“If you had to kill Stewart Lee how would you do it? Stab his eyes out? Shotgun to the knees? Brain with heavy object?” Xpijonipsy, Twitter, 16/10/19, since removed

“I’ve found it hard to get this article in print. One editor explained reluctance to publish on the grounds that the newspaper’s political team had cultivated excellent insider sources and publishing my piece would invite charges of hypocrisy. There was a searing honesty of sorts to this remark. Papers and media organisations yearn for privileged access and favourable treatment. And they are prepared to pay a price to get it. This price involves becoming a subsidiary part of the government machine. It means turning their readers and viewers into dupes. This client journalism allows Downing Street to frame the story as it wants. Some allow themselves to be used as tools to smear the government’s opponents. They say goodbye to the truth. Social media has provided new ways of breaking the boundaries of decent, honest journalism. Of course political journalists have always entered into behind-the-scenes deals with politicians, but this kind of arrangement has gained a new dimension since Boris Johnson entered Downing Street with the support of a client press and media. As a former lobby correspondent (on the Evening Standard, the Sunday Express and The Spectator) I understand the need for access. The job of lobby journalists is to produce information. But there is now clear evidence that the prime minister has debauched Downing Street by using the power of his office to spread propaganda and fake news. British political journalists have got chillingly close to providing the same service to Boris Johnson that Fox News delivers for Donald Trump.” – Peter Oborne, Open Democracy, October 2019

“In contrast with (my) generation, which had spent most of its time online learning to code so that it could add crude butterfly animations to the backgrounds of its weblogs, the generation immediately following had spent most of its time online making incredibly bigoted jokes in order to laugh at the idiots who were stupid enough to think that they meant it. Except that after a while they did mean it, and then somehow at the end of it they were white supremacists. Was this always how it happened?”
Patricia Lockwood, London Review of Books, Feb 2019

“This is the Trump way. Fire, fire, fire with the blunderbuss and don’t worry if a shot or two hits an innocent bystander. Keep moving forwards – even as your opponents return fire. Never seriously consider the criticisims, just loose off more shots. It is a strategy that has benefitted Britain’s Trump tribute act, Boris Johnson. As an opinion columnist on The Telegraph , Johnson specialised in offence, from writing in 2002 that the Queen loved the Commonwealth because “it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving picaninnies” to his recent descriptions of Muslim women in burqas “looking like letterboxes”. Such comments are deliberate provocation, pushing the boundaries of what it is permissible for a senior politician to say. IN AN ATTENTION ECONOMY, THEY ARE HARD CURRENCY. Any backlash can be portrayed as “political correctness gone mad” or “liberal Stalinism”. Even having to say sorry can be taken as proof that once again, the liberal totalitarians have triumphed. It is a game in which every path leads to victory. Yes, it is divisive, but for every voter who is repulsed, the calculation is, another is attracted.”
Helen Lewis, New Statesman, 7th June 2019

“There’s a large audience for this kind of thing and comedy marketers are hip to it. A 2016 Joe Rogan special was titled, simply, Triggered. A new special from Bill Burr that offers subtle critiques of the turn against political correctness was nevertheless promoted by Netflix with a selection of clips from a rant in which Burr appears to mock the #MeToo movement, feminists, and the like. This year’s MTV Video Music Awards were hosted by 46-year-old comic Sebastian Maniscalco, whose opening monologue mocked millennials and teens. “If you feel triggered or you feel offended by anything I’m saying here or anything the musical artists are doing,” he said, “they’re providing a safe space backstage where you’ll get some stress balls and a blankie and also Lil Nas X brought his horse which will double as an emotional support animal.” Those who turned to Google afterwards wondering how an aging comedian wound up on MTV sneering at young people the network has been struggling to reach might have happened across a Forbes article listing Maniscalco, who also released a Netflix special of his own this year, as one of the top ten highest paid comedians in the world in 2018, having earned an estimated $15 million. Chappelle was third, having earned $35 million. This “mutated McCarthy era” has treated the comics on that list particularly well….. As far as comedy is concerned, “cancel culture” seems to be the name mediocrities and legends on their way to mediocrity have given their own waning relevance. They’ve set about scolding us about scolds, whining about whiners, and complaining about complaints because they would rather cling to material that was never going to stay fresh and funny forever than adapt to changing audiences, a new set of critical concerns, and a culture that might soon leave them behind. In desperation, they’ve become the tiresome cowards they accuse their critics of being—and that comics like Bruce, who built the contemporary comedy world, never were.” OSITA NWANEVU, The New Republic, Sept ‘19

