People

The Hothouse Flowers are an Irish rock group that combines traditional Irish music with influences from soul, gospel and rock. Their first album, People was released in May 1988 and was the most successful debut album in Irish history. It reached the #1 slot in Ireland within a week and eventually reached #2 in the UK Albums Chart. The international success of the album received a boost when a music video for the first single, "Don't Go", was played in the interval between contestants and the scoring in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. This propelled the song to #11 in the UK Singles Chart, the highest position the band would ever achieve in this chart. Meanwhile, at home, "Feet on the Ground", the album's second single, reached #1 in the Irish singles chart. In September 1988, the band appeared on the bill at the Reading Festival. In June 1989 they played at the Glastonbury Festival, and appeared there again the following year.