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An all-Irish Teenage Kicks

March 12, 2022

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This week on Teenage Kicks, we’ll help you prep for St. Patrick’s Day with two hours of bands from the Emerald Isle. Sure – you’ll hear your U2 and Thin Lizzy, but also Hothouse Flowers, the Pogues, The Boomtown Rats, The Cranberries, Sinéad O'Connor, Enya, Glen Hansard, even Cactus World News Official and Lick the Tins. Get your green on a little early this week with an all-Irish Teenage Kicks.

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Mark Wheat with Stiff Little Fingers' founder Henry Cluney, a resident of Rochester, Minn., since 1997.
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The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr., Bono, and Adam Clayton of U2 performing at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
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Shane MacGowan of the Pogues — Irish singer Shane McGowan plays with the Pogues during a concert at London's Brixton Academy, December 18, 2007.
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