Dave Fanning: 'If music stopped today, would I really bemoan it?'

As Dave Fanning returns with his live show in Whelans, he speaks to Noel Baker about the end of rock ‘n’ roll — and life after 2FM

Dave Fanning in Whelans. Pbotograph Moya Nolan

According to Dave Fanning, he was away the previous weekend as his old friend Joe Elliott renewed his wedding vows with his wife, Kristine. 

It’s a safe bet that Elliott, the frontman of English metallers Def Leppard, might have choked on his cake if Dave had released this pearler over dinner: “So, maybe rock has had its day...”