The Belfast music journalist and author with 40 years of work under his belt is to release a new book called The Song Is Nearly Over: Music Stories 1985-2025.
Stuart Bailie who is known for time at the NME and has had an illustrious career in music (see below), will release a music memoir The Song Is Nearly Over: Music Stories 1985-2025 on November 6th on the Dig With It imprint, and the book will be a collection of stories and articles from 40 years of spending time with the likes of Tom Waits, Manic Street Preachers, Shane MacGowan, Oasis, Radiohead, Nina Simone, Björk, Sinéad O’Connor and Dave Grohl among the subjects Bailie had access to spend time and interview.
Stuart is crowdfunding the book on Kickstarter, which has already nearly doubled his goal.
There’s a book launch happening on the same day, as part of the Sound of Belfast Festival, as the book is released at Deer’s Head, Belfast where Stuart will be interviewed by Tim Wheeler from Ash with a live performance by Terri Hooley of Good Vibrations and Stuart and Terri are DJing after too.
ABOUT Stuart Bailie
Stuart Bailie is a music writer and author, based in Belfast. He has been a music industry professional for 40 years, writing for NME, Mojo, Uncut, Q, Vox, The Irish Times, Hot Press and Classic Rock. His books include Trouble Songs: Music and Conflict in Northern Ireland (2018), Terri Hooley: Seventy-Five Revolutions (2023), 75 Van Songs (2020) and The Ballad of the Thin Man: The Authorised Biography of Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy (1997). He wrote and narrated a BBC TV history of music from Northern Ireland, So Hard to Beat (2007). He is a co-founder the Oh Yeah Music Centre in Belfast and was its CEO from 2008-16. He edits Dig With It, a forum for music, arts and counterculture in the north.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