1) SNOWFLAKE/TORNAD0 – LONDON

I THINK ALL 50 LONDON DATES ARE NOW SOLD OUT BUT… THERE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTARY DATES AT THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, JUNE 27TH, 28TH AND JULY 1ST, 2ND, 3RD, AND THESE WILL GO ON SALE ASAP.

I’m doing a new stand-up show for the back end of 2019 and the first half of 2020.
More national dates from Feb 2020 will be announced later in the year, I am going to do less shows than last time, but with longer runs in bigger rooms to hit the same demand.

I will film this show/these shows in the Summer of 2020 for offloading to whatever content platforms are still viable at that stage in late capitalism’s technologically-driven cultural decline.

David Johnson & John Mackay in association with Debi Allen/Curtis Brown present
STEWART LEE – SNOWFLAKE/TORNADO.

Double-bill of two new 60-ish minute sets, back to back nightly from “the world’s greatest living stand-up” (Times).

Tornado questions a shipwrecked Stew’s position in the comedy marketplace after Netflix mistakenly lists his show as “reports of sharks falling from the skies are on the rise again. Nobody on the Eastern Seaboard is safe.” What is anything? Is it this?
And Snowflake questions our worth in a collapsing society which no longer shares the liberal values we have for so long been keen to be seen to espouse, in a fairy-tale landscape of winter wonder.
Tons of fun!

SOLD OUT – CHECK DAILY FOR RETURNS at the Leicester Square Theatre here: https://leicestersquaretheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/873600232

Stewart Lee – Snowflake/Tornado.
Leicester Square Theatre, London.

October – December 2019
Tues 29th October 8.45pm – Sat Dec 14th
No Mondays, No Sundays, & not Sat Nov 30th

January 2020
Thurs 2nd Jan 8.45pm – Sat 25th Jan
No Mondays, No Sundays, & not Jan 9th
8.45 pm Stewart on stage
2 hrs + interval

Tues, Weds, Thurs £27.50
Friday & Saturday £29.50

All shows are 14+ apparently. If you are under 14 you are too immature to enjoy my swearing and farts.

In the case of sold out shows, there are often returns added, & Leicester Square maintain a waiting list, so check with the venue.

THERE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTARY DATES AT THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, JUNE 27TH, 28TH AND JULY 1ST, 2ND, 3RD, AND THESE WILL GO ON SALE ASAP.

NOVEMBER 2019

Friday 1st SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – SOLD OUT
Saturday 2nd SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – SOLD OUT

Tuesday 5th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Wednesday 6th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Thursday 7th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – SOLD OUT
Friday 8th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – SOLD OUT
Saturday 9th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – SOLD OUT

Tuesday 12th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Wednesday 13th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Thursday 14th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Friday 15th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – SOLD OUT
Saturday 16th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – SOLD OUT

Tuesday 19th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Wednesday 20th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Thursday 21st SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Friday 22nd SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – SOLD OUT
Saturday 23rd SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – SOLD OUT

Tuesday 26th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Wednesday 27th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Thursday 28th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Friday 29th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS

DECEMBER 2019

Tuesday 3rd SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Wednesday 4th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Thursday 5th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Friday 6th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – SOLD OUT
Saturday 7th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS

Tuesday 10th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Wednesday 11th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Thursday 12th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Friday 13th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Saturday 14th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS

JANUARY 2020

Thursday 2nd SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Friday 3rd SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Saturday 4th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS

Tuesday 7th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Wednesday 8th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Friday 10th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Saturday 11th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS

Tuesday 14th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Wednesday 15th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Thursday 16th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Friday 17th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Saturday 18th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS

Tuesday 21st SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Wednesday 22nd SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Thursday 23rd SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Friday 24th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS
Saturday 25th SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO – Leicester Square Theatre, London – 8.45pm – TICKETS

NB – I DID 5 MONTHS IN TOTAL AT LST OF CONTENT PROVIDER BETWEEN 2016-2018, AND THEN 4 ROYAL FEST HALLS AND THEY ALL SOLD OUT.
ONCE THESE DATES ARE DONE I AM NOT COMING BACK FOR MORE THIS TIME SO GET TICKETS IF YOU WANT THEM.

