'The Arrivals' Showband, Ireland 1967

‘Newsbeat’ profiles rising stars of the showband world ‘The Arrivals’.
Bill O’Herlihy provides a profile of the Cork-based band ‘The Arrivals’ and examines how they make a living playing at venues throughout the country as they wait to hit the big time. Right now, they’re just one band among around seven hundred in Ireland.
They hope for bright lights, fame, and riches.
Each member of the band puts in fourteen hours a week in rehearsal, with performances and travel taking up another forty hours as the band travels around four thousand miles every month playing the clubs and dance halls around Ireland. Band members include Beno Haussmann on drums, Billy Curtin on a variety of wind instruments, Gordon Hanley on trumpet, organ, and sax, Tony Neenan on trumpet, Bill Ahern on bass guitar, Mick Ahern on lead guitar, and Des Lee on lead vocals. Former musician Chris St Leger is the ‘The Arrivals’ manager.
Bill O’Herlihy chats to the band about their plans and their hopes for success.
What a showband has to do is go out there and play what the people want.
This episode of ‘Newsbeat’ was broadcast on 10 October 1967. The reporter is Bill O’Herlihy.

[@ciaranmurray6623]

Featuring a very young Des Lee who survived the Miami Showband massacre just nine years later. RIP. Bill O Herlihy we still miss you all these years later.

[@liamodriscoll3739]

A FANTASTIC PERIOD TO BE YOUNG THE GREAT IRISH SHOWBAND YEARS THE TOP SHOWBANDS WERE REALLY VERY VERSATILE AND GREAT MUSICIANS SINGERS SOMETIMES PUTTING THE ORIGINAL ARTISTES TO SHAME THE LEADING POP GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTES ONLY WENT ON TOUR NOW AND THEN BUT THE SHOWBANDS WERE ON THE ROAD 6 DAYS A WEEK PROVIDING BRILLIANT ENTERTAINMENT ALL OVER IRELAND 🇮🇪 AND SOMETIMES ABROAD THANK YOU LADS ANS LASSIES OF THE GREAT IRISH SHOWBANDS FOR THE WONDERFUL GOLDEN HAPPY MEMORIES 💖

[@freespeechisneverwrong9351]

Thank you

[@markofsaltburn]

3:34 - The best pronunciation of “enthusiasm” ever. These beautiful, magical idiosyncrasies are why this is my favourite channel.

[@sentimentaloldme]

Those were the days..Bill O'Herlihy R.I.P. doing the voice over...I don't ever remember the above getting to the same status as The Royal, The Driftors, The Capitol, The Miami.."one band amongst seven hundred"...wow...

[@nersikh8500]

Someone dropped me on a wrong Generation

[@georgel74]

People weren't looking for musical perfection..

[@markofsaltburn]

Good job 😀

[@noelmaher4633]

Googling Euphonium....

[@edmundpower1250]

The Arrivals? First scene is them arriving🙄

[@markofsaltburn]

Hope you watched until the end to see The Departures.

[@ciaran5588]

The German guy said to his missus "we need to get outta here before people realise I was a top Nazi" His missus "How about Argentina? I heard Der Fuhrer & Gregory Peck went to Brazil" German Guy reads paper "Nine Olga! Look, the headline says the Irish Fuhrer signed our Fuhre's Book of Condolence. There won't be many Juden there Olga. It'll be just like home. Earland here we come!"