The former rock musician Feargal Sharkey got his teenage kicks from angling and campaigning for better protection of our rivers. Since 1978, hes encountered strangers who want to talk about The Undertones or his solo work. But there's more: discover your full benefits now. 4 hit in the UK Singles Chart. This is what Sharkey had to say and its two minutes very well spent. The band eventually fell apart in 1983, after which Sharkey teamed up with Vince Clarke in a one-off project called "The Assembly". 48. Every single one is being slowly poisoned by sewage, he said. [14], In 2008, Sharkey was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts, by the University of Hertfordshire in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of music. Sharkey, now 62, is better known today as an environmental campaigner and the energy force of those explosive early performances on stage has been transferred into strongly held opinions on protecting our natural world. Sharkey clearly finessed how to make points and win arguments when, in the early 1990s, he went into the management side of the music business, first with Polydor Records before heading UK Music, which represented all sectors of the industry. Im deeply grateful for every bit of it and hugely appreciative for the rest of my life. When the Undertones reunited in 1999, Sharkey was offered the opportunity to rejoin the group but turned down the offer. The Undertones have since reformed, albeit without their lead singer. Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey My daughter's first fly casting / fishing lesson yesterday under the expert tutelage of world renowned fly fisherman & writer Neil Thereafter on 26 October 1978, they performed Teenage Kicks live on Top of the Pops and in November embarked on their first tour of the UK. Its now up to them how they want to resolve it. Being the good Irish stock in the broader sense of the north of the island, John was always quite economical with the use of the England language and invariably would just mutter something about the rain stopped and fish in the harbour and for a salmon fisherman thats code for you need to get yourself over here in the next 24 hours, something quite exciting is going to be happening and if you are here in 72 hours thats going to be too late and youll have missed it., A keen reader, his favourite book is Seamus Heaneys selection of William Butler Yeats poems. No. [17] The same year he received a Doctor of Letters honoris causa from the University of Ulster in recognition of his services to music. Read about our approach to external linking. 3. Entertainment stars have supported calls to stop fuel oil leaking into a protected wetland. Specific details around their relationship remain private, as the pair prefers to keep other areas of their personal lives secretive., A post shared by Wolfgang #TeamESC (@eurovision_wolf), Feargal Sharkey has been embraced on the official page of Wikipedia. Later, became the chairman of the UK Government team the 'Live Music Forum' in 2004., Similarly, he was selected officer for the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for administrations of music., The pop singer Feargal Sharkey has a whopping net worth of $13 million. Feargal Sharkey was one of the greatest music stars of the punk era in the late 70s. But today Rolling Stone UK is speaking to him in his latest incarnation Sharkey the environmentalist, hell bent on saving our rivers from wholesale pollution. Once better known as the lead singer of the Undertones and for later telling everyone that a good heart is hard to find, Feargal Sharkey is these days going viral in the fight against water companies ditching sewage in our rivers and on our beaches.. A keen fisherman and passionate environmental campaigner, Sharkey has been busier than ever of late for reasons 22 on the Ireland chart. He topped the charts with A Good Heart (written by Maria McKee about the musician Benmont Tench) and followed it with You Little Thief (written by Benmont Tench about Maria McKee). As legend goes, he told his boss he was nipping out for lunch and never went back. The water industry has completely gamed the system to their benefit. Sen Feargal Sharkey OBE (born 13 August 1958) is a singer from Northern Ireland most widely known as the lead vocalist of punk band The Undertones in the 1970s and 1980s, and for solo works in the 1980s and 1990s. You basically went along thinking your band was awful.. He might be just what these unique and delicate ecosystems need. Once better known as the lead singer of the Undertones and for later telling everyone that a good heart is hard to find, Feargal Sharkey is these days going viral in the fight against water companies ditching sewage in our rivers and on our beaches. These streams contain some most pristine water on the planet. I actually dont want to be doing this. Whats going on is not only immoral, but in my personal opinion, and according to the European Court of Justice, its illegal.. John Peel helped them to record their debut LP, Teenage Kicks at Belfast on 15 June 1978. 17. However, Tench denies the song is about McKee.