"One of the best rockumentaries ever produced” - Liam Fay, SUNDAY TIMES

"A classic rock documentary if ever there was one”- Gavin Martin, UNCUT 2002

A very special screening of the film version of 'TEENAGE KICKS- thE UNDERTONES' will take place at The Millennium Forum, Derry on Monday 22 July at 7.30pm. This will be one of the last chances to see the full version of the film on the big screen as a DVD and Video release is planned for later in the year. Members of The Undertones and the film's Production team will also be in attendance for a 'Question and Answer' session following the screening. After that, it's across to 'Badgers' for a night with several surprise DJs, playing an eclectic mix of music.

The screening is being run as a fundraiser for a local branch of the 'N.I. Leukaemia Research Fund'. Eddie and Ursula Mercer set up the branch in March following the death of their 9-year-old son Ciaran from Leukaemia. It is the first in a series of planned events. Other parents Manus and Majella Martin and Joe and Elish Ferguson, who lost their sons Anthony and Niall respectively, have also joined the branch. All the money raised is used to fund the vital research being carried out to try and find a cure for this cruel disease, which has claimed the lives of so many children in this city.

In 'TEENAGE KICKS - The Undertones' veteran BBC Radio DJ John Peel takes his first visit to Derry in the North of Ireland and discovers for himself the band that forged his favourite pop song, Teenage Kicks. Derry-based Perfect Cousin Productions produced the documentary film at the end of last year. In March the film was nominated for 'Best Arts Documentary' at The Celtic Film Festival in Brittany and has been screening at Festivals and cinemas all over Europe and the USA since it's completion.

The city that John Peel visits has changed considerably since the grim mid seventies. The film, through the use of previously unseen archive (of Derry and The Undertones), takes us back to 1975. To a time when it would have been normal, even expected, for five Derry teenagers to get together and have a riot, The Undertones got together, formed a band and created their own form of riot, bursting into a vigorous and joyous celebration of their own existence.

In an exclusive interview with Feargal Sharkey, Peel learns of Feargal's life in Derry and why he felt he had to leave his hometown. Sharkey amusingly recounts how the Casbah, although romantically named, was simply a portacabin which stood on top of a bomb crater and how as soon as fans first heard Teenage Kicks they recognized it would end up a modern classic. Very quickly, after Good Vibrations Records produced the bands' first record, British DJ John Peel was hailing the song as his 'favourite song of all time'.

Today The Undertones still play the occasional gig although without Feargal Sharkey. Local actor and singer Paul McLoone, takes his place admirably, as this film shows. The filmmakers were granted exclusive access, behind the scenes, at all the recent reunion gigs both in Ireland and England.

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'TEENAGE KICKS- thE UNDERTONES' at The Millennium Forum, Derry

@p(Monday 22 July 2002 @7.30pm)

Followed by a 'Question and Answer' session with thE UNDERTONES and the film's Production Team.

For tickets: Contact The Millennium Forum (028) 71 264455 ONLY £4.50

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