THERE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTARY DATES AT THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, JUNE 27TH, 28TH AND JULY 1ST, 2ND, 3RD, AND THESE WILL GO ON SALE ASAP.

2) SNOWFLAKE/TORNADO 2020 TOUR + VIAGOGO

Currently confirmed / onsale as follows.

NOTE: This is not the complete list. More national dates are currently being added & confirmed & will be announced soon.

Not all dates are currently on sale.
As further dates are announced / go on sale, they will be listed on the Live Dates page of the website & via this newsletter as they come in.

January 2020

Tuesday 28th January 2020 – 7.30pm – Colosseum, Watford – TICKETS

Wednesday 29th January 2020 – 7.30pm – Playhouse, Nottingham TICKETS

Thursday 30th January 2020 – 7.30pm – Playhouse, Nottingham – TICKETS

Thursday 31st January 2019 – 7.30pm – Playhouse, Nottingham – TICKETS

February 2020

Saturday 1st February 2020 – 7.30pm – Playhouse, Nottingham – TICKETS

Tuesday 4th February 2020 – 7.30pm – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool – TICKETS

Wednesday 5th February 2020 – 7.30pm – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool – TICKETS

Thursday 6th February 2020 – City Hall, Sheffield – TICKETS

Friday 7th February 2020 – City Hall, Sheffield – TICKETS

Wednesday 12th February 2020 – 8pm DeMontfort Hall, Leicester – TICKETS

Thursday 13th February 2020 – 7.30pm – New Theatre Royal, Lincoln – TICKETS

Friday 14th February 2020 – 7.30pm – New Theatre, Peterborough – TICKETS

Saturday 15th February 2020 – 7.30pm – Opera House, Buxton – TICKETS

Tuesday 18th February 2020 – 7.30pm – The Dome, Brighton – TICKETS

Wednesday 19th February 2020 – 7.30pm – The Dome, Brighton – TICKETS

Thursday 20th February 2020 – 7.30pm – The Dome, Brighton – TICKETS

Friday 21st February 2020 – 7.30pm – The Dome, Brighton – TICKETS

Monday 24th February 2020 – 7.30pm – Playhouse, Oxford – TICKETS

Tuesday 25th February 2020 – 7.30pm – Playhouse, Oxford – TICKETS

Wednesday 26th February 2020 – 7.30pm – Playhouse, Oxford – TICKETS

Thursday 27th February 2020 – 7.30pm – Playhouse, Oxford – TICKETS

Friday 28th February 2020 – 7.30pm – Playhouse, Oxford – TICKETS

Saturday 29th February 2020 – 7.30pm – Playhouse, Oxford – TICKETS

March 2020

Tuesday 3rd March 2020 – 7.45pm – Festival Theatre, Malvern – TICKETS

Wednesday 4th March 2020 – 7.30pm – St. David’s Hall, Cardiff – TICKETS

Thursday 5th March 2020 – 8pm – Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe – TICKETS

Friday 6th March 2020 – 7.30pm – Royal & Derngate, Northampton TICKETS

Monday 9th March 2020 – 8pm – Cliffs Pavillion, Southend-On-Sea – TICKETS

Tuesday 10th March 2020 – 8pm – The Hexagon, Reading – TICKETS

Wednesday 11th March 2020 – 8pm – The Hexagon, Reading – TICKETS

Thursday 12th March 2020 – 7.30pm – Symphony Hall, Birmingham – TICKETS

Friday 13th March 2020 – 7.30pm – Symphony Hall, Birmingham – TICKETS

Tuesday 17th March 2020 – 7.30pm – Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury – TICKETS

Wednesday 18th March 2020 – 8pm – De La Warr Pavillion , Bexhill On Sea – TICKETS

