JOHNNY ROGAN VAN MORRISON - NO SURRENDER
	Thursday May 5 | Duke of York | 8.00pm

A provocative and revelatory talk on an endlessly complicated man and his music.

Van Morrison grew up in 1950s Belfast at a time of an explosion in youth culture, a vibrant period before the descent into sectarian conflict.

Following a period of local success in Belfast clubs, and chart success with his band, Them, his great solo break came when he moved to America and recorded Astral Weeks, an album which was the start of a period of huge musical achievement and secured him the status of modern music myth.

Over five decades, Van Morrison’s music has embraced rock, folk, blues, country and jazz. Today, he remains a hugely influential artist as well as a conundrum of a man.

Johnny Rogan has been called “Pop’s most eccentric biographer, a fanatical searcher after truth. ”He is the author of books on the Byrds, Roxy Music,the Kinks, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, John Lennon and most famously, the controversial tome Morrissey & Marr – the Severed Alliance.

Tickets £4.00 available from Belfast Welcome Centre on 028 90246609

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