“Spotify’s opaque algorithm rewards conformity to rigid metrics, including song length, and the prominence of chorus and hooks, and actively punishes any kind of experimentation … this method of recommendation is harmful because of the drag it will have on pop.” – John Doran of The Quietus
The tour of the current stand-up show will be finished next month.
Dates here
Friday 1st March 2024 – Royal & Derngate, Northampton – TICKETS
Saturday 2nd March 2024 – The Beacon, Bristol – TICKETS
Sunday 3rd March 2024 – Theatre Royal, Plymouth – TICKETS
Monday 4th March 2024 – Hall For Cornwall, Truro – TICKETS
Wednesday 6th March 2024 – Playhouse, Oxford – TICKETS
Thursday 7th March 2024 – Playhouse, Oxford – TICKETS
Friday 8th March 2024 – Playhouse, Oxford – TICKETS
Saturday 9th March 2024 – Storyhouse, Chester – TICKETS
Tuesday 12th March 2024 – Playhouse, Nottingham – TICKETS
Wednesday 13th March 2024 – Playhouse, Nottingham – TICKETS
Thursday 14th March 2024 – Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield – TICKETS
Friday 15th March 2024 – Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield – TICKETS
Saturday 16th March 2024 – Hippodrome, Darlington – TICKETS
Sunday 17th March 2024 – King’s Theatre, Glasgow – TICKETS
Thursday 21st March 2024 – King’s Theatre, Portsmouth – TICKETS
Friday 22nd March 2024 – Chelmsford Theatre, Chelmsford – TICKETS
Saturday 23rd March 2024 – Chelmsford Theatre, Chelmsford – TICKETS
Sunday 24th March 2024 – Theatre Royal, Norwich – TICKETS
Wednesday 27th March 2024 – Northcott Theatre, Exeter – TICKETS
Thursday 28th March 2024 – Northcott Theatre, Exeter – TICKETS
Monday 15th April 2024 – Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge – TICKETS
Tuesday 16th April 2024 – Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge – TICKETS
Thursday 18th April 2024 – St. George’s Hall, Bradford – TICKETS
Monday 22nd April 2024 – The Lowry, Salford – TICKETS
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 – The Lowry, Salford – TICKETS
Thursday 25th April 2024 – The Alban Arena, St. Albans – TICKETS
King Rocker, the Nightingales rockumentary I made with Michael Cumming, is now available to stream globally.
“One of my all-time favourite rock docs” MARK KERMODE, BBC
“It’s warm, it’s funny, it’s fascinating” Radcliffe and Maconie, BBC6 Music
“The film is ace, the band is ace, Rob is a remarkable man” Marc Riley, BBC6 Music
“A beautiful and fucking hilarious and moving film” Shaun Keavney, BBC6 Music
To celebrate 3 years since the acclaimed film King Rocker premiered on Sky Arts and Robin Ince noticed that “the whole country is watching King Rocker” we will be making the film available internationally on that exact same day. From February 6th everyone, anywhere, will be able to watch. Comedian Stewart Lee and director Michael Cumming (Brass Eye, Toast Of London) investigate a missing piece of punk history. Robert Lloyd, best known for fronting cult Birmingham band’s The Prefects and The Nightingales, has survived under the radar survived under the radar for over four decades. But how, if at all, does Robert want to be remembered? The anti-rockumentary ‘King Rocker’ weaves the story of Birmingham’s undervalued underdog autodidact into that of the city’s forgotten public sculpture of King Kong, eschewing the celebrity interview and archive-raid approach for a free-associating bricolage of Indian food, bewildered chefs, vegetable gardening, prescription medicines, pop stardom and pop art. Featuring Frank Skinner, Nigel Slater, Robin Askwith, Samira Ahmed, John Peel, Gina Birch, Marc Riley, Danny Fields, John Taylor, Paul Morley, Fuzzbox, Kevin Eldon, Nish Kumar, Bridget Christie, Andrew O’Neill, Sean Walsh, Paul Putner, Steve Beresford, and more. ‘King Rocker’ is now available to pre-order. From February 6th you can stream and download globally.
