Dave Fanning is an Irish rock journalist, DJ, retired film critic and veteran broadcaster. Fanning currently hosts The 11th Hour on RT� Two and two radio shows: Drivetime with Dave on RT� Radio 1 and The Dave Fanning Show on RT� 2fm. He also fills in for other presenters on RT� Radio, including acting as a surrogate for Ryan Tubridy in June 2009. Likewise, John Creedon has worked as a surrogate for Fanning. Due to his much celebrated friendship with U2, Fanning has for three decades been granted the first airing of any of the band's new singles before anyone else in the world, with band members often calling Fanning to tell him what they are doing. He has presented over twenty different series for RT� Television, including Rock Sundown, 2TV, Jobsuss, Visual Eyes, The Arts Show, documentaries on Cambodia and Ethiopia, Number One, a pop quiz which ran for six years, and The Movie Show, a movie review show which ran for ten years, and more recently The Last Broadcast. He also hosted RT�'s live television coverage of Live 8 in Hyde Park, London and Live Earth in Wembley Stadium, London. He claims to have conducted around 200 interviews with global rock stars. 

January 1st, 1955 in Republic of Ireland (Age 69)