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Rockin' 15

Music: Rockin’ 15

By Tom Dunphy, Contributor
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

The musicians who made being Irish "cool." The year was 1985. At roughly about the same time that U2's Bono was stage-diving into the massive crowd gathered for Live Aid, the charity concert organized by former Boomtown Rat Bob Geldof to help eradicate world hunger, the first issue of Irish America was being prepped to roll off the presses. It's been a wild 15 years for … [Read more...] about Music: Rockin’ 15

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