Film trailer URL: https://youtu.be/Zy-ZeKkgXas
Stream URL: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/kingrockerfilm
THERE ARE ALSO LIVE SCREENINGS AND DIRECTOR’S CUT EVENTS WITH DIRECTOR MICHAEL “Toast” CUMMING HERE…
14th Mar 2024 King Rocker – Director’s Cut Screening + Live Q&A Wolverhampton, Arena Theatre TICKETS
27th Apr 2024 King Rocker – Director’s Cut Screening + Live Q&A Kendal, Brewery Cinema TICKETS
In the last few years we have lost a lot of people that were significant figures on the comedy scene when I started at the back end of the eighties, some known and many unknown, and it seems like I am at a funeral every few months now, where I see the same brave crowd putting on the same brave faces. But the loss of the comedian and musician Steve Brown, who died suddenly in February, has affected me significantly, I think because he was just someone who seemed like he would always be there, and someone who was always great at saying the right thing at the right time in a funny way.
On the Saturday night he texted me to say he wasn’t well and couldn’t come to my Bath show, the next day he was hospitalised, and it was all over in a few days. Steve’s last texts were about a vinyl copy of the second Comus album he had seen on a market stall which he was keen to give me, as he knew I would appreciate it, a strange little detail that will linger as Steve really knew his way around all different areas of music. He was a lovely man and a huge talent and will be massively missed. Your Mum will know him as Alan Partridge’s unflappable Glen Ponder but his fingerprints are all over the funniest music of the last four decades – the musical I Can’t Sing being an especial highlight – and he was also a respected, resourceful and innovative producer in the music industry proper, steering the raw talents of Rumer to stardom, for example.
Steve was also an early pioneer of the Mass Leaving Of Avalon Management Movement, that saw the company lose many of its top talents in the noughties. Steve’s tenacious and often hilarious questioning of apparent irregularities was an inspiration to a whole generation of escapees seeking better lives outside the agency, and lots of us had many great nights out laughing about the madness of the business side of comedy with Steve, who had become something of an expert on it. He could always find the funny in the most frustrating situations, a talent he shares with his gifted son the comedian Alfie Brown, while Lenny Brown, the bass player, got the musical genes.
Steve had a burning sense of right and wrong, and he and his wife Deborah hoped the Ukrainian family below could be secure in their future, and his family have set up the following Just Giving appeal for them in Steve’s memory. Please read and reflect.
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/natalia-yunna-lisa
“Deborah and Steve met Natalia and Yunna in Bath, a chance meeting after they sought refugee status in the UK. They were living in dire accommodation due to their host family mistreating them. Steve and Deb invited them to live with them in their home after only knowing them for about one hour. They stayed until they decided to go to Germany to be with their other daughter who was studying there. That daughter is now in the UK studying at Bristol University and being sponsored under the Homes for Ukranians scheme with Deborah’s sister. Natalia and Yunna now wish to come back to the UK to be together as a family, and once again time is running out with their living accommodation due to sale of their studio flat and they are now on borrowed time. Steve’s dearest wish was to enable them to lead a better life than the one they are currently living and to that end we are finding accommodation for them in London, with Deb’s brother but ultimately want them to be a able to make independent decisions for themselves and their future, and money helps. With this fund they can pay a deposit on a flat, pay for transportation, get English language lessons, and Natalia (the mother) can update her qualifications of psychology and economics and ultimately, decide where and how to live. Steve’s dearest wish was that they could be safe and cared for.”
