Celeb obsessed? Comedian Paul Whitehouse and singer Feargal Sharkey, who are keen anglers, condemned the pollution. I possibly learned a bad lesson as a 10-year-old: do not ever be afraid of authority. In February that year, he met the members of still unnamed band, The Undertones, at a scout hall and started rehearsing with them. Sharkey was on BBC Breakfast today where he was asked about an LBC interview in which Rachel Johnson was interviewing Stanley Johnson about Boris Johnson and, well, you can read more about that here. All of this activity culminated in a successful solo career and the release of A Good Heart, a world-wide number 1. Now, bear in mind that there are only 225 chalk streams on the entire planet. But that just made me curious. Not a single lake or river recently tested in England achieved good chemical status, according to a report released last year. 5. 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. Im on record as having said it pre-Brexit and certainly after the referendum that it was going to put a border down the middle of the Irish Sea, and it was going to take enormous strength, courage and political leadership right across Northern Ireland, obviously in Belfast, but also in London and Dublin and indeed to a large extent possibly in Brussels, to ensure that Northern Ireland managed to transition through all of this disruption and to ensure that it comes out the other side of it buoyant, successful, confident and focussed on its future. 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. Sharkey is now a champion of Britains rivers, making regular appearances railing against pollution in the media and, in April 2021, in front of a committee of MPs. The water companies have been allowed by the Environment Agency to deprive rivers of the very basic resource they need to survive - water. It said the fuel oil, from firms on a nearby industrial estate, was damaging an internationally-significant natural habitat. People cried when they heard it. I used to work 80-100 hour weeks, now I think you were completely mad 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. Email webnews@mirror.co.uk, There is not one river in England in good ecological condition. Why are they all calling my dad brother? 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. Its the result of 30 years of industry and political failure Feargal Sharkey is a campaigner and This is what Sharkey had to say and its two minutes very well spent. He was appointed a member of the Radio Authority for five years from December 1998 to December 2003. Its probably quite true., The Honourable The Irish Society biannual Festival of Game Fishing takes place on Friday, March 12 from noon to 8pm. His Twitter feed is an ever-growing list of health and safety abuses. 12 in the UK Albums Chart.[4]. In 2004, Sharkey was awarded the "Scott Piering Award", by the radio industry for "recognising achievement in the promotion of music and the understanding of the music industry to their colleagues in radio". Enter email address In 2019, Sharkey was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to music in the Queens Birthday Honours List. Amazing. My husband is also miserable and hostile. Its wrong, its immoral and it shouldnt be happening. You found out that this wasnt an isolated problem? His voice is pitched high, at the back of the throat. Little is known about his personal life except that his wifes name is Elizabeth Sharkey and they have at least one son, who was born possibly in 1982. 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 single was released on Madness's label Zarjazz Records in 1984, reaching No. Whitehouse, who co-presents the BBC programme Gone Fishing, said the authorities' actions were insufficient. Whats going on is not only immoral, but in my personal opinion, and according to the European Court of Justice, its illegal.. [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. EXCLUSIVE: The Undertones frontman has gone from teenage dreams to rivers and streams in his bid to save Britain's waters from catastrophe. Raw sewage spilled into UK rivers and seas more than 400,000 times last year, according to figures from the Environment Agency. We use cookies to give you the best experience. Feargal famously sang with The Undertones and had a gleaming solo career afterwards. Storm overflows are designed to discharge diluted sewage into waterways during heavy rainfall to prevent it from backing up into homes and streets. Because at some point in the past, they may have bought one of my records, or something. Finally in February 1977, they got their first fully-paid job, being hired by a pub called Cashback on 30 per sitting. I developed an interest at school. Theyre not the Teenage Kicks that Feargal Sharkey is most associated with hopping on a bus to escape Troubles-torn Seventies Londonderry by spending a few Feargal Sharkey Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life The only subject off-limits though in a typically friendly way is his family. Dont screw around, dont waste the opportunity. He might be just what these unique and delicate ecosystems need. Wednesday, 18 January 2023 | 4.9C Belfast, Menu Sections. This field is required 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. What book should I buy? I love my son but I hate my life. In January 2008, he was appointed the Chairman of British Music Rights. Sharkey agrees that such names are august company. And as it turned out I found it incredibly stimulating and incredibly rewarding. "The site has been properly maintained and flows are not restricted by any blockages.". