The History of Irish Rock: A Tale of Two Cities, a documentary telling the story of the early flowering of Irish rock music through the cities of Dublin and Belfast, airs tonight on RTÉ One.
Featuring new interviews with Sinéad O'Connor, Adam Clayton, Bob Geldof and Steve Diggle of The Buzzcocks among others, the hour-long documentary charts the lives and careers of some of the biggest-selling acts in Irish rock, punk and pop - from Van Morrison and Thin Lizzy to The Undertones and U2.
The film explores where these bands and musicians came from and how political, social and cultural environments of the day exerted an influenced and how, in turn, the music influenced those environments.
The History of Irish Rock: A Tale of Two Cities, RTÉ One, 10.15pm
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