From 1pm – 10pm In the month of my 56th birthday, and Fire records’ 40th, I introduce various combinations of Dream Syndicate, Giant Sand and Kristen Hirsch at my local live music emporium. Teenage me can’t believe it. https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/the-giant-syndicate-earth-tickets/13278203
Carol Vordeman wants us all to work together to stop the Tories, and here’s how https://stopthetories.vote
https://www.change.org/p/save-arts-humanities-and-social-sciences-subjects-at-the-university-of-kent
SIMON MUNNERY – JERUSALEM. The struggle continues for The Peter Cook of his generation. MARCH 1st London Leics Sq Theatre, 7th Bristol Comedy Box, 8th Brighton Old Market, 16th Oxford North Wal1, 17th Cambridge Junction, APRIL 3rd Swindon Arts, 10th Norwich Arts, 11th S’hampton Attic, 16th N’castle Stand, 17th E’burgh Stand, 18th Glasgow Stand, 20th Bath Rondo, 21st Colchester Arts, 25th B’ham Glee, MAY 19th Salford Lowry, 29th Leeds Brudenell, 20th York Theatre 41
JERRY SADOWITZ The struggle continues for the Jerry Sadowitz of his generation. MARCH 1st Troon Concert Hall, 2nd Stirling Albert Halls, 3rd Hamilton Town House, 5th-6th Aberdeen Tivoli, 7th Dundee Whitehall, 8th Dunfermline Alhambra, 9th Greenock Beacon, 14th Sheffield City Hall, 15th M’cr Academy, 16th Cambridge Junction, 18th Nottingham Theatre Royal, 19th-20th Leeds Wardrobe, 21st London Forum, 23rd Liverpool Academy, 26th Brighton Komedia, 27th Portsmouth New Theatre, 28th Dudley Town Hall, APRIL 3rd Exeter Corn Exchange, 4th-5th Bristol Hen & Chicken, 6th Worcester Huntingdon Hall
BOHMAN BROTHERS The struggle continues for The Mike And Bernie Winters of noise. Rare appearance from the surreal sound artists MARCH 1st Brighton Bee’s Mouth
FASCINATING AIDA 40TH ANNIVERSARY The struggle continues for the fantastic foul mouthed female Flanders and Swans of the singalonga-center-left, who are celebrating their 40th anniversary and get funnier the longer they go on. And they do go on! MARCH 1st Scarborough Spa, 2nd Chesterfield Winding Wheel, 5th Halifax Victoria, 6th New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7th Wrexham William Aston Hall, 11th Aberdeen Music Hall, 12th Perth Concert Hall, 13th – 14th Glasgow Kings, 15th Dunfermline Alhambra, 20th Bournemouth Pavilion, 21st Weston-super-mare Playhouse, 22nd Dunstable Grove, 23rd Portsmouth Kings, 26th-27th Bury St Edmunds Apex, 28th Dorking Halls https://www.fascinatingaida.co.uk/tour-dates/
BO NINGEN Japanoiseniks MARCH 1st Earth Hackney
PATRICE MOOR – THE PRESENCE OF ABSENCE Contemporary figurative surrealism St John’s College Oxford FEB 16th – MARCH 8th https://patricemoor.co.uk
MARTIN NEWELL/CLEANERS FROM VENUS Unexpected return from ‘80s English psyche-pop legend suddenly beloved by the young FEB 25th Brightlingsea Winterfest, MARCH 3rd Colchester Minories, 23rd Bristol Ritual Union Festival, 30th Leeds Belgrave, APRIL 11th London Stoke Newington St Mattias, 13th Glasgow CCA, 20th Southend Tea & Oranges
CRYPT W PROFESSOR ALICE ROBERTS Live ancient action with the Alice Bag of archaeology. MARCH 3rd London Blackheath Halls, 4th Guildford G Live, 5th C’nam Town Hall, 6th Portsmouth Guildhall, 7th N’hampton Derngate, 9th Oundle Stahl, 10th Wycombe Swan
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN The psychedelic scallies play the greatest hits of their first incarnation. March 2nd Norwich Nick Rayns LCR UEA, 3rd Brighton Dome, 5th Bournemouth Academy, 6th Bristol Beacon, 8th London Roundhouse, 10th Cardiff University, 13th Nottingham Rock City, 16th/17th M’cr Albert Hall, 19th Sheffield City Hall, 20th Glasgow Barrowlands, 22nd Leeds Academy, 23rd Newcastle City Hall, 25th/26th Liverpool Empire
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS Raucous NI punk survivors, w Sex Pistol Glen Matlock in support. March 11th Nottingham Rock City, 12th B’ham Academy, 13th Bristol Academy, 15th Newcastle City Hall, 16th/17th Glasgot Barrowlands, 21st Leeds Academy, 22nd M’cr Academy, 23rd Camden Roundhouse
ALFIE BROWN Brilliant pure stand-up MARCH 12th Sheffield Leadmill, OCT 13TH Lincoln Engine Shed, NOV 7th Nottingham Canal House
GALILEO SEVEN Light the lava lamps and loon! MARCH 15th London Camden Forge, 18th Hastings Fratcave, 25th Margate Olby’s Mod Weekender.
