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PUNK’S MOST enduring icon, Johnny Rotten, aka John Lydon, is second-generation Irish, his father having come from Tuam.

PUNK’S MOST enduring icon, Johnny Rotten, aka John Lydon, is second-generation Irish, his father having come from Tuam.

St Jarlath’s Credit Union in association with Western Alzheimers will host the launch of The Folk Footballers new CD single today, Friday August 2. The Folk Footballers are made up of Leo Moran from the Saw Doctors and his former bandmate Padraig Stevens, the song “All Credit (You Said It)” is described as a witty feel good song. The CD also features an extra special bonus track featuring one of Tuam’s finest singers, Ann Kirrane. “Stranger than a Stranger” also written by Padraig Stevens which is based on the theme of Alzheimer’s disease and captures the challenges of the illness in a very special way.

‘Washing of the Waters’ is a new radio documentary which celebrates the rural river community of Golden Island, east of Athlone on St Patrick’s Day, Saturday March 17 at 7pm on Shannonside FM.

The Shrule and District Vintage Club has announced its third annual rally in Castlehacket Estate, Caherlistrane, Belclare, Tuam. The use of this exquisite estate has been graciously provided, free of charge, by Donagh and Phillip for the third year running. Funds raised on the day will go to Ability West’s services in Tuam and the Cranmore Centre in Ballinrobe.

IS TUAM the west of Ireland’s most consistently creative town musically? It’s hard to argue otherwise and the latest talent to emerge from there, The Ralphs, launch their debut EP 21st Century Window, tonight.

The Shrule and District Vintage Club will be holding their second annual rally in Castlehacket Estate, Caherlistrane, Belclare, in Tuam this Sunday, June 13.

IT IS amazing to think of the wealth of musical talent that has come out of Tuam over the past 30 years from Blaze X, to The Saw Doctors, to The Ralphs.

ARTY MCGLYNN, Jim Rooney, John Faulkner, and friends, will take to the stage of the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday November 18 at 8pm for a special charity concert.

Dublin band Identity Parade, managed by former Saw Doctor John ‘Turps’ Burke, will release a new single to help fund a new project run by the Galway Rape Crisis Centre.