Paul McLoone
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Paul McLoone performing on stage with The Undertones in Holmfirth, England, United Kingdom on Saturday July 14th, 2012
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Paul Martin McLoone |
| Born |
11 February 1967 Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Genres |
Punk rock Pop punk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, radio producer (formerly), voice actor and radio presenter |
| Instruments |
Vocals Acoustic guitar |
| Years active | 1985 – present (radio) 1980s/1990s – present (music) November 1999- present (The Undertones) 1980s/1990s - September 2008 (radio producer with BBC Radio Foyle, Today FM and RTE) September 2008 - present (radio presenter with Today FM) January 2015- February 2016 (radio presenter with TXFM) March 2012- March or November 2016- (M.C./Master of Ceremonies for the main awards ceremony of the Choice Music Prize) |
| Labels | Cooking Vinyl (with The Undertones) |
| Associated acts | The Undertones |
Paul Martin McLoone (born 11 February 1967) is an Irish musician, former radio producer, voice actor, voiceover artist and radio presenter best known for being the original co-creator and also co-writer of the very popular and highly successful Irish comedy sketch series, Gift Grub and who is also the lead vocalist/frontman of the Northern Irish pop-punk/new-wave band The Undertones, having permanently replaced Feargal Sharkey when the band reunited for a series of live appearances which occurred in November 1999. He hosts the weekday evening/night-time radio programme on the Irish national and independent radio station, Today FM titled "The Paul McLoone Show" which broadcasts from Dublin every Monday to Thursday from 9pm to midnight and which is well known in Ireland for focusing on less-known Irish solo singers or bands as well as bands and musicians from various countries such as America or Great Britain who are very popular in the alternate and indie rock world but who have yet to crack the mainstream line of the music industry with the show even playing songs from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as well as songs from the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
McLoone also hosted a radio program titled 'Another Side' on TXFM (formerly Phantom FM), a radio station that broadcasts to Dublin City and its surrounding areas and which is also a sister station to Today FM. The program which first began airing on Saturday January 17, 2015 and which finished airing on Saturday July 2, 2016 was dedicated to giving an in-depth profile of a single major musician or band by playing various songs associated with the band or musician's career including ones that may not have been released as a single. The show also aired for one hour at 6pm up until 7pm every Saturday evening on TXFM and was subsequently repeated every Sunday night from 10pm to 11pm with fellow radio presenter John Caddell who was also the producer for the show filling in for McLoone.
From March 2012 to March 2016, McLoone served as the main presenter or M.C.- master of ceremonies for the main awards ceremony of the Choice Music Prize, an annual awards ceremony that takes place in Dublin every year, having first started in 2005 with the Choice Music Prize being awarded to a band or musician from Ireland whose album is deemed worthy of the prize by a panel of judges composed of various people from all aspects of Irish media. McLoone was originally involved in the background running of the awards before making his debut as M.C. at the 2011 ceremony which took place in 2012, a role he held for five years before it was announced in November 2016 that the Choice Music Prize would be broadcast on RTE 2FM from 2017 onwards.
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