In our weekly throwback feature on the Early Breakfast, we play a song at 5.55 every Thursday morning chosen by one of the Early Breakfast listeners. It's a song you might not hear every day (or ever!) on the radio and fancy hearing for a particular reason.
This morning was John in Kells' choice.
John was 13 when The Police played Leixlip Castle, along with U2, Squeeze and Q-Tips in July, 1980. Of course his mother would never have allowed him to go, so his only way there was to tell a bold faced lie. 'I'm staying in my friend's house Mam', was the excuse.
John was there, and The Police played 'So Lonely' and in John's words, 'it was magical!'.
So thanks to John in Kells and his 13 year old self, our Throwback Thursday song this morning was...
To pick a Throwback song for next week, email teresanne@todayfm.com or tweet me @TforTeresanne and to see last weeks 90s-tastic dance classic TBT, click here.