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. He recently visited St Ives with the family on holiday. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. They still do. WebFeargal and Elizabeth Sharkey have not shared any details with reference to their children. The band eventually fell apart in 1983, after which Sharkey teamed up with Vince Clarke in a one-off project called "The Assembly". Premium subscribers enjoy unlimited access to all articles. Feargal Sharkey has a lasting memory of the Peoples Democracy march in January 1969. Jim Sharkey had served in the Irish Army and he was Chairman of the Labour Party in Derry. It said the response from the Environment Agency and Southern Water had been "inadequate". As you got older you could head to Campsie or Strabane.. I say this with love and respect to my colleagues at the fishery, but if a bunch of ugly, cantankerous middle-aged old men like us, far too used to getting their own way in life, has to go to those kind of lengths just to get the Environmental Agency to do the right thing, then what the hell is going on? 48. 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. Sign Up. Does that get me angry? The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Twelve years later Adeles just been identified as the most successful album selling artist of all time and that all happened in the last 10 years. As legend goes, he told his boss he was nipping out for lunch and never went back. 12 on the UK and No. Welcome! 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. Entertainment stars have supported calls to stop fuel oil leaking into a protected wetland. 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. My query as to whether club members eat the trout they catch elicits a moment of what I now realise was appalled silence. The silencing of Pete Doherty. Trending videos, tweets and news from the UK's biggest humour site. Thats 72 billion worth of bill-payers money. A bunch of extraordinary, wonderfully eccentric, beautiful scientists from Exeter University, one of whom hails from Belfast, have made it their lifetimes work to study the DNA of brown trout. 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? There will also be tales about the one that got away. Feargal was born in Derry N. Ireland August 1958, the second youngest of seven children. He had ambitions beyond The Undertones and by 1985 he was recording with Dave Stewart of The Eurythmics. What of those reports of tension between Sharkey and other band members? The album peaked at No 12 on UK Album chart and 7 on Australia (Kent Music Report) chart, apart from being certified UK Gold. Discover your full benefits as a Premium subscriber. 15th May 1980. The Amwell Magna Fishery the oldest fishing club in England owns two-and-a-half miles of the River Lea in Hertfordshire. In 2007, McKee released her own recording of the track on her album Late December. I call him up on a Sunday bank holiday and I apologise for the inconvenience of this afternoon chat. Ipso, A Mediahuis Website But he reserves the right to pitch his battles where he sees fit. We little people dont get listened to. Help! Or 300 times more blue whales. In 1990, Kunkel married singer Nicolette Larson, and that same year their daughter Elsie May Larson-Kunkel was born. They are being over-extracted to supply public water by commercial companies and on many occasions they are also having raw sewage dumped into them. 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. The former rock musician Feargal Sharkey got his teenage kicks from angling and campaigning for better protection of our rivers. These precious little things are dying., There is now, he says, 10 times more coral reef than chalk streams. 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. Feargal was born in Derry N. Ireland August 1958, the second youngest of seven children. Still, Teenage Kicks, released in 1978 on Terri Hooleys Good Vibrations label, was sure proof of the impact. 31 July 2008. It peaked at No 27 on the UK Albums Chart and at 41 on the Swedish Album Chart. Being involved in the music industry surely has brought him a weighty fortune., From the year 1976 to 1991, Sharkey was an active performer, after that from 1992 to now, he is involved in the music management world., A singer from Northern Ireland has scored big hits with the band, including "teenage Kicks" and "My Perfect Cousins." Sign Up. [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. On 16 March, he had his first gig at Saint Joseph's Secondary School, where he made a blunder with the groups name. But when I started doing the executive thing, I began to develop a pattern. 