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Join us in discussion with Stan as we talk Kneecap, the Wolfe Tones, Celtic Symphony, Punk, The Cranberries, censorship and much more.
Wednesday, June 11th, 7pm. Accent Centre, 12 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JA
Is Celtic Symphony by the Wolfe Tones with its chants of OOH AH UP THE ‘RA offensive? Will it deter moderates from supporting Irish Unity? Or, is the criticism of the Wolfe Tones song ‘a confected controversy’ and manufactured outrage?
Why did the Wolfe Tones rendition of ‘Come out Ye Black and Tans’ top of the UK and Irish iTunes charts in 2022?
Why do Kneecap provoke and popularity and anger in equal measure? and where do they fit into the musical canon?
Do columnists like Fintan O`Toole, Kevin Myers and lan Doherty really consider Irish people who wear Celtic jerseys and sing rebel songs lumpen and ‘lowest of the low’?
Why do sections of the Irish rugby fraternity appear to have co-opted Zombie by the Cranberries as an anti-republican song?
Did Punk really unite Catholic and Protestants in the North during The Troubles or is this at least partly a media myth?
These are a small fraction of the questions provoked by Stan Erraught’s book – Rebel Notes: Popular Music and Conflict in Ireland.