Horslips: Heard The One About Irish Band And The Green Beer?
Andy Gill, NME, 13 May 1978
No? Read on then, bro'. This is a story of amazing weirdness. You obviously haven't heard about the green underwear either. Or the green Chicago river. Or...Well, let's just join Irish rockers HORSLIPS on their recent States tour and witness the patriotic fervour of those Americans whose ancestors hailed from the Old Sod. Like, Green Thoughts From Abroad. (If you can't handle it, don't worry – Horslips couldn't either).
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