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. Buy it here. Sharkey has several non-executive directorships and sits on a couple of advisory boards but two days a week are devoted to looking after the Amwell Magna Fishery and its livestock. He swears plenty and his fury is unchecked. He went on: How can we lecture other countries at Cop26 (the climate conference the UK will host in Glasgow in November)? Look, I could bore you with the science of this, he begins. 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.. Written by Maria McKee, it peaked at No 1 on the UK Single Chart, remaining there for two weeks. That gave me an itch. [10] Sharkey resigned from UK Music on 11 November 2011. Feargal Sharkey: Were on the agenda. 17. He adds with discernible pride: I have recently been described in The Salmon and Trout magazine as a stroppy punk rocker disinclined to take no for an answer. In 1984, Feargal Sharkey began his solo career, releasing his debut single, Listen to Your Father, in September. Forty years after he left the city, Feargal has not completely lost the Derry accent. And the shop owner was moved to comment: Thats Feargal Sharkey, the water warrior. Its quite easy working for record companies to get sucked into just incredible, lunatic hours. I actually dont want to be doing this. The whole experience of having to take the Environment Agency to the doors of the High Court to get an issue resolved just left me with a big question in my mind. ), 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. They now want me to talk to them about s**t in rivers., A friend watched a scene in a newsagents when a customer changed his regular paper to buy The Guardian because there was a Feargal editorial inside. In 1983 their single "Never Never" was a No. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. 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. He stated that he had not sung live for 20 years and that Vince Clarke was the only person he would have returned for.[12]. 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. I effectively retired 10 years ago and was quite looking forward to it, he admits. What a glorious, extraordinary, humbling experience that is. 23 in the UK chart. That made me curious. Feargal Sharkey was hired as a guest vocalist for the A-side of RogW. The water companies and government have actually now lost this. Do you feel like youre making any progress politically? 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. His campaigning zeal sees him fire out facts and dire warnings at breakneck speed in that still familiar Derry accent, though he claims to have modified it 40 years ago, slowing down because you realise lots of people are just nodding and smiling incredibly kindly and engagingly and respectfully but they clearly dont understand a bloody word you are saying. Amid this, Sharkey has earned a great deal of fortune to live such a lavishing life with his family., Does Feargal Sharkey Have A Daughter? He also had a UK Top 5 hit in 1986 with "You Little Thief". In the same way that Marcus Rashford and Jack Monroe have pressured Westminster about food poverty. So, no, we dont eat them. [18], Sharkey was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to music. 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 ' London is now on a list of the top 10 cities in the world most likely to run out of drinking water, along with the likes of Jakarta, Sao Paolo and Mexico City. He accepted an OBE in 2019 and there have been repeated suggestions that he might take a place in the House of Lords. Simon Childs. Also known as "boomers", are the result of the end of World War II, when birth rates across the world spiked. Weve got three decades of lack of political oversight and a complete failure of the regulators the Environment Agency and Ofwat. 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. In 1991, he released his third and last album, Songs from the Mardi Gras'. However, Feargal is currently doing his best work outside the established order. 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. Receive today's headlines directly to your inbox every morning and evening, with our free daily newsletter. Sharkey's debut single was a collaboration with Madness member Cathal Smyth titled "Listen to Your Father". These streams contain some most pristine water on the planet. In early 1983, differences began to surface among the member of The Undertones. Sharkey appeared on BBC Newcastle, interviewed by Simon Logan on the afternoon show on 7 August 2013. [26], Learn how and when to remove this template message, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, "BMR appoints Feargal Sharkey and Andy Heath", "Sharkey Warns MPs on Policing of Concert Licensing", "Feargal Sharkey stands down as chief of UK Music", "ERASURE, YAZOO + THE ASSEMBLY Live at Short Circuit Presents Mute", "University of Ulster News Release Honorary Degree for Music Innovator Feargal Sharkey", "Feargal Sharkey's mission to save our chalk streams", "Feargal Sharkey: 'The Cam is no longer a proper river', "Feargal Sharkey demands immediate action to restore rivers back to sustainable flows during The Rivers Trust Autumn Conference 2018", "Here Comes The Summer: but are our waterways safe to be enjoyed recreationally? The musical bit of my career? 