The 2 Johnnies are out the gap
The 2 Johnnies have been broadcasting to the nation on 2FM for over 2 years with banging tunes, the Not Major News of the Day and the hugely popular Parish Quiz. In that short space of time, Drive It with The 2 Johnnies has become the station’s biggest show with over 150,000 loyal daily listeners.
However, all good things must come to an end and The 2 Johnnies will broadcast their final show on 2FM on May 31. This break from the radio comes ahead of the Tipperary duo’s busiest year yet.
Next Friday will see the release of their debut album Small Town Heroes – with 14 brand new songs this album is the story of everyone growing up in a small town. They will be performing songs such as ‘St Patrick Drove a Honda Civic’ and signing albums at record stores around the country including Dublin, Cork and Limerick.
The week after the final show, on June 8 they host their own festival at St Anne’s Park in Dublin before heading off on a world tour encompassing America and Australia. They will then be back to play Galway Sessions and an all-ages show in Limerick Gaelic Grounds. This plus the country’s No1 podcast on Spotify means this summer will be non-stop for the lads. And of course, it wouldn’t be Christmas without the annual 2 Johnnies Christmas Party!
Johnny B said: “We’ve loved our time on the show. The team are legends, our sister Aifric O’Connell, the great Aindriú de Paor, producers Caroline and Anita. Our listeners have been the funniest, maddest, soundest crowd alive. The stories they’ve come on air to tell have been outrageous. It’s made me proud to be Irish to talk with the nation every evening. The Parish Quiz has thrown up some wild characters, we’ve tried to reach every inch of the island of Ireland. That journey continues on The 2 Johnnies Podcast every week. We’ll keep the mixer going and the ball pucked out.”
Johnny Smacks added: “We came into 2FM with the idea of having a laugh on the afternoons, cheering people up and getting more mad scones on the radio from every county in Ireland telling stories and auld yarns. After two and a half years of unreal craic my jaws need a rest from all the laughing. Thank you to our unbelievable team who backed us and brought our crazy ideas to life, to our brother Aindriú de Paor, our producers/mammies Anita and Caroline and to our on-air sister Aifric O’Connell the show wouldn’t be what it is without you, thank you so much. And the biggest thank you of all is for you the listeners, the show was all about ye, so to Bob in Waterford, Geezer John, Mouse and the lads, Pip in Toronto and all our listeners thanks for laughing along with us. There are great people working in 2fm and we wish them all the success in the world. For now, we’re looking forward to our world tour and the release of our debut album and we promise we will keep ‘shutterin’ away on the podcast every Monday. Who knows we may be back on the radio someday but for now as we say on the show ‘We’re out the gap’.”