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We are shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Stephen Gately in Majorca at the too-young age of 33. Boyzone were hardly musical pioneers but in his own quiet unplanned way Stephen was a gay rights hero. BP Fallon has published two books on Boyzone: ‘Boyzone Go East!’ – detailing in BP’s words and photography the mania of the band on tour in South East Asia, the Middle East and India – and the Greatest Hits tie-in ‘Boyzone By Request’. “I did the books for the fun of it” says BP. “The guys in the band are good people and […]

The view from the panel: photography by BP Fallon Oct 3 2009 Chaired by Hot Press’ Stuart Clark, a panel of music business experts and pundits heatedly debated how music will survive in the digital age. The panel consisted of John Kennedy (CEO IFPI), Shane O’Neill (Snr VP Liberty Global), Bill Whelan (Composer, Riverdance), BP Fallon (Rock’n’Roll Vibe Man) and Jim Killock (Executive Director Open Rights Group). In the elegant surroundings of Ireland’s prestigious Royal Dublin Society, threats of imprisonment for illegal downloading jostled with more sanguine thoughts on how best to monetise the situation so that artists – including […]