So how did you end up as an environmental campaigner? ", Sharkey, who formerly fronted punk band The Undertones, tweeted to Southern Water: "Would I be correct in thinking that you are responsible for the drainage system and in particular the interceptor which has failed and is allowing the diesel to enter the River Test?". They now want me to talk to them about s**t in rivers., A friend watched a scene in a newsagents when a customer changed his regular paper to buy The Guardian because there was a Feargal editorial inside. But today Rolling Stone UK is speaking to him in his latest incarnation Sharkey the environmentalist, hell bent on saving our rivers from wholesale pollution. They are some of the rarest habitats on Earth and about 85 per cent of them are here in southern and south-east England. It was at this spot that he told me that he first discovered the plight of the nations waterways after the chalk stream had almost completely dried up, putting at risk the brown trout. I remember the early demos, and the singing was exactly what you would hear on the first LP, but Billy [Doherty, the drummer] said it was terrible. Chinese Zodiac: Feargal Sharkey was born in the Year of the Tiger. People born under this sign are fiercely loyal and can always keep a secret. They're not afraid of the hardships in life, but they also tend to worry too much sometimes. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. Comedian Paul Whitehouse and singer Feargal Sharkey voice concerns over oil in the River Test. 8 on the Ireland Chart. We are unable to process if the duo has a daughter or not. Feargal was on a stretch of the walk with his parents, Jim and Sibal. BT Sport presenter Rob Hughes will host a wide range of high-profile speakers. Whats going on is not only immoral, but in my personal opinion, and according to the European Court of Justice, its illegal.. So I got into this thing that every five or six weeks, I would deliberately take off a long weekend and go and just do something really nice. His rendition of How Soft Upon the Evening Air apparently left an adjudicator in tears. He might be just what these unique and delicate ecosystems need. The band eventually fell apart in 1983, after which Sharkey teamed up with Vince Clarke in a one-off project called "The Assembly". Video, 00:00:35, Paul Whitehouse criticises handling of fuel spill, Maximum two drinks a week, Canada guidance advises, Jeremy Renner TV show poster edited after accident, 15 minutes to defend yourself against the death penalty, Netflix offers $385,000 for private jet attendant, Polar bear kills woman and boy in Alaska village, US porn star declared unfit for sex crimes trial, World's oldest person, Sister Andr, dies aged 118, Prankster disrupts FA Cup coverage with sex noises, Italian held in EU bribery probe agrees to tell all. I caught my first little brown trout just above the bridge at Drumahoe in the Faughan and I dearly hope Im nowhere near catching my last one just yet. Read about our approach to external linking. And how they want to fix it. 12 in the UK Albums Chart.[4]. Never one to shirk difficult decisions he informed his superiors that he was just popping out for lunch; they still keenly await his return. Raw sewage spilled into UK rivers and seas more than 400,000 times last year, according to figures from the Environment Agency. I was waving what I later worked out was an anarchist flag. Email webnews@mirror.co.uk, There is not one river in England in good ecological condition. The singer told another writer that I was slagged all the time back in secondary school. Now, bear in mind that there are only 225 chalk streams on the entire planet. Since 1978, hes encountered strangers who want to talk about The Undertones or his solo work. Sharkey is best known for his 1985 solo single, A Good Heart. Tomorrow hes one of the key speakers at The Honourable The Irish Societys biannual Festival of Game Fishing which is being held virtually and is ostensibly the reason for our interview. There are only 210 chalk streams in the world, and England is home to 85% of them. But after just spending five minutes with the pop star, it is clear that he is just as passionate and excited about his lifelong love of fly-fishing as he was when he sang his bands famous punk anthem. And as it turned out I found it incredibly stimulating and incredibly rewarding. His eponymous debut album reached No. Its a two and a half mile pristine stretch of water on the River Lea, one of the chalk streams hes on a mission to save, but keeping it in good condition has not been without a fight. Amazing. That gave me an itch. He had ambitions beyond The Undertones and by 1985 he was recording with Dave Stewart of The Eurythmics. 3. The turmoil stirred up by Brexit concerns him. After becoming less musically active in the early 1990s, he has performed various roles supporting the UK's commercial music industry, winning several awards and honours for his work in that area. @Feargal_Sharkey. Feargal Sharkey It definitely is.. you have to blame the govt for this whole sorry mess the industry is out of control & its our rivers & beaches that are picking up the tab for that profiteering pic.twitter.com/PNLka94zH7, Haggis_UK (@Haggis_UK) August 22, 2022. Sharkey appeared on BBC Newcastle, interviewed by Simon Logan on the afternoon show on 7 August 2013. Sharkey followed up the single with the Tench-written "You Little Thief". In 2008, Sharkey was appointed as the CEO of British Music Rights, replacing Emma Pike. 