Thursday 19th March 2020 – 8pm – Corn Exchange, Cambridge – TICKETS

Friday 20th March 2020 – 8pm – Corn Exchange, Cambridge – TICKETS

Monday 23rd March 2020 – 7.30pm – Playhouse, Leeds – TICKETS

Tuesday 24th March 2020 – 7.30pm – Playhouse, Leeds – TICKETS

Wednesday 25th March 2020 – 7.30pm – Playhouse, Leeds – TICKETS

Thursday 26th March 2020 – 7.30pm – King’s Theatre, Glasgow – TICKETS

Friday 27th March 2020 – 7.30pm – Theatre Royal, Newcastle Upon Tyne – TICKETS

Saturday 28th March 2020 – 7.30pm – Theatre Royal, Newcastle Upon Tyne – TICKETS

April 2020

Friday 24th April 2020 – ON SALE SOON – Theatre Royal, York

Saturday 25th April 2020 – ON SALE SOON – Theatre Royal, York

Wednesday 29th April 2020 – 7.30pm – Lyric Theatre @ The Lowry, Salford Quays – TICKETS

Thursday 30th April 2020 – 7.30pm – Lyric Theatre @ The Lowry, Salford Quays – TICKETS

May 2020

Friday 1st May 2020 – 7.30pm – Lyric Theatre @ The Lowry, Salford Quays – TICKETS

Saturday 2nd May 2020 – 7.30pm – Lyric Theatre @ The Lowry, Salford Quays – TICKETS

Sunday 3rd May 2020 – ON SALE SOON – Machynlleth (Comedy Festival)

Sunday 10th May 2020 – ON SALE SOON – Rose Theatre, Kingston

Thursday 14th May 2020 – 7.30pm – Westlands, Yeovil – TICKETS

Friday 15th May 2020 – 7.30pm – Northcott Theatre, Exeter – TICKETS

Saturday 16th May 2020 – 7.30pm – Theatre Royal, Plymouth – TICKETS

Sunday 17th May 2020 – 7.30pm – Theatre Royal, Plymouth – TICKETS

Monday 18th May 2020 – 8pm – Town Hall, Cheltenham – TICKETS
Sunday 31st May 2020 – 7.30pm – Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton – TICKETS

June 2020

Saturday 27th 2020 – ON SALE SOON – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London
Sunday 28th 2020 – ON SALE SOON – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London

July 2020

Wednesday 1st 2020 – ON SALE SOON – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London
Thursday 2nd 2020 – ON SALE SOON – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London
Friday 3rd 2020 – ON SALE SOON – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London

NB VIAGOGO ETC.

Tickets have started appearing at up to 4 times face value on the ticket-bastard website Viagogo, specifically for the Sheffield shows, with doubtless more to follow.
I know which seats these are and I will come down from the stage and find anyone who has bought from Viagogo, or Stubhub, and I will throw them out personally and I will not refund them at a later date.
If you want to buy illegal tickets and have the money refunded go and see soft-hearted Rhod Gilbert, who will do this out of his own money. I will not. There is no need to cooperate with these criminals.
Tickets will be available at normal rates from the venue and I will endeavour to add on extra dates to meet any demand.

3) CONTENT PROVIDER DVD

Content Provider is out on modern d/l, available now, and as a dvd with an extra disc of an early work-in-prog show,

Here is the Amazon d/l link. DOWNLOAD LINK

This is the link for physical media version via MEDIA GARAGE via AMAZON. MEDIA GARAGE is the only legit outlet for physical media and anyone else selling it isn’t me and I don’t get the money. DVD LINK

Right now there is nothing free to view of me on Netflix or Amazon.
I’m not part of a package of multi-artists shows the Network can buy from a particular production company and I’m not prepared to give stuff away free to the platforms.

That said all 4 series of COMEDY VEHICLE are still free on the BBC i-player, and all my stand-up shows except STAND-UP COMEDIAN can now be bought to view or download for ever on AMAZON.
Also, you can buy everything from me at live shows, which is best, as both I and the taxman see a slice of the action in this honest and straightforward farmers’ market style transaction.

I will even have a card machine this time around to facilitate drunken impulse mass-purchases, at rates beyond your actual means.
I am trying to get STAND-UP COMEDIAN back in circulation but the original producers have put the original contract in storage and have warned us that it is costly to locate it.