JOHN ROBB Spoken word tour by the James Boswell of post-punk. MARCH 22 SELBY Town Hall, 23 CHORLEY Theatre, 27 KENDAL Brewery Arts, 28 SALE Waterside, 29 HALIFAX Square Chapel APRIL 10 SHEFFIELD Leadmill, 11 POCKLINGTON Arts Centre, 12 BUXTON Pavilion Arts, 18 WORCESTER Huntingdon Hall, 19 BRISTOL Folk House, 20 SOUTHAMPTON The Attic, 21 CAMBRIDGE Junction, 22 SUDBURY Quay Theatre, 23 COLCHESTER Arts Centre, 24 NORWICH Arts Centre, 26 CHESTER Storyhouse Garret, 27 LIVERPOOL Philharmonic Music Room, 28 LEEDS The Old Woollen, MAY 01 BRIGHTON Komedia, 03 WOOLWICH Works, 04 LONDON 21 Soho, 09 EDINBURGH Voodoo Rooms
ALISON COTTON Acid-folk drone mystic MARCH 23rd Gregynog Hall Newtown, 28th Glad Cafe Glasgow, 29th March The Lubber Fiend Newcastle, 30th Bishop’s House Sheffield, 31st Rise York, APRIL 5th St Pancras Old Church London
FALLEN LEAVES The Gentlemen Adventurers of sharp-dressed mod-punk MARCH 23rd London Hope & Anchor, JUNE 8th London Dublin Castle, JULY 20th Kingston Fighting Cocks, SEPT 14th London Dublin Castle, NOV 2nd London Hope & Anchor
ALASDAIR BECKETT-KING The hilarious multi-media surrealist takes his Nevermore show to your town MARCH 27th B’ham Old Rep, 29th Glasgow Oran Mor, 30th Belfast Limelight, APRIL 2nd Colchester Arts, 5th Cambr Junction, 6th Canterbury Gulbienkin, 10th Nottingham Just The Tonic, 12th S’hampton Attic, 13th Salisbury Arts, 17th Basingstoke Anvil, 19th Leeds City Varieties, 20th L’pool Hot Water, 21st M’cr Home, 24th Bristol Redgrave, 25th Shrewsbury Walker, 27th N’castle Stand, MAY 1st Norwich Playhouse, 2nd Brighton Komedia, 3rd Bury St Edmunds, 7th Swindon Arts, 8th Cardiff Glee, 9th Exeter Phoenix, 10th Taunton Tacchi-Morris, 16th & 24th London Leicester Sq Theatre
THIS IS MEMORIAL DEVICE More dates for a brilliant adaptation, by Graham Eatough, of David Keenan’s life-affirming fiction. MARCH 28th – 30th Glasgow Tron, APRIL 3rd – 6th E’burgh Traverse, 23RD – May 11TH London Riverside
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY INDIE ROCK FESTIVAL MARCH 29th High Wycombe Venue. https://www.datathistle.com/event/2293582-iwd-fest/ With Popguns, Desperate Journalist, Miki Berenyi of Lush, Debbie Googe of MBV, Charley Stone (of everything) & The Actual Band, Debbie Smith + more.
