Public Enemy

Good news for P.E. fans, this is nicked from Jim Carroll:

Possibly THE most politicized hip-hop act of all time, Public Enemy return to Ireland in May to perform their classic album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. People may moan that they are just another band back on tour to earn a few quid, and that may well be the case (hard to fully reject that idea when one thinks of the embarrassing appearances of Flava Flav on reality TV). But regardless of that possibility, I will certainly be going along to pay homage to a really important act in the history of hip-hop, and in black culture generally (despite the fact that I am not black). Check out the video, Fight the Power, which contains one of my favourite lyrics ever: "Elvis was a hero to most, but he never meant shit to me".