[4]. We use cookies to give you the best experience. Forty years after he left the city, Feargal has not completely lost the Derry accent. [15], In 2009 he entered The Guardian's MediaGuardian 100, described as the "MediaGuardian's annual guide to the most powerful people in television, radio, newspapers, magazines, digital media, media business, advertising, marketing and PR", at number 56. The former punk rockernow targetswater company failures inside and outside the Establishment, Feargal Sharkey receives an OBE from the Princess Royal during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, Stuart Bailie Twitter Email. It peaked at No 27 on the UK Albums Chart and at 41 on the Swedish Album Chart. Published. Chalk streams are the northern hemispheres version of the Amazonian rainforest, Feargal told me. Not a very big one, but a slightly bigger one than everybody else. In June 1976, he left school and began working as installation engineer or linesman assistant junior, delivering and repairing television sets for Radio Rental, receiving 7.01 per week for the job. 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Spending decades standing around in rivers, means he has gained an encyclopedic knowledge on endangered chalk streams and the agencies he says are responsible for letting the nations rivers die on its watch. Feargal described the volume of overflow as shocking and said that it demonstrated why the countrys water infrastructure needs a radical overhaul. Wednesday, 18 January 2023 | 4.9C Belfast, Menu Sections. With lyrical beauty, he rhapsodises about fishing adventures in Derry and Donegal, the rivers and characters, including one of his older sisters friends, a man known only as John the Bridge because his house was near the bridge, who lived over in the Gaeltacht near Gweedore. What a glorious, extraordinary, humbling experience that is. As per some sources, it is affirmed However, the copy they sent to John Peel, well-known BBC Radio 1 DJ, brought in good news. He is the only member of the Radio Authority to have been honoured in this way by the radio industry. He would be a welcome addition to the House of Lords or in a role advising the Government.. Sharkey lives in north London and is now chairman of the Amwell Magna Fishery, Britains oldest angling club. Ive a very simple rule, its not their fault what Ive done in my life, he jests. 2. But after just spending five minutes with the pop star, it is clear that he is just as passionate and excited about his lifelong love of fly-fishing as he was when he sang his bands famous punk anthem. Belfast police said Sibeal Sharkey, 68, and her daughter, Ursula Clifford, 48, had stopped in to visit businessman Cathal Curley after the gunmen seized his residence. In Derry, because of the location, I could get on a bus in the centre of town and go in one direction, and 20 minutes later find myself on the banks of the River Faughan, with a fairly reasonable possibility of catching the salmon. His eponymous debut album reached No. I was waving what I later worked out was an anarchist flag. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. @Feargal_Sharkey. I remember the early demos, and the singing was exactly what you would hear on the first LP, but Billy [Doherty, the drummer] said it was terrible. Sharkey was catapulted to stardom in 1978 when shortly after leaving school, a career delivering televisions for Radio Rentals was interrupted by a request from the BBC to appear on Top of the Pops to perform The Undertones first single, Teenage Kicks. Later after that, the duo was out of sight. He has become an unelected leader of the civic opposition. Feargal Sharkey: In the south-east of England, you have the added bonus of over-abstraction being caused by water companies to provide water for public water supply, because it was the cheapest thing for the water companies to do. Todays angling festival is, he says, crammed with interesting speakers such as the TV presenter Jeremy Wade talking about his global adventures and a young woman, Marina Gibson, a brilliant, salmon trouter. Feargal Sharkey was born on 13 August 1958 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. When we meet, Sharkey has just spent a couple of hours watching wild brown trout feasting on mayfly on a river in north London. (Photo by Bill Kennedy/Mirrorpix via Getty Images), Feargal Sharkey receives an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) from the Princess Royal during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Every time we were told we couldnt do something, that just made us 50 times With crystal waters at a constant 10C and gravel beds, they host a variety of creatures such as trout, voles and kingfishers. After becoming less musically active in the early 1990s, he has performed various roles supporting the UK's commercia That gave me an itch. Feargal Sharkey, a singer from Northern Ireland, is popular as the frontman of the punk band "The Undertones" during the 1970s and 1980s., He then forged himself into a successful solo pop profession during the 1980s, yet stepped away from performing in the year 1990s., Since then, Feargal has turned into a powerful force in the music industry as an A&R administrator and leader and is especially fond of fly-fishing., Feargal and Elizabeth Sharkey have not shared any details with reference to their children. 