HamsandwicH on hit track ‘Ants’: ‘We knew it was good, but we didn’t know what to do with it – so it was shelved’

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HamsandwicH on hit track ‘Ants’: ‘We knew it was good, but we didn’t know what to do with it – so it was shelved’

In 2004, Kells musician Podge McNamee bumped into Bono. When he mentioned he played in a band called HamsandwicH, the U2 singer suggested they should change their name. Podge ignored his counsel. Twenty years later he, Niamh Farrell and Brian Darcy are about to release their fifth LP, The Live Album. Among those songs is Ants, from 2011.