Róisín O, Áine Cahill, Andy from Keywest, Vinny from Overhead, The Albatross, Mal from the Riptide Movement and Steven and Kevin Fangclub; that was the star-studded line-up for the Hot Press Xmas Summit, which makes its festive presence known in our bumper 2017 Annual.
“Steven Spielberg was in front of us with his phone recording the gig,” Róisin says when asked about her favourite performance of the year. “JJ Abrams was next to him with all the Star Trek lads.”
“The day after you had kids in school shouting at their Mexican classmates, ‘You’ve got to leave, build the wall…’ it was disgusting,” Áine fumed none too quietly when talk turned to Trump.
“I’ve a radio alarm and when it goes off in the morning, it’s normally an Irish act being played,” Andy said when the thorny issue of radio airplay came up.
Lana Del Rey, Radiohead tickets, Repeal The 8th, legalised marijuana, TXFM, Spotify, foreign adventures, GAA, wanton acts of fandom and, natch, David Bowie were some of the other topics discussed in our clinical dissection of the Rock ‘N’ Roll Year that was 2016!