Martin Clancy is a musician and songwriter behind several bands including The Witness Protection Programme

The Witness Protection Programme

The Witness Protection Programme are an American retro disco indie band featuring Martin Clancy.The band have enjoyed considerable chart success reaching the Top 40 in the Billboard Dance Charts with their hit and the Top 20 hit ....

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In the early 1980s Clancy formed Irish band In Tua Nua

In Tua Nua

In Tua Nua was an Irish rock group who achieved a modicum of fame and success in both Ireland and Europe throughout the late 1980s.- Biography :...

 alongside Leslie Dowdall

Leslie Dowdall

Leslie Dowdall is an Irish singer-songwriter from Howth, County Dublin. She was the singer intrad/rock group In Tua Nua in the 1980s and released several solo albums in the late 1990s to critical acclaim.-External links:* * *...

, Jack Dublin, Vinny Kilduff, Ivan O'Shea, Paul Byrne and Steve Wickham

Steve Wickham

Steve Wickham is an Irish musician described by Mike Scott as "the world's greatest rock fiddle player" and by New Musical Express as a "fiddling legend." Originally from Marino, Dublin, but calling Sligo home, Wickham has appeared on recordings by Elvis Costello, the Hothouse Flowers, Sinéad...

. After signing to U2

U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

's record label Mother in 1984 and producing several hits including a cover of Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success....

's "Somebody to Love

Somebody to Love (Jefferson Airplane song)

"Somebody to Love" is a rock song that was written by Darby Slick and originally recorded by 1960s folk rock band The Great Society and later by the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane...

 In Tua Nua officially disbanded in 1990.

Clancy embarked on a series of musical projects including acting as manager and producer of Jack Lukeman

Jack Lukeman

Jack Lukeman , usually simply known as Jack L, is an Irish songwriter, musician, record producer, vocal artist and broadcaster known to perform in English, Irish, French, German, Czechoslovakian and Maori....

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Clancy is Artist in Residence

Artist in residence

Artist-in-residence programs and other residency opportunities allow visiting artists to stay and work so that they may apply singular focus to their art practice....

 for the Seaport Music Festival

Seaport Music Festival

Seaport Music Festival is an international indie-oriented music festival staged on Pier 17 at The Seaport in lower Manhattan during the summer...

 and with Steve Dima, Clancy established Seaport Music Records

Seaport Music Festival

Seaport Music Festival is an international indie-oriented music festival staged on Pier 17 at The Seaport in lower Manhattan during the summer...

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