1 in several countries including the UK in late 1985. His mothers name was Sibeal Sharkey. Did you keep the fishing up when you were with the Undertones? Do you ever wish you could just chill out? The Undertones have since reformed, albeit without their lead singer. But over the last two or three years, thats changed. As per some sources, it is affirmed that Feargal has a son; however, the names and other details regarding this But we used to have problems with him singing. 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. But the next move is theirs.. Continue with Recommended Cookies. 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. Sharkey is best known for his 1985 solo single, A Good Heart. [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. On 2 October 1978, Sharkey and Bradley signed a five-year contract with Sire Records on behalf of The Undertones. The singer told another writer that I was slagged all the time back in secondary school. Yet when he joined The Undertones in 1976, his voice was not appreciated at first. Premium subscribers enjoy unlimited access to all articles. However, they remained together until July in order to fulfill agreed commitments, performing several gigs across Europe, playing their last concert in County Kildare in Ireland on 17th. The most beautiful trout you catch is your very first and your very last one, he says, his voice tremulous at the wonder of it all. Former The Undertones frontman Feargal Sharkey is to receive a Queens birthday honour for services to music. Feargal Sharkey: Wiltshire police decided the Babyshambles frontman has the ability to 'gee up' an audience - and therefore must be stopped. Taken from the August/September 2022 of Rolling Stone UK. It spends anything from six months to 60 years filtering through chalk. Sharkey, 60, was the lead vocalist of the Northern There was no heavy-duty stuff. Feargal Sharkey: Ive been fly fishing longer than I was ever a musician. 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. He has declined several offers to sing with the reformed Undertones. The problem is that the government have done the classic knee-jerk, Whitehall, bureaucratic reaction and produced a process and its designed to make everyone look like theyre being busy and doing things, but all of it, quite frankly, is utterly meaningless and pointless. The bands bass player Mickey Bradley admits this. Jan 16. Or 100 times more tigers. So I might have a platform. 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. Im very happy to help them. Before the show began at Saint Joseph's, they were asked about the bands name. 3:35 PREVIEW Someone To Somebody. 23 on the UK and No. Replying to. Happily, hes just as comfortable discussing a diverse range of subjects, from his music career, to the impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland and his ruminations on identity. There was no heavy-duty stuff. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Not a very big one, but a slightly bigger one than everybody else. Its now up to them how they want to resolve it. Sharkey's solo work was significantly different from the post-punk offerings of The Undertones. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/feargal-sharkey-47388.php. [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. In 2008, Sharkey was appointed as the CEO of British Music Rights, replacing Emma Pike. John Peel helped them to record their debut LP, Teenage Kicks at Belfast on 15 June 1978. Ive a very simple rule, its not their fault what Ive done in my life, he jests. @Feargal_Sharkey. Longevity, though, may not be his only strength. Id prefer not to be doing it. Former The Undertones frontman Feargal Sharkey is to receive a Queens birthday honour for services to music. 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I clearly didnt know that this was a fine socialist tradition, going back to the birth of the socialist and labour movement of the early 1900s.. 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. 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. What the hell were you doing?, Hes still a powerful advocate for the music industry though. For me, its like my career in the music industry the future is over that way and it looks quite exciting.. If we dont do something, well lose them in the next three or four years.. 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. Enter email address You basically went along thinking your band was awful.. You go and talk to some people and everybodys trying to turn a blind eye.. It is a shocking state of affairs.. They are I had a real tough time just cos I wasnt one of the boot boys. Sharkey, who was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, joined The Undertones shortly after their formation in 1975. Feargal Sharkey Parts of England could run out of water in the near future. 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