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The listeners of Dublin’s national independent radio station Newstalk have spoken. They voted for Ireland’s greatest music artist and their verdict is … Rory Gallagher. The legendary blues hard rock guitarist topped the list and was followed by U2, Thin Lizzy, Van Morrison. Christy Moore and others.
On Thursday, August 26, 2021, the Museum Of Reading will launch a major exhibition titled “The 1971 Reading Festival: For the First Time”, where various items from Gallagher’s archive will be presented for the first time – Rory is still considered to have performed one of the greatest sets at the historic Reading Festival when it first launched 50 years ago in the summer of 1971.