JOLIE HOLLAND Alt-country chanteuse returns MARCH 30TH Leek Foxlowe, 31st London Bush Hall, APRIL 1st Cambridge Portland Arms, 2nd Birmingham Kitchen Garden, 3rd Belfast Black Box, 4th Edinburgh Summerhall, 6th M’cr St Michael’s, 7th Brighton Komedia
HAWKWIND This current Hawkwind iteration channels their classic ‘70s space rock sound unashamedly, with keyboardist Thighpaulsandra of Coil, Cope and Spiritualised clearly living out a childhood dream. April 4th M’cr Academy, 5th Newcastle City Hall, 6th Edinburgh Academy, 7th Glasgow Academy
HOUSE OF ALL M’cr Fall-related supergroup tour APRIL 2nd Sheffield Leadmill, 3rd Glasgow Stereo, 8th London Dome, 9th Brighton Hope & Ruin, 20th M’cr Gorilla, 25th Portsmouth Wedgewood, 16th Bedford Esquires
KEVIN MCALEER. The most I have ever laughed is at this reclusive Irish comedy genius, making a rare greatest hits return, apparently for the last time. APRIL 11th Dublin Vicar Street, 21st Belfast Mandela Hall.
ROSIE HOLT – THAT’S POLITAINMENT Woke satirist on the road. APRIL 11th Didcot Cornerstone, 12th Newbury Corn X, 13th Winchester Theatre Royal, 18th-19th London Leics Sq Theatre, 20th Swindon Royal, 21st Bristol Redgrave, 24th Poole Lighthouse, 25th Bridgwater McMillan, 26th Cardiff Sherman, 27th Norwich Playhouse, 28th N’hampton Derngate, MAY 1st Bradford Kings, 2nd Maidenhead Norden Farm, 3rd Tunbridge Wells Trinity, 4th Bury St Edmunds Royal, 5th Colchester Arts, 9th Birmingham MAC, 10th Farnham Maltings, 12th Leeds City Varieties, 22nd Lyme Regis Marine, 23rd Brighton Komedia, 24th Milton Keynes Stables, 25th L’pool Playhouse, 26th Salford Lowry, 31st Chipping Norton Theatre.
JASMINE MINKS Victory lap for Glasgow’s C86 era mod-ish janglers APRIL 19th Bristol Thunderbolt, 20th London Waiting Room
ELIZA CARTHY The first lady of folk and reigning Queen of The Faeries in full flight APRIL 20th Oxford North Wall, 26th Bristol Folk House, 27th Sheffield Greystones, MAY 10th Cambridge Stoney’s Field, JUNE 19th Gateshead Glasshouse
GIANT SAND The great improvising Americana Arizona legends unexpected return to active service. APRIL 22nd Newcastle Cluny, 23rs Glasgow Broadcast, 24th M’cr Yes, 27th London Hackney Earth w Dream Syndicate, Kristen Hirsch, Islet, Stewart Lee and more.
PETER CASE/SID GRIFFIN British dates from American power-pop progenitor turned Grammy-awarded grizzled folk-bluesman, with Long Ryders leader Sid Griffin in support. A must. APRIL 23rd Chester St Mary’s, 24th Birmingham Kitchen Garden, 26th Edinburgh Bannermans, 27th Glasgow Glad Café, 28th Leeds Northern Guitars, 29th Bristol Hen & Chicken, MAY 1st London Leytonstone Social, 2nd Dublin Upstairs At Wheelans, 3rd Belfast Cathedral Quarter, 4th Kilkenny Roots Festival
FLAT & THE CURVES – GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT TOUR. The prosecco hen night from hell housed in a surprisingly savage musical comedy form by these witty, obscene, often clownishly grotesque, and also unnecessarily musically gifted, four best girlfriends you never had. I love Flat & The Curves and I don’t know why! The Nolans of Filth! APRIL 26th Scarborough SJT, JUNE 4th Kings Lynn Corn Exchange, 5th Maidstone Hazlitt, 6th Rickmansworth Watersmeet, 7th Wellingborough Castle Theatre, 8th Coventry Albany, 9th Hereford, 10th East Grinstead Chequer Mead, 12th Harpended Eric Morecambe Centre, 13th Mansfield Palace, 14th