Sen Feargal Sharkey OBE (born 13 August 1958) is a singer from Northern Ireland most widely known as the lead vocalist of pop punk band The Undertones in the 1970s and 1980s, and for solo works in the 1980s and 1990s. However, their second album, Hypnotised, released in April 1980, reached number six in the UK charts, while their third album, Positive Touch, released in 1981, peaked at 17. Entertainment stars have supported calls to stop fuel oil leaking into a protected wetland. He has declined several offers to sing with the reformed Undertones. 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. There are still some of us old enough to remember what the past looked like and I dont recommend it. To do that it the least painful way possible, for all of us. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100. 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. With crystal waters at a constant 10C and gravel beds, they host a variety of creatures such as trout, voles and kingfishers. Feargal Sharkey: Wiltshire police decided the Babyshambles frontman has the ability to 'gee up' an audience - and therefore must be stopped. As per some Absolutely. Theres a whole big thing out there called the environment lobby. Sharkey lives in north London and is now chairman of the Amwell Magna Fishery, Britains oldest angling club. 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. [21] He gave the keynote address at The Rivers Trust Autumn Conference 2018. Discover your full benefits as a Premium subscriber. Every day, he assails the privatised water companies. That was certainly a view of the Conservative Party in 2010. It is a shocking state of affairs.. Because at some point in the past, they may have bought one of my records, or something. [18], Sharkey was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to music. However, the copy they sent to John Peel, well-known BBC Radio 1 DJ, brought in good news. Replying to. Later after that, the duo was out of sight. But the next move is theirs.. The former Undertones frontman tells of his passion for the environment, why he turned away from fame and how he predicted the Irish Sea border, Feargal Sharkey (Photo by Fergus McDonald/Getty Images), The Undertones. Feargal Sharkey Parts of England could run out of water in the near future. There is not a single chalk stream that is not suffering from extensive environmental damage.. 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. Paul Whitehouse criticises handling of fuel spill. "" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. We are treating our rivers really, really badly. What book should I buy? Feargal described the volume of overflow as shocking and said that it demonstrated why the countrys water infrastructure needs a radical overhaul. If we dont do something, well lose them in the next three or four years.. And I will happily, quietly, and successfully go back into my retirement and with some pleasure leave you alone. Were simply taking all the water out of them and, believe it or not, dumping raw sewage in them on a monotonously regular basis. The former Undertones lead singer and keen fly fisherman is taking on the water companies and Environment Agency ), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feargal_Sharkey&oldid=1132100381, Punk rock musicians from Northern Ireland, Officers of the Order of the British Empire, Articles with dead external links from May 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y, Short description is different from Wikidata, BLP articles lacking sources from March 2019, Pages using infobox musical artist with associated acts, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. [10] Sharkey resigned from UK Music on 11 November 2011. 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. When we meet, Sharkey has just spent a couple of hours watching wild brown trout feasting on mayfly on a river in north London. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. BT Sport presenter Rob Hughes will host a wide range of high-profile speakers. It was during that process that I rediscovered my love of fly fishing. Raw sewage spilled into UK rivers and seas more than 400,000 times last year, according to figures from the Environment Agency. Why did he quit performing? It was all wrecking things and vandalism and I wasnt one of the boys.. Feargal Sharkey was hired as a guest vocalist for the A-side of Whats going on is not only immoral, but in my personal opinion, and according to the European Court of Justice, its illegal.. He is the only member of the Radio Authority to have been honoured in this way by the radio industry. In October, he moved to UK Music as its CEO, retiring from there on 11 November 2011. He also had a UK Top 5 hit in 1986 with "You Little Thief". This is a nice guy. All of this was an education for Feargal. VIPs talking at the event will include the Prince of Wales and Mayor of London. We are standing on the banks of the old River Lea, in Hertfordshire, at the Amwell Magna Fishery, the oldest fly-fishing club in England, where Fergal is the chairman. In 2019, Sharkey was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to music in the Queens Birthday Honours List. 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He swears plenty and his fury is unchecked. Out of that, he had to hand over 5 to his mother. The Environment Agency had known what the problem was since 2003 and how to rectify it and, quite frankly, did nothing about it, or as little as possible, until we started taking them to the High Court to get everyones attention. Starting in the early 1990s Sharkey moved into the business side of the music industry, initially as A&R for Polydor Records, and then as managing director of EXP Ltd. Dealing with the chalk streams is one thing but I didnt for one second think that 25 million people here are on the verge of running out of drinking water.. Genuinely witty, his conversation even about complex issues is animated, persuasive and captivating. Not a very big one, but a slightly bigger one than everybody else. His Twitter feed is an ever-growing list of health and safety abuses. 3. Former The Undertones frontman Feargal Sharkey is to receive a Queens birthday honour for services to music. Free registration for attendees is at www.gamefishingfestival.com and further info can be found at www.honourableirishsociety.org.uk/home, The Belfast Telegraph is a member of IPSO and subscribes to its Editors' Code of Practice The water companies have been allowed by the Environment Agency to deprive rivers of the very basic resource they need to survive - water. [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. WebFeargal Sharkey is part of the Baby boomers generation. 1985 Preview SONG TIME A Good Heart. The only subject off-limits though in a typically friendly way is his family. Do you ever wish you could just chill out? Feargal Sharkey has gone from reeling in the top 10 hits to becoming an eco warrior fighting to protect the perilous state of Britains rivers. Sharkey appeared on BBC Newcastle, interviewed by Simon Logan on the afternoon show on 7 August 2013. Simon Childs. And seemingly, the shareholders still bank the profits. That made me curious. Follow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Following on from his second album Wish in 1988, he achieved further success in 1991 with his UK Top 30 album Songs From The Mardi Gras, which produced the No. His second studio album, Wish was released in 1988. 