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- Born: Aug 24, 1946
From Wikipedia:
Bernard Patrick Fallon (born 24 August 1946), also known as BP Fallon, is an Irish DJ, author, actor, photographer and musician. He lives in Rathfarnham, Dublin.
Life
At a young age, BP Fallon became a personality and broadcaster in Ireland, later moving on to music journalism and photography.
In the late 1960s, Fallon moved to London to pursue his journalism career. In March 1969, he scored a coup – an interview with John Lennon at the ‘bed-in’ in Amsterdam – which was published in the Melody Maker. This led to a further Lennon interview and a job at Apple Records working with publicist Derek Taylor. In 1970, he appeared on Top of the Pops miming the tambourine in John Lennon’s performance of “Instant Karma!”. In an alternate clip, Fallon was shown miming the bass guitar.
Fallon then became publicist for Thin Lizzy and T. Rex – for whom he coined the term “T.Rextasy”. He worked and toured with Led Zeppelin during the band’s heyday in the 1970s. During the punk rock years he represented Ian Dury.
Fallon returned to Irish radio in the 1980s, and in 1986 won a Jacob’s Award for his RTÉ 2fm show, The BP Fallon Orchestra.
In the early 1990s, Fallon toured with and DJ’d for U2 on their Zoo TV Tour and wrote a book/journal about his experiences called U2 Faraway So Close. […]
