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Once upon a time I use to be in band from Northern Ireland. We went chasing after the bright lights of ye olde London town, and all fell out after living in each others pockets for nearly 12 months.But whilst there, I met an individual called Mr T. Perry from the Windmill pub in Brixton, who not only booked the bands/acts for the Windmill, but once grew up in Northern Ireland, in a cultural backwater called Dungannon.We struck upon an idea, one evening in October 2004 to attempt to raise the profile of some of the great new bands in Northern Ireland, by having a great big fookin showcase in London and at the Windmill.From this the name, Northern Ireland:Next Generation came about and we were quite chuffed by this. Next on the plan was to attempt to get 12 bands over to London for St Patrick's weekend (March 2005). This was done and with great success. We then went for it again in October 2005 with 14 bands and once again we surprised ourselves with various media outlets in both Northern ireland and London based, and record labels attending.The next NI:NG festival is for the weekend of the 28th/30th April 2006 and we plan to bring over 14 of the best Northern Irish bands around at present. Bands who are more than ready to take on their counterparts all over these 2 islands.Have a nice day.Smitty

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I'd like to meet:

Since I've already met Eric Cantona and Norman Whiteside. Gregg Dulli would complete this Holy Trinity. So Mr Dulli it is then.

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NI:NG 2008

This year's NI:NG festival will be held at the Windmill in Brixton, south London over the weekend of 26/27th April, and will feature 9 of the best up and coming acts from northern Ireland. The line up...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:46:00 GMT

NI:NG 07: The Line up

The 16 acts chosen for the next NI:NG Festival at the Brixton Windmil to be held over the weekend of the 13th to the 15th April 2007 are: V Formation Cutaways Jedi Jane JAW... Farago Pocket Promise Sk...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:50:00 GMT

NI:NG 07. Date confirmed

We are plaesed to announce that we have set a date for the 4th NI:NG festival at the Brixton Windmill. The festival will run from: Friday 13th to Sunday 15th April 2007,and we plan to have...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:23:00 GMT

NI:NG 3, Round up.

To the 16 bands that made the journey over from various parts of Northern Ireland, we at NI:NG would like to say a big fucking thank you very much. Over all, the weekend went a little way to rasing th...
Posted by on Tue, 16 May 2006 02:21:00 GMT

NI:NG's tune of the week is

Ed Zealous: For the Fishes I'll be putting a different song up each week from one of Northern's Ireland's great new bands/acts. keep it lit.
Posted by on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:39:00 GMT

NI:NG 3. Line up confirmed

NI:NG in conjunction with the Windmill, Brixton, are pleased to announce the line up of the best new Northern Irish bands/acts for the weekend of the 28th to the 30th April 2006. The acts chosen are: ...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:56:00 GMT

NING October 2005

NORTHERN IRELAND: THE NEXT GENERATION A three-day festival of the best new bands from Northern Ireland. FRIDAY 14 - SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER 2005 The Windmill, 22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, London. WHAT? WHY...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:20:00 GMT

NING 1 March 2005 - Irish News review

The fuses have been lit Noise Annoys By David Roy London, Saturday March 19. Dirty Stevie take to the stage for the first time in seven months. It's their first ever gig outside of Northern Ireland an...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 07:46:00 GMT

NING 1 - March 2005. A review

They said it couldn't be done, but last weekend a bevy of local acts went to London to show off just what the 'Next Generation' is all about."We did it! We filled a London venue to capacity with North...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 07:44:00 GMT

NING No 1 March 2005 - A Review

Since Northern Ireland successfully re-classified Snow Patrol as a Scottish band and Sinead from Fame Academy went back to milking cows in Tyrone, the opportunity arose for the grassroots scene in the...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 07:41:00 GMT