4) King Rocker Doc

Michael Cumming (Brass Eye), James Nicholls (Fire films) and I are now 2/3rds of the way through filming and editing and are looking for donations to complete the film below, which is about Birmingham post-punk survivors The Nightingales.  We have one last bit of filming – an interview with ROBIN ASKWITH – and the the edit and costly sound and vision clearances. Everyone who donates, no matter how big or how small*, will be featured in the end credits.

*(I think this sentence, written by James from Fire, relates to the size of the donation, not the donor.)

https://www.kingrockerfilm.com/

There is now a podcast radio thing you can listen to of me and Michael talking about The Nightingales here. It is ace.

5) Sleaford Mods

Sleaford Mods are playing the Hammersmith Apollo, London on Friday 15th November 2019.

I am bottom of the bill supporting them on a line-up that also includes Viagra Boys and Horse Meat Disco (DJ Set). Then I am rushing off to Leics Sq.

You can get tickets here.

6) NEW BOOK – March Of The Lemmings

March of the Lemmings – Brexit in Print and Performance 2016-2019

Released on 5th September 2019, Faber will publish comedian Stewart Lee’s next book, March of the Lemmings, based on his newspaper columns, providing “the scathing, riotous record the Brexit era deserves”.

7) HAVE A BLEEDIN’ GUESS

How exciting for me! I have written an introduction to Paul Hanley’s brilliant informative and funny new book about my favorite album ever, The Fall’s HEX ENDUCTION HOUR.

Have A Bleedin’ Guess in available in ltd edtn hardback on Oct 23rd here
https://routepublishing.wordpress.com/2019/09/03/have-a-bleedin-guess/

8) I ARROGANTLY RECOMMEND

THE EX – Life-affirmingly inspiring Dutch anarcho-jazz/punk heroes do 3 nights at London’s Café Oto 15 – 17 November

Mouth-master PHIL MINTON and everyday-object-wrangler ADAM BOHMAN are amongst those collaborating, also at Café Oto in London, on Monday 25th November

Desert blues guitar snake-charmers Tinariwen tour the UK and EIRE – November 11th Olympia Dublin, 13th M’cr Cathedral, 14th/15th Earth London.

Experimental-folk genius, lyrical seer and acute observer of the micro and the macro, Richard Dawson – November 19th London Moth, 20th Brighton Komedia, 21st M’cr RNCM, 22nd Leeds Belgrave, 23rd Liverpool Studio Parr. His new album 2020 is a state-of-the nation address wrought from heartfelt humanity.

You should see Hawkwind’s 50th Anniversary tour, shouldn’t you? Dave Brock cannot do this forever, can he?
Nov 10th Brighton Theatre Royal, 11th York Opera, 12th Ipswich Corn, 13th Basingstoke Anvil, 15th M’cr Albert, 16th Ebinburgh Queens, 17th Glasgow Academy, 18th Cambridge Corn, 19th Bristol Anson, 20th Cardiff Tramshed, 22nd Nottingham Rock City, 23rd Brum Town Hall, 24th Coventry Empire, 25th Guildford G, 26th London Albert Hall

My alt country heroes Giant Sand haul burned Arizona ass round Europe once again with a lone UK stop off at London Under the Bridge Nov 21st, tearing apart their punked-up second album, from 1986, with appropriate disrespect.

Once seen, never-forgotten full-on troubadour-visionary-shaman David Thomas Broughton – Nov 19th M’cr Gullivers, 22nd Lancaster Hallam, 26th London Bush Hall, 27th Oxford Florence Park, 29th Leeds Hyde Park Cinema.

Indestructible rock and roll sleazemeister Tav Falco is here, from his fur-lined lair. November 21st Halifax Lantern, 23rd Glasgow Broadcast, 24th N’castle Cluny, 26th Oslo London.

Two nights with punk survivors Alternative TV at London’s Dublin Castle, 29th/30th November. Action + time = vision!

Slagheap – The female Bristol quartet that sound like The Fall’s FANTASTIC LIFE crossed with SPARE RIB have a secret launch for their ace debut album, which has cheered me up no end, somewhere in their hometown on Nov 15th. Non-info here.

The midday session of DAYLIGHT MUSIC at London’s Union chapel on Nov 30th boasts a fascinating bill including our old friend from the road the experimental pianist and flaneur Matthew Bourne, who was born inside the Avebruy Stone Circle, like a wizard.