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ANDY WHITE - Tonight, Tuesday 22nd June An absolute coup for the R.MA! Irish songwriter Andy White was born and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He wrote his first poem when he was nine entitled 'Riots' and picked up a guitar aged 13 after hearing John Lennon singing 'Give Peace A Chance'. "Religious Persuasion', his first single, was released in 1985 and instantly entered the charts. Loudly acoustic and precociously word-filled, Andy's first solo album 'Rave on Andy White' wquiclky followed Since then Andy has recorded nine more solo albums, toured the world and won Ireland's top songwriting award. He has written with Peter Gabriel and Neil Finn, and toured with Van Morrison and Mary Black. In 1995, along with his mates Liam O Maonlai (Hothouse Flowers) and Tim Finn (Crowded House) he formed ALT, recording the album 'Altitude'. The band have toured Australia, New Zealand, Europe and North America. Andy's new self-titled solo album also includes Liam O Maonlai, togehter with Robert Malone of David Gray's band, and Nick Seymour from Crowded House. Admission to the R.M.A. gig is free.