Stockport Plaza, 15th Rotherham Civic, 16th Leeds City Varieties, 18th Middleton Arena, 20th Redditch Palace, 21st Bishop’s Stortford South Mill Arts, 22nd Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal, 23rd Newport Riverfront, 26th St Helen’s Theatre Royal, 29th Lowestoft Marina JULY 3rd Aberdeen Tivoli, 4th Dundee Gardyne, 5th Dunfemlin Alhambra, 6th Livingston Howden Park, 10th South Shields Custom House, 11th Lancaster Grand, 14th Camberley Theatre, 16th Taunton Brewhouse, 18th Winchester Theatre RoyaL, 19TH Tewkesbury Roses, 20th Stevenage Gordon Craig, 21st Tamworth Assembly Rooms
NIGHTINGALES Off the beaten track small town dates for Birmingham post-punk heroes of belated King Rocker film fame May 2nd Kendal Glisky, 3rd Telford Firefly, 4th Halifax Square Chapel, 5th Milton Keynes Crawford Arms, 6th Ramsgate Music Hall, 8th W’chester Railway, 9th Newport Le Pub, 10th Warrington Irish, 11th Dunoon Burgh Hall
THE HANDSOME FAMILY Literary Lynchian Alt-Country duo MAY 3rd Dublin Liberty Hall, 7th Glasgow St Luke’s, 10th M’cr Stoller Hall, 12th Leeds Irish, 14th Norwich Arts, 16th Cardiff Gate, 18th Salisbury Winchester Gate, 21st London Union Chapel, 23rd Folkestone Quarterhouse
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE Punishing Japanese acid-jam veterans. MAY 9th Brighton Hope & Ruin, 10th London Dingwalls, 12th Dublin Workman’s, 16th Dundee Church, 17th N’castle Lubber Fiend, 20th Chelmsford Hot Box, 22nd Cambridge Portland Arms
THE BEVIS FROND Psych legends Lexington, London May 18th
THE LOVELY EGGS Art-punk duo MAY 23rd Glasgow St Luke’s, 24th Edinburgh Belle Angele, 25th N’castle Grove, 26th Leeds Brudenell, 27th Birmingham Xoyo, 28th Bristol Thekla, 29th Brighton Chalk, 30th London Earth, 31st Nottingham Rescue Rooms JUNE 1st M’cr New Century
THE PRISONERS Psychedelic Medway mods return MAY 24th London Camden Roundhouse
ROBERT FORSTER Former Go-Between all grown up into silver fox troubadour MAY 24th/25th London Omeara
WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM Black metal with an eco-bent MAY 28th Limerick Dolans, 29th Dublin Opium, 30th Bristol Fleece, 31st London Earth, JUNE 1st Glasgow Garage/Scarborough Fortress
RAIN PARADE LA’s 80s psychedelic revivalists revived JUNE 14th Bristol Strange Brew, 15th Leeds Brudenell, 16th M’;cr Night & Day, 18th Nottingham Metronome, 19th London 229
DETROIT COBRAS Garage punk party time JULY 2nd Bristol Lost Horizon, 3RD M’cr Rebellion, 4th Glasgow Oran Mor, 5th Leeds Brudenell, 6th London Camden Forge
THE SADIES Surf-twanged country-Canadiana JULY 3rd Oxford Bullingdon, 4th Leeds Brudenell, 5th Eaton Farm Park Woodbridge, 6th London 100 Club
LLOYD COLE Solo tour by the godfather of arch introspective indie SEPT 4th Limerick Lime Tree, 6th Ballycotton Sea Church, 8th Bexhill on Sea De La Ware Pavillion, 9th Exeter Corn Exchange, 10th Bath Komedia, 13th Guildford G Live, 14th Bury St Edmonds Apex, 16th B’ham Town Hall, 18th Shrewsbury Severn, 19th Lytham St Anne’s Lowther Pavillion, 21st Hamilton Town House, 22nd Greenock Beacon, 24th Whitley Bay Playhouse, 25th Ilkley King’s Hall, 26th Sheffield City Hall
NATALIE HAYNES’ DIVINE MIGHT The Florence Desmond of Greek and Roman mythology live SEPT 9th
MARK RADCLIFFE AND MARC RILEY LIVE SEPT 26th Shepherd’s Bush Empire London NOV 3rd Shrewsbury Severn, 5th Crewe Lyceum, 10th Warrington Parr Hall.
