Deep Purple?? Black Sabbath?!? Oh my god!
Who's next? Cliff Richard? Rick Astley?
U2...well okay. I still like listening to Under a Blood Red Sky, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, & All That You Can’t Leave Behind from time to time. Hm, seems I still like them despite Bono's glasses.
With the long list I named only SOME of my most favourtie UK & Irish music artists. There are so many more I could name (e.g. Walker Brothers as a band and Scott Walker solo).