Punk hero John Robb: 'Fontaines DC are really on that trajectory to be huge'

John Robb is on his way to Clonakilty and other Irish venues for live interviews with music industry figures along the way 

John Robb will interview Spider Stacy of The Pogues at Clonakilty International Guitar Festival 

Hot on the sulphuric heels of his last book, 2023’s hefty tome on Goth culture, The Art of Darkness, John Robb returns with a spoken word tour inspired by his recently published collection covering his 40 years in journalism, Do You Believe in the Power of Rock & Roll?, which features a selection of interviews from his fanzine days through to his period contributing to music weeklies like NME up to his website Louder Than War.

It’s a ten-day hike around the length and breadth of Ireland, and having done similar spoken word and music tours with his long-running post punk band The Membranes, Robb is relishing the prospect of going off the beaten track.