TIRZAH GARWOOD: Beyond Ravilious, Dulwich Picture Gallery London, 19 November 2024–26 May 2025. The first major exhibition devoted to the artist and designer Tirzah Garwood (1908–1951) since 1952. Best known until now as the wife of Eric Ravilious and as the author of the autobiography Long Live Great Bardfield, Garwood excelled as a fine artist and printmaker. Her diverse and enchanting works are gems of the mid-20th century.
THE DAMNED Black Album/Strawberries line-up, with hard-wristed Holy Grail headhunter Rat Scabies back on drums. DEC 4th Newcastle NX, 5th Glasgow Barrowlands, 6th M’c Academy, 8th Leeds Academy, 9th Nottingham Rock City, 10th W’hampton Halls, 12th Bristol Beacon, 13th S’hampton Guuildhall, 14th Eastbourne Winter Gardens, 16th Cambs Corn X, 18th London Roundhose
Tony Oxley (Sheffield’s Sunny Murray, 1938)
John M Burns (His modesty blazed, 1939)
John Pilger (News terrier, 1939)
David Soul (The covered man, an inspiration 1943)
Annie Nightingale (Gateway drug, 1940)
Pitchfork (Signal to noise, 1996)
Mary Weiss (She led the pack, 1948)
Chris Karrer (Archangel’s Thunderbirdman, 1947)
Iasos (Greek space muso, 1947)
Phil Niblock (NY art noise, 1933)
Pluto Shervington (Ram Goat Liver Eater, 1950)
Tisa Farrow (Zombies ripped her flesh, 1951)
Norman Jewison (Rollerball Superstar, 1926)
Neil Kulkarni (Era-enhancing music critic, 1972)
Wayne Kramer (He kicked out the jams motherfucker, 1945)
Steve Brown (He left Avalon and taught the world to sing, 1954)
Christopher Priest (Dorset future-ist, 1943)
Aston “Family Man” Barrett (dub bass headcase, 1946)
Ian Lavender (Don’t tell him, Pike, 1946)
Damon Suzuki (Krautrock witness cuddled me & Noel Fielding, 1950)
John Rotheroe (Shire Book Seer, 1935)
Steve Wright (massive old-skool pro made it look easy, 1954)
Ewen Macintosh (Office secondary superstar, 1973)
Alan Tomlinson (Jazz trombonist, dry northern wit, beatnik, 1947)
I review Alan Tomlinson in the forthcoming Idler. “The jazz trombonist Alan Tomlinson was born in 1947 and died in February this year. Three live releases, all from the mid-noughties, crept out on the Scatter Archive’s bandcamp in the month before his death. I worked with Tomlinson as the spoken word stooge in Steve Beresford’s and Tania Chen’s intermittent John Cage shows. Alan, a potential conservatoire virtuoso who chose instead to be a contrary subversive, combined an innate feel for the outermost possibilities of his instrument with the dry wit of the old school Northern working class autodidact outsider artist. A poker-faced clown persona made his impressively physical relationship with his trombone at once both balletic and burlesque. The solo set At The Red Rose, recorded in 2006 and 2007 at the irreplaceable and now demolished Finsbury Park jazz and comedy venue, is a great entry point. Normally po-faced Wire readers submit to titters of hilarity and gasps of amazement as Tomlinson simultaneously mocks, mutates, loves and liberates his loyal instrument, breathing life through it and into it, and making it live, like a mischievous goblin god. Baggage and Boating with Steve Beresford and Steve Noble, and At Ryan’s Bar with Rhodri Davies and Roger Turner are also newly available.”
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
Al Murray, Comedian
Al Murray, Comedian
Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Chez, Chortle.com
Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
Gwaites, Digitalspy
Gwaites, Digitalspy
Len Firewood, Twitter
Len Firewood, Twitter
Hiewy, Youtube
Hiewy, Youtube
Clampdown59, Twitter.
