Beoga

14

MENTIONS

6

EPISODES

4

PODCASTS

Oct 4, 2026

Unknown podcast

Proudy's Weekly Music News Round Up

Oct 4 · 1 Mention

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35:20

Promoter Messina Touring Group subsequently said venues scheduled to host forthcoming shows had told it they would not permit concerts featuring Macklemore, potentially jeopardizing the performances.

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35:32

The controversy widened when Ed's remaining support acts Finneas O'Connell, Lucas Graham, and Aaron Rowe withdrew from the tour, while Irish group Beoga also pulled out of appearances accompanying Ed.

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35:44

Ed subsequently returned to the stage in Philadelphia and addressed the dispute, describing the situation in Gaza as catastrophic and unjustifiable.

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35:54

He said he had attempted to find a resolution with venues and promoters and maintained removing Macklemore had not been his decision.

The Last Mixed Tape

The Last Mixed Tape

The Sound of Garvaghy Road: Music, Protest & the Drumcree Standoff

Oct 3 · 4 Mentions

Stephen WhiteHOST

1:17

Irish artists are more defiant and more socially engaged now than they have been in years.

Stephen WhiteHOST

1:22

And with the Merry Wallopers in Beoga showing up to sing songs among others, it highlights that defiance and a return to the old socialist meaning and meter of Irish folk music, giving a visual and auditory contrast between the oppressive and the expressive.

Stephen WhiteHOST

1:37

Before we get into it, I am very obviously from the south of Ireland.

Stephen WhiteHOST

1:40

I'm from Waterford, which is about south as you can get.

6 MINS LATER

Stephen WhiteHOST

7:36

Socialism is born into the very fabric of Irish music and traditional music.

Stephen WhiteHOST

7:41

It is the sound of the people.

Stephen WhiteHOST

7:42

That is the historical landscape that the Merry Wallopers and Beoga walked into when playing on the Garfahy Road.

Stephen WhiteHOST

7:48

They are stepping into a moment in time and a historical moment and giving music and voice to it.

Unknown podcast

Proudy's Daily Broadcast 02-10-2026

Oct 2 · 1 Mention

speaker_1NARRATOR

6:57

Promoter Messina Touring Group subsequently said venues scheduled to host forthcoming shows had told it they would not permit concerts featuring Macklemore, potentially jeopardizing the performances.

speaker_1NARRATOR

7:09

The controversy widened when Ed's remaining support acts Finneas O'Connell, Lucas Graham, and Aaron Roe withdrew from the tour, while Irish group Beoga also pulled out of appearances accompanying Ed.

speaker_1NARRATOR

7:21

Ed subsequently returned to the stage in Philadelphia and addressed the dispute, describing the situation in Gaza as catastrophic and unjustifiable.

speaker_1NARRATOR

7:32

He said he had attempted to find a resolution with venues and promoters and maintained removing Macklemore had not been his decision.

Morning Ireland

Morning Ireland

Orange order standoff continues

Oct 1 · 1 Mention

Conor McAuleyCORRESPONDENT

3:55

At the moment, they're not blocking the road, but the numbers do swell in the evenings as people come home from work.

Conor McAuleyCORRESPONDENT

4:00

We had, uh, traditional music last night, uh, provided by, among others, several members of the band Beoga, who recently split from Ed Sheeran over Palestine.

Conor McAuleyCORRESPONDENT

4:09

Up, up at the church on the hill, it's much quieter.

Conor McAuleyCORRESPONDENT

4:11

There's a handful of people there maintaining a quiet presence.

Members of the band Beoga joined musicians playing in support of the Garvaghy road residents

Oct 1 · 6 Mentions

Rachael EnglishHOST

0:00

Well, let's return now to the standoff at Drumcree.

Rachael EnglishHOST

0:04

Members of the band Beoga last night joined musicians playing in support of the Garvaghy Road residents.

Rachael EnglishHOST

0:11

The residents, as you know, have been blocking the road to prevent an Orange march from going ahead.

Rachael EnglishHOST

0:16

Two weeks ago, Beoga pulled out of Ed Sheeran's US tour after the rapper Macklemore said he'd been dropped from the lineup for speaking in support of Palestine.

Rachael EnglishHOST

0:26

Niamh Dunne, who's a fiddle player and singer, is a founding member of Beoga, and I asked her how come they'd ended up on the Garvaghy Road.

Niamh DunneGUEST

0:35

I live in the North of Ireland.

Niamh DunneGUEST

0:36

I live in County Antrim, and I've lived here for, for fifteen years, and I'm in a band, uh, with four men from the North of Ireland as well.

Rachael EnglishHOST

3:07

H-how have those weeks been?

Unknown podcast

Macklemore 'blown away' by response to Free Palestine tour after being dropped from Ed Sheeran gigs

Oct 1 · 1 Mention

ProudyHOST

4:06

The rapper had appeared at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on the 4th of September, where he told the audience part of his reason for joining the tour was to say "Free Palestine" in a stadium, and said he wanted people in Gaza and the West Bank to know, "We have not forgotten about them." Promoter Messina Touring Group subsequently said venues scheduled to host forthcoming shows had told it they would not permit concerts featuring Macklemore, potentially jeopardizing the performances.

ProudyHOST

4:35

The controversy widened when Ed's remaining support acts, Finneas O'Connell, Lucas Graham, and Aaron Roe, withdrew from the tour, while Irish group Beoga also pulled out of appearances accompanying Ed.

ProudyHOST

4:47

Ed subsequently returned to the stage in Philadelphia and addressed the dispute, describing the situation in Gaza as catastrophic and unjustifiable.

ProudyHOST

4:57

He said he had attempted to find a resolution with venues and promoters and maintained removing Macklemore had not been his decision.