Stuart Bailie
@stubailie.bsky.social
Author: Terri Hooley: 75 Revolutions (2023), Trouble Songs (2018) and 75 Van Songs (2020). Music journalist. Editor, Dig With It. Ex NME.
https://stuartbailie.bandcamp.com/
https://stuartbailie.bandcamp.com/
Hey @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social. We should be on by now…
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hey @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social. We should be on by now…
Launch day for The Song Is Nearly Over. A lovely feeling. Now in stock at @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social, Waterstones Belfast & Forestside plus No Alibis.
Also available online at Bandcamp, Ebay and Music Glue.
#thesongisnearlyover
Also available online at Bandcamp, Ebay and Music Glue.
#thesongisnearlyover
November 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Launch day for The Song Is Nearly Over. A lovely feeling. Now in stock at @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social, Waterstones Belfast & Forestside plus No Alibis.
Also available online at Bandcamp, Ebay and Music Glue.
#thesongisnearlyover
Also available online at Bandcamp, Ebay and Music Glue.
#thesongisnearlyover
Book events! The Belfast launch, Nov 6 is almost sold out. Maybe a dozen tickets left. Then Manchester and @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social, Nov 14, and Dromore, Nov. 26 with @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social Ticket links below.
More events TBA in Dundalk, Bangor and East Belfast #thesongisnearlyover
More events TBA in Dundalk, Bangor and East Belfast #thesongisnearlyover
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Book events! The Belfast launch, Nov 6 is almost sold out. Maybe a dozen tickets left. Then Manchester and @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social, Nov 14, and Dromore, Nov. 26 with @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social Ticket links below.
More events TBA in Dundalk, Bangor and East Belfast #thesongisnearlyover
More events TBA in Dundalk, Bangor and East Belfast #thesongisnearlyover
Top of the world, ma!
November 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Top of the world, ma!
Book has landed! Out Nov. 6. Online sales links in comments.
October 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Book has landed! Out Nov. 6. Online sales links in comments.
Huartan, tomorrow night. Nothing else like it. Bígí linn ✊
October 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Huartan, tomorrow night. Nothing else like it. Bígí linn ✊
Duke Special, musician and Shirley-Anne McMillan, author. Some words on why they are performing for Palestine this Saturday at Oh Yeah Music Centre, Oct 11. Please join them. Gig link in following post.
October 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Duke Special, musician and Shirley-Anne McMillan, author. Some words on why they are performing for Palestine this Saturday at Oh Yeah Music Centre, Oct 11. Please join them. Gig link in following post.
Belfast 02.10.25. Photos by Stuart Bailie
October 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Belfast 02.10.25. Photos by Stuart Bailie
Two new records, by The Divine Comedy and Anthony Toner that seem to fit with the change in season. A sense of imminent chill & things diminishing. But also the art that rallies around, finding rescue in untidy love. I've reviewed both albums for Dig With It. My review here: www.digwithit.com?p=3727
September 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Two new records, by The Divine Comedy and Anthony Toner that seem to fit with the change in season. A sense of imminent chill & things diminishing. But also the art that rallies around, finding rescue in untidy love. I've reviewed both albums for Dig With It. My review here: www.digwithit.com?p=3727
Performers for Palestine, Oh Yeah, Oct 11. Duke Special with Chip Bailey, Ciaran Lavery, Leo Miyagee, Malojian, BFrank Niamh McNally, Shirley-Anne McMillan, Joe Nawaz. Stuart Bailie. A fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestine.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/performers-for-palestine-tickets-1739386665339
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/performers-for-palestine-tickets-1739386665339
September 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Performers for Palestine, Oh Yeah, Oct 11. Duke Special with Chip Bailey, Ciaran Lavery, Leo Miyagee, Malojian, BFrank Niamh McNally, Shirley-Anne McMillan, Joe Nawaz. Stuart Bailie. A fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestine.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/performers-for-palestine-tickets-1739386665339
