with bated breath!

The Hot Press Newsdesk

The sound of a band that has nothing left to prove and the freedom to explore new territory, which they do with much aplomb, displaying impressive versatility.

2007-10-26

Reformed Derry punks are to hit Dublin's Tripod on 17th November.

2007-08-21

Former Undertones frontman Fergal Sharkey is heading up a UK government initiative to support young musicians.

2007-07-25

Micky Bradley has been talking about the new Undertones album, which is due this autumn or maybe earlier if sufficient digit-extracting is done.

2007-03-30

The Undertones are asking fans to come up with a name for their upcoming tour

2005-06-23

Forget eBay - Undertones fans will be able to purchase the original 7” format of 'Teenage Kicks' when it is re-released next month

2005-03-02

"I only really got my head around the album in 1980 and I was amazed by it."

2004-11-22

The Undertones have confirmed a December date at The Village and responded to rumours of John Peel-related tributes

2004-11-09

The Undertones appearance at Drogheda's Star venue will be postponed until further notice

2004-04-30

It's gigs ahoy at Drogheda's new Star* venue this month, with The Undertones as well as Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club, Mickey Harte and Shirley Valentine starring Mary McEvoy

2004-04-05

Expect to see all of Hothouse Flowers, Jack L, The Undertones and Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club in the coming months at Star

2004-02-10

John O’Neill of legendary northern rockers The Undertones talks to Colin Carberry about the creation of their most famous hits, becoming godfathers to a new generation of garage rock heroes, and why the band won’t be happy until they’ve written a multi-million selling album.

2004-01-08

No reformed band wants to compete with their own Greatest Hits, but these albums should be considered entirely separate entities.

2003-10-01

Mickey Bradley and John O' Neill will be spinning tunes and storming the studio on Friday night

2003-08-26

The band play Dublin, Limerick and Derry in support of their Get What You Need album

2003-08-20

Punk legends The Undertones release 'Thrill Me', their first new single in almost two decades

2003-05-13

It’s the Gas Yard Feile open-air weekend and as usual the weather is not co-operating. It’s pelting down.

2001-08-30

Nobody's ever going to call the Undertones "kid's stuff" again.

1983-03-04

H-Y-P I'm Hypnotised! I've checked the relevant source and their advice is simple: sit down, relax and cancel all other engagements. The Undertones have returned triumphant.

1981-05-09

ELVIS PRESLEY was so lonely he could die, and he did. Sid Vicious self-destructed, his way. But The Undertones, they just wanted to get teenage kicks all through the night. Now, tell me, which of those epitaphs would you prefer?

1993-08-11

Teenage Kicks' is the word and the sound, an anthem from the most unlikely of sources - Derry. Come in Phil Coulter, your time is up.

1978-10-27

Bill Graham meets the Undertones on the first Irish tour of the 1980's.

1980-02-07

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