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Since 12th August '99
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Summer in Ireland means one thing to me now--that its time for the Beat On the Street!!!!! This year I made the journey to Limerick to check out some of Ireland's hottest up and coming stars along with Ireland's coolest Dj's!!! Read all about it, HERE....... The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the atmosphere was mounting!!!! The 2fm-Kit Kat Beat On The Street had arrived Limerick for the first time in 5 years- and 15,000 people had come to the Taits Clock to see it all happening!!! Just after 8 o'clock, Dusty Rhodes hit the stage to introduce the Brilliant (as ever) Digges Lane Dancers. After some Venga Boys and other top pop tunes, it was time for Shane O Donoghue to show his face!!!! Shane introduced a variety of Summer songs, including one of my current faves-- "Mambo Number 5" !! Dusty joined him on stage again towards the end of his set--and announced that Shane was very shy... (I beg to differ) but that he was also a fantastic singer (that's for sure!) Shane was coaxed into singing a verse or 2 from a traditional Limerick Song-- " Limerick you're a lady"-- proving that his voice has a number of talents!!!! It wasn't long before Area 4 were introduced on stage!!! These guys are seriously talented, so watch out for them in the future!!! They sang 3 songs, including a cover of a song by the Kinks, and also their new single "Scream" !! The crowd went wild!!!! The lads introduced themselves--and it was hard to hear them above the screaming girls in the front row!! This was followed by another set of songs, such as Will Smiths "Wild Wild West" introduced by various Dj's --including Damien Mc Caul who took a phone call live on stage from Dustin the Turkey!! As the daylight was dimming, the crowd increased as night time revellers decided to check out what was going on. Reel were the next band to hit the stage. They are a new traditional boy band, who sang 3 songs. (Among them, the typical Boy band favourite--what else but the old Monkee's classic --"Daydream Believer!!!") They were really good and went down well with the crowd who all sang along with the songs!!! More Dj's took to the stage with a number of songs currently topping the charts-- Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" went down a storm!! The funniest thing to happen, what Dusty called "the Cock up of the 1999 Beat On the Stret tour" was when DJ Michael Cahill just avoided falling off the stage-- but nearly fell through it instead!!! Will Leahy (a Limerick Man) and Ruth Scott came on stage-- with their " We hate Steps" " We love Steps" row!! Will is one of those Dj's who refused to play Steps, even during his Top 10 Countdown, and they were Number ONE!!! Ruth , on the other hand had been speaking to fans, who had wanted to hear Steps on the beat!!! Each tried to get the crowd on their side --And the " We love Steps" fans won!!! we were treated to "5,6,7,8" , "Tragedy", and "Love's Got A hold of my Heart" much to the "delight" of Will !!!!!! Lorcan Murray, an ex-2fm Dj' from Limerick who has done the most Beat On The Street tours, came down to say HELLO to the excited crowd for the last time, since the Beat was in his home town!!! Meanwhile, Backstage, I was interviewing REEL, who proved to be every bit a nice as they seem!!!!! Read that interview, here!!! At 10.30, "Four Front" took to the stage to headline the Limerick Beat On the Street. Four Front are a cool new rap band, whose single " Get Together" will be in the shops in the next couple of weeks!!! ( To celebrate this, IRISH POP ONLINE has an exclusive competition, where you can win an EXCLUSIVE SIGNED Four Front C.d!!!!! We have 3 to give away !! Click here for the details!!!!!!!!) Four Front went down brilliantly with the crowd. (Read an interview with them, taken the morning after right here) A couple of party mad songs later, and it was time for some magic!! Ian and Roly from Area 4 came back out with Dusty Rhodes and helped him in a disappearing act, with the aid of a giant 2fm Curtain!!!! Sadly, it was then nearly time to go home, and backstage all the bands, singers, dancers, and dj's were preparing to go on stage for the final goodbye...until Tralee and Dublin, that is!!!!! If YOU want to party from 8 till late to the hottest new sounds, best dancers, and stars, all wrapped arouund by the coolest Dj's, the Beat On the Street, is for you!!! If you can make it to Tralee on August 21st, or Dublin on August 29th, then please take my advice, and check it out!!!
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