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He became chairman of the Amwell Magna Fishery in Hertfordshire, which owns two and half miles of chalk stream along the River Lea. In Derry, because of the location, I could get on a bus in the centre of town and go in one direction, and 20 minutes later find myself on the banks of the River Faughan, with a fairly reasonable possibility of catching the salmon. Theres a whole big thing out there called the environment lobby. Why are they all calling my dad brother? There will also be tales about the one that got away. 12 hit single "I've Got News for You". Happily, hes just as comfortable discussing a diverse range of subjects, from his music career, to the impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland and his ruminations on identity. But there's more: discover your full benefits now. This field is required I had a real tough time just cos I wasnt one of the boot boys. The Undertones have since reformed, albeit without their lead singer. He called the Environment Agency a discredited, failed organisation, who has claimed that the nations rivers are dying on its watch. Theres an old saying: There is more to fishing than catching fish., If a little bunch of people who just want to go fishing had to take the very government agencies supposed to be protecting those rivers to the High Court, what the hell else was going on out there that nobody knew about?. We are unable to process if the duo has a daughter or not. Just like James OBrien on LBC radio, making a noise outside the Establishment tent. He adds with discernible pride: I have recently been described in The Salmon and Trout magazine as a stroppy punk rocker disinclined to take no for an answer. If and when I ever feel the need to work inside the tent, I know how that one works, too., The Belfast Telegraph is a member of IPSO and subscribes to its Editors' Code of Practice Feargal Sharkey: Ive been fly fishing longer than I was ever a musician. But just in case, this sort of thing has been happening all round Englands coasts right now , Beaches in #Bexhill, #NormansBay and #Hastings remain closed after raw sewage is pumped into the sea https://t.co/l4FstkiKYC pic.twitter.com/8yywwTKgVV, BBC Radio Sussex (@BBCSussex) August 19, 2022, turns out people don't like swimming in raw sewage, who knew, Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) August 21, 2022. Were simply taking all the water out of them and, believe it or not, dumping raw sewage in them on a monotonously regular basis. There, he joined the Scout movement and by 1976 became a scout leader. Feargal Sharkey: In the south-east of England, you have the added bonus of over-abstraction being caused by water companies to provide water for public water supply, because it was the cheapest thing for the water companies to do. His father, Jim Sharkey, an electrician by profession, was an active member of the Electrical Trade Union. For me, it was always about looking forward and never looking back thats what life is all about. [26], Learn how and when to remove this template message, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, "BMR appoints Feargal Sharkey and Andy Heath", "Sharkey Warns MPs on Policing of Concert Licensing", "Feargal Sharkey stands down as chief of UK Music", "ERASURE, YAZOO + THE ASSEMBLY Live at Short Circuit Presents Mute", "University of Ulster News Release Honorary Degree for Music Innovator Feargal Sharkey", "Feargal Sharkey's mission to save our chalk streams", "Feargal Sharkey: 'The Cam is no longer a proper river', "Feargal Sharkey demands immediate action to restore rivers back to sustainable flows during The Rivers Trust Autumn Conference 2018", "Here Comes The Summer: but are our waterways safe to be enjoyed recreationally? I probably am. Sharkey, now 62, is better known today as an environmental campaigner and the energy force of those explosive early performances on stage has been transferred into strongly held opinions on protecting our natural world. "It's unbelievable that [they] haven't got their act together enough to stop it. But then wed an issue around lack of water and loss of flow. Written by Maria McKee, it peaked at No 1 on the UK Single Chart, remaining there for two weeks. [14], In 2008, Sharkey was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts, by the University of Hertfordshire in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of music. WebSen Feargal Sharkey OBE (born 13 August 1958) is a singer from Northern Ireland most widely known as the lead vocalist of pop punk band The Undertones in the 1970s and Born In: Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, siblings: Bridgin Sharkey, Diarmuid Sharkey, Jimmy Sharkey, Michael Sharkey, Patricia Sharkey, Ursula Clifford, See the events in life of Feargal Sharkey in Chronological Order, (Singer and Lead Vocalist of Punk Band The Undertones), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FergalSharkey.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FeargalSharkey2009.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feargal_Sharkey_2009_Labour_conference_photo_A.jpg. With crystal waters at a constant 10C and gravel beds, they host a variety of creatures such as trout, voles and kingfishers. 5:04 PREVIEW Ghost Train. 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