Couch & Konzert - CHARLIE HALLINAN -

In the organizer's words:

Charlie began his musical experiences in Dublin in the early 70's, mainly by meeting a few people he could play drums with, to the extent that he was invited to play in a couple of bands. His die was cast...
Dublin was experiencing a musical revolution in the 1970s, similar to what was going on in London at the time, and Charlie played with several bands - including The School Kids and the legendary Berlin. He also stood in for Larry Mullins and played 6 gigs with U2. It was an exciting time for Irish rock musicians.

Excerpt from Irish Rock: "The late 70s saw the height of the punk rock movement. Irish bands like Dublin's The Radiators From Space, The Boomtown Rats, Berlin, The Blades, The Vipers were right in the middle of the new genre....."
Charlie appears in several books that covered this period of Irish rock, including "Where The Streets Have Two Names" by renowned U2 photographer Patrick Brocklebank.

After splitting from Berlin in 1981, Charlie moved to London During this time, his friend Mathew Ashman from Adam and The Ants and Bow Wow Wow brought him into the studio and produced and played guitar on his first self-composed recording, "Move On".
After a break from the music business, Charlie returned in 2010 as the replacement for The Boomtown Rats (Roberts and Crowe) on their European Tour, playing across Germany and the Netherlands to appreciative audiences.
Returning to London after the tour, he began writing new material and playing solo gigs across the UK.