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By Robbie Meredith
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image captionAndy Cairns, seen here playing with Therapy? at Belfast s Limelight in 2015, has been playing guitar since he was 13 I can t book you, your hair s too short.
Therapy? guitarist Andy Cairns has come a long way since being turned down for gigs in Belfast for lacking long heavy-metal hair.
Now he is sharing that journey, along with some of Northern Ireland s other great guitarists, in Guitar Heroes, a series of events run by the Linen Hall Library and the Making the Future programme.
Stiff Little Fingers Jake Burns, Eric Bell of Thin Lizzy and Ricky Warwick of the Black Star Riders are among those taking part throughout May.