Derry punk band The Undertones will headline a unique concert at Belfast's Mandela Hall on April 25, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Belfast based record label, Good Vibrations.
The legendary label was founded by Terri Hooley in April 1978 and was based in his record shop on Belfast’s Great Victoria Street. Perhaps the most famous release on the label was The Undertone’s ‘Teenage Kicks’, lyrics of which were recently inscrib
ed on the gravestone of broadcasting legend John Peel.
Good Vibrations was more than just another record shop and label, it enabled young people to believe in the power of self expression and understanding at a time when society in Northern Ireland was tearing itself apart. With this in mind, the anniversary concert is billed as ‘Good Vibrations – A Light in the Darkness’
As Michael Bradley from the Undertones said: “Good Vibrations proved to me that great things can arise when a one-eyed anarchist, running an uneconomic record shop in the 1970s, decides that bands from Belfast and Derry could make records as good as anyone else!"
More recently, Terri Hooley was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Fate Awards and his life is the subject of a forthcoming motion picture jointly produced by Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody and music producer David Holmes.
Prior to this milestone concert, a bus tour of Terri Hooley’s Belfast has been arranged as well as a special screening of John T Davis’ Ulster punk documentary ‘Shellshock Rock.’
Tickets for the Mandela Hall concert on April 25 are priced £20 and available from www.gotobelfast.com
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