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Pieces Of Fate

• Stuart Bailie
• 23 Feb 08, 07:30 PM

So Terri Hooley got his dues at the last night. There was always a chance that he would turn his acceptance speech into some kind of tirade, but he kept his cool, was gracious about his Legend Award and saved his contempt for the arsonists who burnt him out of the North Street Arcade. Then Panama Kings came on and played a belter version of ΅®Teenage Kicks΅― on the Waterfront Stage.

It was an interesting night, a meeting of gastro-pubs and moshpits, BT9 and Route 66. Ruby Wax insulted most of the local celebrities and had trouble with the place names. James Nesbitt was amusing, Ronan Keating paid tribute to the late Jim Aiken and when the aftershows were finished, we headed back to Oh Yeah for the after-aftershow.

That΅―s when the details become a little vague. But I do remember an all-star version of ΅®Teenage Kicks΅―, some songs by Iain Archer and Ciaran Gribben, aka Joe Echo. Another turn, John D΅―Arcy had learnt off a bunch of Good Vibrations songs, including ΅®Self Conscious Over You΅―, which was witnessed by the original Outcasts singer, Greg Cowan. The old fella was touched.

Later, we bellowed out a version of the Them classic, ΅®Gloria΅―. Left to right in the photo is Terri Hooley, Niall Kennedy from the Panama Kings, soccer hero Gerry Armstrong, Gary Lightbody and myself. Hilarious. The head is still sore.

Stu Bailie presents The Late show on Radio Ulster, every Friday from 10pm until midnight. See his playlist here.

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