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/performers-for-palestine-tickets-1739386665339
Please support my book. The Song Is Nearly Over: Music Stories 1985-2025. is encounters & interviews. Tales of Nina Simone, Oasis, Björk, Patti, Manics, Sinéad, Shane, Strummer, U2, Weatherall.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/digwithit1/the-song-is-nearly-over-music-stories-1985-2025?ref=project_build
www.kickstarter.com/projects/digwithit1/the-song-is-nearly-over-music-stories-1985-2025?ref=project_build
September 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Please support my book. The Song Is Nearly Over: Music Stories 1985-2025. is encounters & interviews. Tales of Nina Simone, Oasis, Björk, Patti, Manics, Sinéad, Shane, Strummer, U2, Weatherall.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/digwithit1/the-song-is-nearly-over-music-stories-1985-2025?ref=project_build
www.kickstarter.com/projects/digwithit1/the-song-is-nearly-over-music-stories-1985-2025?ref=project_build
Belfast 21.09.25. Global Sumud Flotilla Solidarity March. Photos by Stuart Bailie
September 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Belfast 21.09.25. Global Sumud Flotilla Solidarity March. Photos by Stuart Bailie
It's been a week since Van Morrison's 80th birthday night at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast. Plenty to think about. I wrote a blog. You can read it here: www.digwithit.com?p=3702
September 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's been a week since Van Morrison's 80th birthday night at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast. Plenty to think about. I wrote a blog. You can read it here: www.digwithit.com?p=3702
Stiff Little Fingers, Sham 69 and PIL. Live at Custom House Sq, Belfast, 16.08.25. Photos by Stuart Bailie
August 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Stiff Little Fingers, Sham 69 and PIL. Live at Custom House Sq, Belfast, 16.08.25. Photos by Stuart Bailie
Belfast 15.08.25. Photos by Stuart Bailie
August 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Belfast 15.08.25. Photos by Stuart Bailie
Scenes from a counter-protest in Belfast, 09.08.25. Opposing an anti-refugee rally outside the 10 Square Hotel. Photos by Stuart Bailie
August 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Scenes from a counter-protest in Belfast, 09.08.25. Opposing an anti-refugee rally outside the 10 Square Hotel. Photos by Stuart Bailie
Protest outside Barclays Bank, Belfast, 09.08.25. With guest speaker Dr. Shahd Hammouri - Lecturer in International Law and Legal Theory. Photos by Stuart Bailie.
August 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Protest outside Barclays Bank, Belfast, 09.08.25. With guest speaker Dr. Shahd Hammouri - Lecturer in International Law and Legal Theory. Photos by Stuart Bailie.
I've written a story about Mothers Against Genocide and their new recording, 'A Mother's Heart'. Inspiring people, @mothersagainstg.bsky.social. Read here: www.digwithit.com?p=3679
August 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I've written a story about Mothers Against Genocide and their new recording, 'A Mother's Heart'. Inspiring people, @mothersagainstg.bsky.social. Read here: www.digwithit.com?p=3679
Wonderful times at BelfastTradfest. Loads of musical visitors & learners. Big events in public spaces & cool happenings within swinging doors. Props to Iarla Ó Lionáird, Moxie, Kinnaris Quintet, Tempest, harp & pipe specials, sean nós dancing, rapid tunes & energy. Thanks Dónal, Patricia & team.
August 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Wonderful times at BelfastTradfest. Loads of musical visitors & learners. Big events in public spaces & cool happenings within swinging doors. Props to Iarla Ó Lionáird, Moxie, Kinnaris Quintet, Tempest, harp & pipe specials, sean nós dancing, rapid tunes & energy. Thanks Dónal, Patricia & team.
Belfast 25.07.25. Photos by Stuart Bailie
July 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Belfast 25.07.25. Photos by Stuart Bailie
The first Van Morrison bus tour, May 3, 2003. On Hyndford St with Terri Hooley, Rainbow George, Billy Bragg and guitarist/tour manager Wiggy. Far right is Marty Neill. This was a co-production with myself and the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival - a fund-raiser for the Ulster Cancer Foundation.
July 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The first Van Morrison bus tour, May 3, 2003. On Hyndford St with Terri Hooley, Rainbow George, Billy Bragg and guitarist/tour manager Wiggy. Far right is Marty Neill. This was a co-production with myself and the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival - a fund-raiser for the Ulster Cancer Foundation.