Tom Dunne: How I deal with that dreaded question about my band not making it
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“Why did your band not make it?” One of my favourite questions. I love being asked it at dinner parties, in front of new people or ideally on TV or radio. If you can follow it up with a shake of the head, a nod of disbelief or both hands raised to heaven you and I might one day holiday together.
Luckily I am somewhat inured to this suffering by a long time coming to terms with it during the 1990s. I was a member of several support groups, including ‘Irish Bands that Didn’t Make It’, who used to meet up Tuesdays in the Harcourt Hotel. Nine deep at the bar on the quietest of evenings.