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Daley and Feargal Sharkey, D.A. Feargal Sharkey has a lasting memory of the Peoples Democracy march in January 1969. I used to work 80-100 hour weeks, now I think you were completely mad Sharkey! Storm overflows are designed to discharge diluted sewage into waterways during heavy rainfall to prevent it from backing up into homes and streets. I think the plan is that possibly, maybe, they might be able to save some of these rivers by 2050. He called the Environment Agency a discredited, failed organisation, who has claimed that the nations rivers are dying on its watch. Get on with it, come up with a plan, fix it. Raw sewage spilled into UK rivers and seas more than 400,000 times last year, according to figures from the Environment Agency. Enter email address [23][24] He reappeared on episode 6 of the fifth series of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing on 14 October 2022 and discussed pollution in English rivers including the Thames and Wye. What else was going on that nobody knew anything about? Theres an old saying: There is more to fishing than catching fish., If a little bunch of people who just want to go fishing had to take the very government agencies supposed to be protecting those rivers to the High Court, what the hell else was going on out there that nobody knew about?. Kenneth Grahames Wind in the Willows was set on a chalk stream. Details To Know About His Wife And Kids. Does that get me angry? In a word, the state of them is catastrophic, he explained. 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He has become prominent in criticising the use of Form 696 by the Metropolitan Police' requiring event promoters to provide data on performers and audiences. Sharkey is also a lifelong fly fisherman and has campaigned against the pollution of British rivers (particularly chalk streams), and is the Chairman of the Amwell Magna Fishery. These precious little things are dying., There is now, he says, 10 times more coral reef than chalk streams. WebThe Assembly were a British synth-pop project formed in 1983 in Basildon, England, by Vince Clarke and Eric Radcliffe. The former Undertones lead singer and keen fly fisherman is taking on the water companies and Environment Agency Its quite easy working for record companies to get sucked into just incredible, lunatic hours. Id prefer not to be doing it. Trending videos, tweets and news from the UK's biggest humour site. Written by then-Lone Justice frontwoman Maria McKee about her relationship with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboard player Benmont Tench and produced by the Eurythmics' David A. Stewart, this was former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey's third solo single. In 2007, McKee released her own recording of the track on her album Late December. I love my son but I hate my life. [22], On 30 August 2020, Sharkey appeared in episode 3 of the second series of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing to discuss the environmental pressures faced by Britain's chalk rivers, during a conversation by the River Lea. 12 in the UK Albums Chart.[4]. Feargal Sharkey It definitely is.. you have to blame the govt for this whole sorry mess the industry is out of control & its our rivers & beaches that are picking up the tab for that profiteering pic.twitter.com/PNLka94zH7, Haggis_UK (@Haggis_UK) August 22, 2022. Yet when he joined The Undertones in 1976, his voice was not appreciated at first. Dont screw around, dont waste the opportunity. 23 on the UK and No. By 1992, he was moving away from performing and into the music business, working as an A&R (artist and repertoire) man for Polydor Records and then upwards into various industry agencies. This field is required 1985 Preview SONG TIME A Good Heart. [1] They had several UK hits, with songs such as "Teenage Kicks", "Here Comes The Summer", "My Perfect Cousin", "Wednesday Week" and "It's Going to Happen!". Before the show began at Saint Joseph's, they were asked about the bands name. This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 07:23. It was a four-day journey from Belfast to Derry, calling for civil rights reform. He also featured in the St Peters CBS Choir that hed joined to avoid school hurling practice. He accepted an OBE in 2019 and there have been repeated suggestions that he might take a place in the House of Lords. On 16 March, he had his first gig at Saint Joseph's Secondary School, where he made a blunder with the groups name. PA Photo, Gail Walker Twitter Email. One of the truly remarkable things about the Good Friday Agreement that is constantly overlooked is that people who were born in, who lived in and who still live in and will live in the future in Northern Ireland have this remarkable ability to be Northern Irish and British and to do so at the same time. My query as to whether club members eat the trout they catch elicits a moment of what I now realise was appalled silence. He was also Branch Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union. "In this instance, Southern Water and the Environment Agency are pointing the finger at each other and having some sort of dialogue but it's not a dialogue that's producing any results," he said. Replying to. But journalists have a habit of being reasonably prepared to speak to me. He swears plenty and his fury is unchecked. 