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47 years ago today, Thin Lizzy released their fourth studio album Nightlife. It was the first LP to feature the band as a quartet, featuring Scott Gorham and...

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Statues are problematic. We throw them up for the great and the good, but they all too easily paper over the bad traits and dirty bibs from which none of us are immune. These are the very things that make the person who is being venerated in bronze, a human rather than a symbol, and if we are able to relate to them on that level, then it only makes their accomplishments all the more incredible. I thought a lot about monuments watching this documentary portrait of Dublin rock icon Phil Lynott b...

Phil Lynott film director on the surprising revelations in new documentary The rocker never hid, played down, or was shy about his love for Dublin Phil Lynott Singer of Thin Lizzy singing on stage playing guitar Want the latest breaking news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our free newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations ...

Director Emer Reynolds Starring Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Adam Clayton, John Kelly, Huey Lewis, James Hetfield, Jim Fitzpatrick, Cathleen Howard-Lynott, Sarah Lynott, Caroline Taraskevics Emer Reynolds presents a poetic and loving portrait of the Thin Lizzy hero in Phil Lynott: Songs for While Im Away but glosses over the full story Did anyone ever have a bad word to say about Phil Lynott? Well, how could anyone have a bad word to say about Phil Lynott? Seemingly the only black kid in Irelan...

A plaque commemorating the childhood home of Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott has been unveiled in Dublin. Peter Lynott was among a small group of well-wishers, including Hot Press editor Niall Stokes, local councillor Vincent Jackson and current residents Donna O’Reilly and Don Sweeney, who raised the small blue curtain at the front of the home in Leighlin Road, Crumlin, south Dublin. Also on hand was documentary film maker Emer Reynolds whose film on the rock legend’s life Songs For While ...

Updated / Friday, 18 Dec 2020 09:58 Peter Lynott at the unveiling of new plaque in honour of his nephew, Phil A Dublin City Council commemorative plaque to Phil Lynott has been unveiled at the house in Crumlin, Dublin, where the late Thin Lizzy front man where grew up. Phil’s uncle Peter Lynott, Emer Reynolds, director of upcoming Phil Lynott documentary Songs for While I’m Away, and Cllr Vincent Jackson were present at the unveiling of the plaque in his honour on his childhood home on Le...

To the world he was a rock icon, the man whose songs put Ireland on the music map before tragically succumbing to the downsides of fame. But to Peter Lynott, Philip was the nephew who was more like a brother, the mischievous but modest boy he grew up with in Dublin before watching in awe as he brought his music to the world. Peter is one of several family members and close friends who remembers the Thin Lizzy frontman in the forthcoming movie Phil Lynott: Songs For While Im Away. The poignant ...