Sunday, February 16, 2025

Foster and Allen duo feature on BBC’s “Pointless”

Claire Corrigan
Legendary Westmeath musical duo, Foster and Allen starred on an Ireland-themed edition of BBC1’s Pointless, a quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible, last Saturday. The show also featured Irish stars Pauline McLynn, Henry Kelly, Vogue Williams, Clodagh McKenna, Anna Haugh and Jimmy Cricket.
The show finished with a performance by Mick and Willie of their hit 1983 hit song ‘Maggie’ which went down a storm with the audience.
The Irish musical pair are celebrating 45 years of performing together by hitting the road once more to play a collection of their biggest hits. The tour also marks the release of a special-edition recording entitled ‘Timeless Memories’ featuring 182 tracks from 10 of their most popular albums.
Mick Foster and Tony Allen formed their famous partnership in 1975, and three years later they had cut their first number one single, ‘A Bunch of Thyme,’ which remained in the Irish charts for 53 weeks.
It was not until 1982 that the song was released in the UK, but it then rapidly entered the top 20 and the pair had to fly over from a US tour to appear on Top of the Pops.
They haven’t looked back and enjoyed further chart success, including five number one hits in Australia and New Zealand, after becoming well-known for their timeless and easy-listening sound.

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