U2 Star Adam Clayton’s Irish Showband Series ‘Ballroom Blitz’ Set For International Launch
Exclusive: Rock star Adam Clayton will explore the unique phenomenon of the Irish showband in doc series Ballroom Blitz. The show, from Dublin based Sideline Productions, has been commissioned by Irish pubcaster Rte. Seasoned international exec Michael Murphy will be at MIPCOM looking to attach a distributor.
The Irish showbands entertained young audiences in Ireland during a moment of growth and prosperity in the 1960s. They were normally a seven or eight piece outfit with powerful horn sections and they interspersed waltzes, Irish music and jazz with the pop hits of the day.
There is a U.S. dimension to the story. Sixty years before U2 played Las Vegas at the Sphere in 2024, Irish showbands entertained American audiences during residencies in Vegas and packed out Irish ballrooms in New York, Boston and Chicago. Their U.S. success was managed by the mercurial Bill Fuller who ended up owning over thirty ballrooms in Ireland,...
The Irish showbands entertained young audiences in Ireland during a moment of growth and prosperity in the 1960s. They were normally a seven or eight piece outfit with powerful horn sections and they interspersed waltzes, Irish music and jazz with the pop hits of the day.
There is a U.S. dimension to the story. Sixty years before U2 played Las Vegas at the Sphere in 2024, Irish showbands entertained American audiences during residencies in Vegas and packed out Irish ballrooms in New York, Boston and Chicago. Their U.S. success was managed by the mercurial Bill Fuller who ended up owning over thirty ballrooms in Ireland,...
- 10/17/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
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