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They're from Derry ~ Londonderry

23 acts with roots in Derry ~ Londonderry, County Derry. Bet you didn't know them all.

The Undertones on stage at Eats and Beats Festival, Newcastle, Co. Down, 2022Photo: Conall from Downpatrick · CC BY 2.0 Listen

The Undertones

Band

Derry~Londonderry

Local lore'Teenage Kicks' was John Peel's favourite song, and its words are on his gravestone.
Derry~LondonderryPunkPop
SOAK singing and playing guitar at Way Back When Festival, 2015Photo: User:JoeJoeJoe93 · CC BY-SA 3.0

SOAK

Solo

Derry~Londonderry

Local loreMercury Prize nominee while still a teenager.
Derry~LondonderryIndieFolk
Bronagh Gallagher at Ebrington Barracks, DerryPhoto: Robin Kirk · CC BY 2.0 Listen

Bronagh Gallagher

Solo

Derry~Londonderry

Now: London

Derry~LondonderrySoulSinger-Songwriter
Nadine Coyle performing with Girls Aloud at The O2, 2024Photo: georgeybuckley · CC0

Nadine Coyle

Solo

Derry~Londonderry

Now: England

Local loreWon a place in Girls Aloud on ITV's Popstars: The Rivals in 2002.
Derry~LondonderryPop
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Phil Coulter

Solo

Derry~Londonderry

Now: Ireland

Local loreWrote 'The Town I Loved So Well' about growing up in Derry.
Derry~LondonderryPopTraditional

Dana

Solo

Derry~Londonderry (Bogside)

Now: Ireland

Local loreWon Eurovision for Ireland in 1970 with 'All Kinds of Everything'.
Derry~LondonderryPop

That Petrol Emotion

Band

Derry~Londonderry

Lived in: London; indefinite hiatus

Local loreJohn O'Neill and Raymond Gorman started out DJing together at Derry's Left Bank club.
Derry~LondonderryIndiePost-PunkDanceLegacy

The Moondogs

Band

Derry~Londonderry

Now: Northern Ireland

Local loreThey had their own Ulster Television programme, Moondogs Matinee.
Derry~LondonderryPower PopPunk

Bam Bam and the Calling

Band

Derry~Londonderry

Lived in: Split; later reunion shows

Local loreEarly member Raymond Gorman left to form That Petrol Emotion.
Derry~LondonderryAlternativePost-PunkLegacy
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ROE

Solo

Derry~Londonderry

Local loreShe supported Snow Patrol on their UK arena tour.
Derry~LondonderryIndieElectronicPop

Reevah

Solo

Derry~Londonderry

Derry~LondonderryAlternativeIndieFolk

Lavengro

Band

Derry~Londonderry

Local loreThey named their debut national headline tour Straight Outta Derry.
Derry~LondonderryIndiePopRock

PORTS

Band

Derry~Londonderry

Derry~LondonderryIndieFolk

Ryan Vail

Solo

Derry~Londonderry

Local loreHis album Sea Legs with Ciaran Lavery was nominated for the NI Music Prize.
Derry~LondonderryElectronicAmbientClassical

Cherym

Band

Derry~Londonderry

Derry~LondonderryPop PunkAlternative

Fighting With Wire

Band

Derry

Derry~LondonderryAlternative RockPost-Hardcore

The Wood Burning Savages

Band

Derry

Derry~LondonderryPunkAlternative

TOUTS

Band

Derry

Derry~LondonderryPunk

The Japanese Popstars

Band

Formed in Derry

Derry~LondonderryElectronicHouse

Ruth McGinley

Solo

Derry

Derry~LondonderryClassical

Rosborough

Solo

Derry

Derry~LondonderrySinger-Songwriter

Josef Locke

Solo

Derry

Derry~LondonderryClassicalPop1917 – 1999

Or:la

Solo

Derry

Derry~LondonderryElectronic

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