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Paul McLoone
Paul McLoone performing on stage with The Undertones in Dublin, Ireland, on 26 November 2023
Background information
Birth name
Paul Martin McLoone
Born
(1967-02-11) 11 February 1967 (age 57) Derry, Northern Ireland
Genres
Punk rock
pop punk
Occupation(s)
Musician
radio producer
voice actor
radio presenter
Instrument(s)
Vocals
acoustic guitar
Years active
1985–present
Labels
Cooking Vinyl
Member of
The Undertones
Musical artist
Paul Martin McLoone (born 11 February 1967) is an Irish musician, former radio producer, voice actor, voice-over artist and radio presenter from Derry, Northern Ireland. He is perhaps best known for being the co-creator and co-writer of the Irish comedy sketch series Gift Grub. He is also the lead vocalist/frontman of the Northern Irish pop-punk/new-wave band The Undertones,[1] permanently replacing Feargal Sharkey when the band reunited for a series of live appearances in November 1999.[2] From September 2008 to June 10, 2021, he hosted the weekday evening/night-time radio programme on the Irish national and independent radio station, Today FM titled The Paul McLoone Show which broadcast from Dublin every Monday to Thursday from 10:00pm to midnight. It focused on less-known Irish solo singers or bands, as well as those from other countries who are popular in the alternative and indie rock world, but who have yet to crack the mainstream line of the music industry.[3]
McLoone also hosted a radio programme titled Another Side[4] on TXFM (formerly Phantom FM), a sister station to Today FM that broadcasts to Dublin City and its surrounding areas. The programme, which aired from 17 January 2015 to 2 July 2016, was dedicated to giving an in-depth profile of a single major musician or band by playing various songs associated with the band or the musician's career, including ones that may not have been released as singles. The show aired for one hour at 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm every Saturday on TXFM and was repeated every Sunday night from 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm with fellow radio presenter John Caddell.
From March 2012 to March 2016, McLoone served as the main presenter for the main awards ceremony of the Choice Music Prize, an annual awards ceremony in Dublin every year; it began in 2005 with the Choice Music Prize awarded to a band or musician from Ireland whose album is deemed worthy of the prize by a panel of judges composed of various people from all aspects of Irish media. McLoone was originally involved in the background running of the awards before making his debut as M.C. at the 2011 prize ceremony, a role he held for five years until the Choice Music Prize started broadcast on RTÉ 2FM from 2017 onwards.
^Live review: The Undertones, Playhouse, Whitley Bay Archived 2 February 2013 at archive.today - The Shields Gazette
^"The Undertones-Official Website". Theundertones.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^"About Us & Video Biog". todayfm. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008.
^"Another Side With Paul McLoone | TXFM". Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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