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. Its quite easy working for record companies to get sucked into just incredible, lunatic hours. Feargal was born in Derry N. Ireland August 1958, the second youngest of seven children. 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. The mention of how his father lived until the great age of 99 prompts more good humour: I do threaten my family theres a fine tradition in the male side of the Sharkeys of everybody living until at least their mid-90s so if they think theyre going to see the back of me any day soon theyre badly mistaken.. There was no heavy-duty stuff. However, it peaked at 22 on the Swedish album chart and at 66 on Australia (Kent Music Report). Feargal Sharkey was one of the greatest music stars of the punk era in the late 70s. Since 1978, hes encountered strangers who want to talk about The Undertones or his solo work. As per some sources, it is affirmed In 2007, McKee released her own recording of the track on her album Late December. The single was released on Madness's label Zarjazz Records in 1984, reaching No. [16], In 2010 he appeared in Wired's The Wired 100, "Who are the people who shape the Wired world," at number 45. 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?. He also featured in the St Peters CBS Choir that hed joined to avoid school hurling practice. One of my earliest childhood memories is being about 10 years old in around 1968. But that just made me curious. In 1976, Feargal Sharkey began his musical career as the lead singer with the still unnamed band, The Undertones, holding gigs at various schools and scout halls. In 2008, he was awarded Honorary Doctor of Arts by the University of Hertfordshire. It was at this spot that he told me that he first discovered the plight of the nations waterways after the chalk stream had almost completely dried up, putting at risk the brown trout. VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. 2023 BBC. But there's more: discover your full benefits now. They instilled in all their children a sense that where there is a perceived injustice, do not under any circumstances sit idly by and do nothing about it. Sharkey, 60, was the lead vocalist of the Northern 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. Every single one is being slowly poisoned by sewage, he said. Comedian Paul Whitehouse said it was "unbelievable" that the pollution had not been stopped. Sibal, his mother, was the Registrar of the Fis Dhore Cholmclle, otherwise known as the Derry Fis a contest of Irish singing, dancing, verse, storytelling and drama. It was released in 1985 on Virgin Records. Feargal had the soul, the vibrato and the capacity to reach into the lonely depths of the song. [8] In October 2008, he became head of UK Music,[9] an umbrella organisation representing the collective interests of the UK's commercial music industry. 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The Derry-born singer shot to fame with the Undertones, with their legendary single Teenage Kicks a song so good John Peel played it twice in a row on Radio 1. Sharkey is best known for his 1985 solo single, A Good Heart. In early 1983, differences began to surface among the member of The Undertones. Replying to @Feargal_Sharkey. 13 August 1958 (age 64) Born In Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Feargal Sharkey (born Sean Feargal Sharkey on 13 August 1958, in Derry, Northern Ireland, UK) is a singer who first found fame as the lead vocalist of pop punk band The Undertones (1975), famous for the hit single "Teenage Kicks". Curley said he and his wife, Margaret, were sleeping when two masked men armed with rifles and pistols burst in. 15th May 1980. However, Feargal is currently doing his best work outside the established order. 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. A friend bought me a 25 book token for Christmas. His mothers name was Sibeal Sharkey. 3:12 PREVIEW Ashes and Diamonds. Feargal Sharkey is helping to preserve our rivers, Feargal with the Daily Mirror's Nada Farhoud, Amwell Magna Fishery, close to the River Lea in Ware, Hertfordshire. You basically went along thinking your band was awful.. Its now up to them how they want to resolve it. Dont take some half-arsed approach to something. 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. Enter email address Yet when he joined The Undertones in 1976, his voice was not appreciated at first. Wednesday, 18 January 2023 | 4.9C Belfast, Menu Sections. The song was Sharkey's only number one single and stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1985. Stupidly, naively, I scratched that itch. So how did you end up as an environmental campaigner? It wasnt until people remarked on it that we realised that it was a very distinctive voice. It said the fuel oil, from firms on a nearby industrial estate, was damaging an internationally-significant natural habitat. WebWritten 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 ' Id prefer not to be doing it. And do not ever be afraid to fight an injustice.. Ltd., For five years, from 1998 to 2003, Sharkey was a member of the Radio Authority. This song was allegedly about Tench's side of the relationship with McKee. We little people dont get listened to. For me, its like my career in the music industry the future is over that way and it looks quite exciting.. Meanwhile in March 1978, they recorded a demo tape and sent its copies to various record companies, only to receive rejection letters. Southern Water said it was alerted to the pollution on 15 June. Southern Water said it had installed extra bunds to contain the oil, The wildlife trust said the high levels of oil pollution were unacceptable. In December 1998, he was appointed a member of the Radio Authority, remaining in this position till December 2003. Feargal Sharkey: Clearly, for a few years rocknroll took precedent! Ipso, A Mediahuis Website 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. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. "It's unbelievable that [they] haven't got their act together enough to stop it. [5] His position as lead vocalist/frontman for the Undertones was taken by fellow Derry native Paul McLoone, who is also a radio presenter for the Irish national and independent radio station, Today FM. The company added: "A robust and regular maintenance schedule for the outfall where the surface drain with the diesel has been emerging has long been in place. His rendition of How Soft Upon the Evening Air apparently left an adjudicator in tears. Thats a very bad lesson to learn when youre 10 years old.. Also known as "boomers", are the result of the end of World War II, when birth rates across the world spiked. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. Finally in February 1977, they got their first fully-paid job, being hired by a pub called Cashback on 30 per sitting. @Feargal_Sharkey. Marina Purkiss (@MarinaPurkiss) August 22, 2022, Get the best of the days posts delivered direct to you by joining The Poke+ on Facebook, 2023 The Poke.