Over four decades ago, when Mike Scott started The Waterboys, the very first song they released saluted the art of somebody else. “A Girl Named Johnny”, issued in 1983, swooned over the ...

Many suspected The Waterboys' to be about a famous figure like Prince, but Mike Scott revealed it's more about a mindset than any specific person.

However, during 30-plus years both at the helm of The Waterboys and as a solo artist, he has followed his own path just as doggedly as, say, Roger Waters or Robert Fripp. Soon enough, he ...

The Waterboys were one of the biggest bands of the 80s but almost four decades on from their commercial heyday, leader Mike Scott remains a thrilling creative livewire. Over the past few years ...

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The Waterboys in concert at Musgrave Park, Cork, last year. Picture: Eddie O'Hare Springsteen’s charisma blazes on the track like a New Jersey wildlife. Scott correctly sensed that that the blue ...

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The Waterboys line-up has never been fixed in stone, and Scott likes to claim there have been more members than any other band, upwards of 80 over their 42-year career.

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