The Wolfe Tones on their song Joe McDonnell: ‘We played it first in San Francisco at a concert to about 3,000 people. The reaction was incredible'
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'I met Mick Jagger in The Plough pub in Harrow in 1963,' says June Warfield.
'Mick who?' asks her husband and singer, Brian, pretending not to hear her.
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Irish Independent
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- Irish Independent
The Wolfe Tones on their song Joe McDonnell: ‘We played it first in San Francisco at a concert to about 3,000 people. The reaction was incredible'
Brian Warfield took just a few hours to write 'Joe McDonnell', but 'Celtic Symphony' took a year Today at 00:30 'I met Mick Jagger in The Plough pub in Harrow in 1963,' says June Warfield. 'Mick who?' asks her husband and singer, Brian, pretending not to hear her.
Irish Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Irish Daily Mirror
The Wolfe Tones say fans are emailing band begging them to reconsider retirement
The Wolfe Tones singer Brian Warfield has said they've received hundreds of emails from fans asking the band to reconsider their retirement. The band performed their last two shows last weekend at Thomond Park in Limerick after 60 years of touring. But Brian teased he doesn't think it is the end for the trio just yet and a Croke Park gig could be on the cards. He revealed: "I was talking to MCD after it and I told them about all the emails we got from people not wanting us to give up. "Tommy (Byrne) and Noel (Nagle) aren't too keen on doing another one, but I said, 'it could be Croke Park or the Aviva'. "I said it to Tommy and he said he'd come back for Croke Park. So it left the door half open. "He seemed to be enjoying it. I wasn't in the car with him going back from the stadium, but I saw the video of him waving at everybody and enjoying every minute of it and I thought, 'this fella is not giving up yet.' "We already turned down a gig in Glasgow after Liverpool and Tommy said he was happy enough and he didn't need any more money." Brian Warfield of The Wolfe Tones performs at Electric Picnic Festival 2023 at Stradbally Estate on September 03, 2023 in Stradbally, Ireland (Image:) Brian said the band received hundreds of emails from fans asking them to reconsider their retirement. He said: "It was kind of sad. All of the emails afterwards were saying 'please, please don't give up'. "Two nights sold out and the crowd couldn't have been nicer, couldn't have been more responsive than they were. "They had great passion. People were crying in ways. "A lot of people were very emotional and there were a lot of young kids saying, 'you can't give up now, we need you'. "Someone said to me that there was everyone there from teenagers right up to people who were in their 60s and 70s. "There was a great mix of people, and it just shows that the Wolfe Tones had brought every generation along as we went through our voyage across the years." Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: Sign up here.
Sunday World
12-07-2025
- Sunday World
‘They don't like the Wolfe Tones' – Brian Warfield takes swipe at RTÉ during Thomond Park gig
Thomond Park is the last stop on the band's Final Farewell tour before they retire after more than 60 years performing together. Brian Warfield of The Wolfe Tones performing at the Electric Picnic in 2023. Photo: Kieran Frost/Redferns Brian Warfield of the Wolfe Tones has taken a parting swipe at RTÉ during one of the band's farewell shows. The long-running rebel music group played the first of two nights at Limerick's Thomond Park on Friday, with the second night scheduled for Sunday. Thomond Park is the last stop on the band's Final Farewell tour before they retire after more than 60 years performing together. During Friday night's performance, lead vocalist Warfield made a statement about the national broadcaster's treatment of the Wolfe Tones. 'They don't like the Wolfe Tones, do they? You don't hear them on RTÉ,' he told the audience. Read more Coalman convicted of Slane Castle killing had €322k cash hidden under false step in his house "They don't play our music on RTÉ. We have been blacklisted since Section 31, when Conor Cruise O'Brien brought in that awful, awful legislation to blacklist the Wolfe Tones all over the place.' Warfield was referring to Section 31 of the Broadcasting Authority Act, which was introduced during the Troubles to restrict those associated with paramilitary organisations from the airwaves. Warfield has long spoken about not having their music played on the radio going back to Section 31 being introduced in 1971. "We're retiring this year, we don't give a sh*t,' Warfield said.'Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, they can blacklist us all they like now, we don't care.' He said the band are very proud they 'put up a great fight against RTÉ'. "Their blacklisting of the Wolfe Tones, we're very proud of that. And that's a fight, and that was something not just for us, but for future generations coming along, and that's the important thing.' After Warfield's statement, the band headed into a rendition of their song The Streets of New York. Friday night's Wolfe Tones concert was added as an extra date after the Sunday night show sold out. A crowd of 29,000 concert-goers is expected for the second night.
