TV review: Ballroom Blitz sees U2's Adam Clayton reappraise the showbands

"Look, it takes all sorts. And the all sorts in the showbands were more interested in making a solid living than changing the world. If that meant compromise, then Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep."
Dickie Rock: "comes across focused and ruthless" in Ballroom Blitz

Dickie Rock: "comes across focused and ruthless" in Ballroom Blitz

There must be a law. 

Bob Geldof has to be included in any music documentary about Ireland, to remind us that nothing good happened here before the Boomtown Rats. 

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