Alvin Stardust break-up of the Fentones, working in music management and performing at small venues with his wife Iris Caldwell, the sister of Rory Storm. During the early 1970s, however, he acquired a new persona, Alvin Stardust, cashing in on the glam rock bandwagon. Alvin Stardust was clearly a reference to Ziggy Stardust, a David Bowie character based on the "C-list" rocker Vince Taylor. The Alvin Stardust character looked remarkably like Taylor with sideburns and black leather outfit. His new name was given to him by Peter Shelley, the co-founder (with Michael Levy) of Magnet Records. Shelley originated the persona of Alvin
Stardust fire Memorial Park. The following evening, a candlelight vigil was held in the Stardust grounds. In December 2017 RTÉ did a one-hour episode in a TV series where Charlie Bird interviewed survivors of the Stardust fire and relatives of some of the 48 people who died in the Stardust fire. In June 2018 the Truth campaign was launched, the aim was to get as many signatures as possible on post cards, to appeal to the Attorney General of Ireland to finalize the Coroners reports into the deaths of the 48 young people killed in the Fire. Stardust fire The Stardust fire