Clampdown59, Twitter.
Z-factor, Twitter.
Z-factor, Twitter.
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
Mearecate, Youtube
Mearecate, Youtube
Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
Richard Herring, Comedian
Richard Herring, Comedian
Rubyshoes, Twitter
Rubyshoes, Twitter
Joe, Independent.co.uk
Joe, Independent.co.uk
DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
Sweeping Curves, Twitter
Sweeping Curves, Twitter
Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
Aiden Hearn, Twitter
Aiden Hearn, Twitter
Idrie, Youtube
Idrie, Youtube
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Keilloh, Twitter
Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
Peter Ould, Youtube
Peter Ould, Youtube
Peter Ould, Twitter
Peter Ould, Twitter
Sam Rooney, Youtube
Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Funday’schild, youtube.
Cyberbloke, Twitter
Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
Guest1001, Youtube
Guest1001, Youtube
Zombie Hamster, Twitter
Zombie Hamster, Twitter
Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
Horatio Melvin, Twitter
Horatio Melvin, Twitter
Frankie Boyle, Comedian
Frankie Boyle, Comedian
Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
Secretdeveloper, Youtube
Secretdeveloper, Youtube
Pudabaya, Twitter
Pudabaya, Twitter
Visualiser1, Twitter
Visualiser1, Twitter
Meninblack, Twitter
Meninblack, Twitter
John Robins, Comedian
John Robins, Comedian
Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
Foxfoxton, Youtube
Foxfoxton, Youtube
Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
Kozzy06, Youtube
Kozzy06, Youtube
General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
Fairy Pingu, Twitter
Fairy Pingu, Twitter
Mrdavisn01, Twitter
Mrdavisn01, Twitter
Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
Pnethor, pne-online.com
Pnethor, pne-online.com
GRTak, finalgear.com
GRTak, finalgear.com
Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
Mpf1947, Youtube
Mpf1947, Youtube
Peter Fears, Twitter
Peter Fears, Twitter
Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
Sidsings000, Youtube
Sidsings000, Youtube
Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
Fowkes81, Twitter
Fowkes81, Twitter
Danazawa, Youtube
Danazawa, Youtube
Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
Jackmumf, Twitter
Jackmumf, Twitter
Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
Wharto15, Twitter
Wharto15, Twitter
Etienne, Chortle.com
Etienne, Chortle.com
Carcrazychica, Youtube
Carcrazychica, Youtube
Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
Aaron, comedy.co.uk
Aaron, comedy.co.uk
World Without End, Twitter
World Without End, Twitter
Stuart, Chortle
Stuart, Chortle
Stokeylitfest, Twitter
Stokeylitfest, Twitter
Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
Robert Gavin, Twitter
Robert Gavin, Twitter
98rosjon, Twitter
98rosjon, Twitter
Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
Shit Crit, Twitter
Shit Crit, Twitter
Tin Frog, Twitter
Tin Frog, Twitter
Dick Socrates, Twitter
Dick Socrates, Twitter
A D Ward, Twitter
A D Ward, Twitter
12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
Microcuts 22, Twitter
Microcuts 22, Twitter
Joycey, readytogo.net
Joycey, readytogo.net
Mini-x2, readytogo.net
Mini-x2, readytogo.net
Slothy Matt, Twitter
Slothy Matt, Twitter
Tres Ryan, Twitter
Tres Ryan, Twitter
Gabrielle, Chortle.com
Gabrielle, Chortle.com
NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
FBC, finalgear.com
FBC, finalgear.com
Jamespearse, Twitter
Jamespearse, Twitter
Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
Bosco239, youtube
Bosco239, youtube
Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
Liam Travitt, Twitter
Liam Travitt, Twitter
Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
Contrapuntal, Twitter
Contrapuntal, Twitter
Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
Brighton Argus
Brighton Argus
Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
Emilyistrendy, Youtube
Emilyistrendy, Youtube
Leach Juice, Twitter
Leach Juice, Twitter
Rudeness, Youtube
Rudeness, Youtube
Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
Bobby Bhoy, Twitter