NI State Papers: Mo Mowlam planned Elton John concert months before Good Friday Agreement

British Government archives from 1997 have been released by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 

Former Northern Ireland secretary Mo Mowlam was planning an Elton John concert at Stormont months before the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, records show (Chris Jackson/PA)

Former Northern Ireland secretary Mo Mowlam planned Elton John’s Stormont concert months before the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, archived documents show.

She discussed the gig with Tony Blair amid ambitious efforts to transform the use of the Stormont Estate and make it more publicly accessible as decades of violence largely wound down.