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<blockquote data-quote="Famous when dead" data-source="post: 1987325619" data-attributes="member: 6607">Belfast Telegraph:&quot;Live gigs worth all the Troubles: Concerts by bands like The Smiths helped unite Northern Ireland during dark days of the past, says Joe Lindsay&quot; - September 29, 2020Excerpt:&quot;Particularly during the bad times here, it lifted you and kept you going. It was a ray of hope that got you out and into town and mixing with people at a time when you might not otherwise have done. It was an escape big-time,&quot; he added.&quot;Going to my first gig to see The Smiths at the Ulster Hall when I was 13, I had never seen anything like it and it absolutely lit me up.&quot; [MEDIA=twitter]1310879027759112192[/MEDIA][URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/live-gigs-worth-all-the-troubles-concerts-by-bands-like-the-smiths-helped-unite-northern-ireland-during-dark-days-of-the-past-says-joe-lindsay-39564429.html[/URL]Regards, FWD.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Famous when dead, post: 1987325619, member: 6607"] Belfast Telegraph: "Live gigs worth all the Troubles: Concerts by bands like The Smiths helped unite Northern Ireland during dark days of the past, says Joe Lindsay" - September 29, 2020 [B][U]Excerpt:[/U][/B] [I]"Particularly during the bad times here, it lifted you and kept you going. It was a ray of hope that got you out and into town and mixing with people at a time when you might not otherwise have done. It was an escape big-time," he added. "Going to my first gig to see The Smiths at the Ulster Hall when I was 13, I had never seen anything like it and it absolutely lit me up." [/I] [MEDIA=twitter]1310879027759112192[/MEDIA] [URL unfurl="true"]https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/live-gigs-worth-all-the-troubles-concerts-by-bands-like-the-smiths-helped-unite-northern-ireland-during-dark-days-of-the-past-says-joe-lindsay-39564429.html[/URL] Regards, FWD. [/QUOTE]

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