8 on the Ireland Chart. He had ambitions beyond The Undertones and by 1985 he was recording with Dave Stewart of The Eurythmics. Ive given away so many copies of that over the years, going up to random strangers in the street, saying here, you need this in your life., The pandemic, he says, has afforded many people fresh perspective not only on the environment, but also life. Ltd., For five years, from 1998 to 2003, Sharkey was a member of the Radio Authority. In 1990, Kunkel married singer Nicolette Larson, and that same year their daughter Elsie May Larson-Kunkel was born. Feargal Sharkey: There is not a single river in England that is not polluted not one. Does he have a daughter? Im still slightly scarred as an eight-year-old, being taken to a union meeting in Derry, and having a room full of men, who Id never met and didnt know, referring to my father as Brother Sharkey. I put it to Feargal that hes perhaps a greater use to the public outside the House of Lords. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. Whitehouse, who co-presents the BBC programme Gone Fishing, said the authorities' actions were insufficient. On 2 October 1978, Sharkey and Bradley signed a five-year contract with Sire Records on behalf of The Undertones. Receive today's headlines directly to your inbox every morning and evening, with our free daily newsletter. Politics Features, By We tuck them into bed at night and read them a bedtime story. In 1985, he released his debut solo eponymous album, Feargal Sharkey, which contained ten tracks including his single hits, A Good Heart and You Little Thief. Sean Feargal Sharkey was born on 13 August 1958 in Derry (Northern Ireland) He found fame as the lead singer of the Undertones, whose singles provided some of the best punk-pop of the late 70's. Feargal and Elizabeth Sharkey have not shared any details with reference to their children. Curley said he and his wife, Margaret, were sleeping when two masked men armed with rifles and pistols burst in. 3:12 PREVIEW Ashes and Diamonds. Only 16 per cent are considered to have good ecological status. Never one to shirk difficult decisions he informed his superiors that he was just popping out for lunch; they still keenly await his return. People cried when they heard it. Comedian Paul Whitehouse and singer Feargal Sharkey voice concerns over oil in the River Test. Do check out his profile to learn more about him., In the mid1990s, Feargal moved into the music business, beginning as an A&R for Polydor Records, and afterward as the managing director of EXP. My husband is also miserable and hostile. Enter email address Ipso, A Mediahuis Website That gave me an itch. If we dont do something, well lose them in the next three or four years.. Still, Teenage Kicks, released in 1978 on Terri Hooleys Good Vibrations label, was sure proof of the impact. The single was released on Madness's label Zarjazz Records in 1984, reaching No. So I got into this thing that every five or six weeks, I would deliberately take off a long weekend and go and just do something really nice. Feargal Sharkey: Were on the agenda. In 2004, he became chairman of the 'Live Music Forum', where his job was to evaluate the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on the performance of live music. In 2019, Sharkey was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to music in the Queens Birthday Honours List. Continue with Recommended Cookies. 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And every time I scratched that itch, Id just end up with a bigger itch. I really like him., The point being, Sharkey says, when you get it down to that kind of level when youd had that cut-through to the man in the street, its game over. We are treating our rivers really, really badly. But that just made me curious. It was Jim Sharkey who had sourced the transmitter and organised the logistics for Radio Free Derry. Feargal Sharkey photographed for The New Statesman by Hanna-Katrina Jdrosz. A keen fisherman and passionate environmental campaigner, Sharkey has been busier than ever of late for reasons which we probably wont need to remind you about. When I became its chairman, it became clear that there were a number of issues involving the flow and volume of the water it was stagnating due to lack of flow. If and when I ever feel the need to work inside the tent, I know how that one works, too., The Belfast Telegraph is a member of IPSO and subscribes to its Editors' Code of Practice Im very proud of everything Ive done and desperately grateful for being allowed the opportunity to do it all.. There was a fly-fishing club and a fly-tying club at school, provided by the Christian Brothers. Replying to @Feargal_Sharkey. Something went wrong, please try again later. I know people say celebs should keep their noses out of politics, but if it wasnt for the likes of Feargal Sharkey, Marcus Rashford etc then govt malpractices would be put on the back burner. He retired ten years ago, devoting extra time to his passion for fly fishing. We little people dont get listened to. What the hell were you doing?, Hes still a powerful advocate for the music industry though. 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