Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licóur
Of which vertú engendred is the flour;
Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open ye,
So priketh hem Natúre in hir corages,
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes,
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
And specially, from every shires ende
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
The hooly blisful martir for to seke,
That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke.

1 BASIC LEE

The tour of the current stand-up show will be finished in April.
Dates here;

March 2024

Wednesday 27th March 2024 – Northcott Theatre, Exeter – TICKETS
Thursday 28th March 2024 – Northcott Theatre, Exeter – TICKETS

April 2024

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

But if you live in Paris you can see the very final go at it, in a small room with no frills on May 15^th

https://www.anythingmatters.com

2) STEWART LEE VS THE MAN-WULF

Exclusive 24 HOUR PRIORITY BOOKING PERIOD at LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE

STEWART LEE vs THE MAN-WULF – BRAND NEW SHOW – 3rd December 2024 – 17th January 2025

STEWART LEE vs THE MAN-WULF Artwork by Mark Reynolds

24 hour priority booking from 10am Wednesday 27^th March for Stew’s mailing list members

Booking link:  https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/stewart-lee-vs-the-man-wulf/

Use code:  WULF24

John Mackay & Sally Homer, in association with Debi Allen/Curtis Brown, present

STEWART LEE vs THE MAN-WULF

BRAND NEW SHOW

LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE, LONDON

3^rd December 2024 – 17^th January 2025 & UK TOURING THROUGHOUT 2025

In this brand new show, Lee shares his stage with a tough-talking werewolf comedian from the dark forests of North America who hates humanity. The Man-Wulf lays down a ferocious comedy challenge to the culturally irrelevant and physically enfeebled Lee. Can the beast inside us all be silenced with the silver bullet of Lee’s unprecedentedly critically acclaimed style of stand-up?

Stewart Lee (“the world’s greatest living stand-up comedian” The Times), is in danger of being left behind. He’s approaching sixty with debilitating health conditions, his TV profile has diminished, and his once BAFTA award-winning style of stand-up seems obsolete in the face of a wave of callous Netflix-endorsed comedy of anger, monetising the denigration of minorities for millions of dollars. But can Lee unleash his inner Man-Wulf to position himself alongside comedy legends like Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais and Jordan Peterson at the forefront of side-splitting stadium-stuffing shit-posting?

Opening at Leicester Square Theatre in December 2024 the new show will tour to UK cities throughout 2025.

Leicester Sq Theatre, London 3^rd Dec 2024 – 17^th Jan 2025 7pm, except for 6pm and 8.30 pm Sat 4^th Jan. 0207 734 2222 www.leicestersquaretheatre.com

 STEWART LEE vs THE MAN-WULF 2024-2025 TOUR SCHEDULE

JANUARY 2025

SUN 19, 7.30PM, SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Theatre, 02380 711811, mayflower.org.uk
FRI 24-SUN 26, BIRMINGHAM, Symphony Hall, 0121 780 3333, bmusic.co.uk

FEBRUARY 2025

MON 3-SAT 8, 7.30PM (FRI 8PM), OXFORD, Playhouse, 01865 305305, oxfordplayhouse.com
MON 10, 7.30PM, CANTERBURY, The Marlowe Theatre, 01227 787787, marlowetheatre.com
TUE 18-SAT 22, 7.30PM, SALFORD, The Lowry, 0161 876 2000, thelowry.com

APRIL 2025

TUE 1 & WED 2, 7.30PM, SHEFFIELD, Lyceum Theatre, 0114 249 6000, sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

MAY 2025

TUE 6 & WED 7, 7.30PM, LIVERPOOL, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 0151 709 3789, liverpoolphil.com
THU 8-SAT 10, LEEDS, Playhouse, 0113 213 7700, leedsplayhouse.org.uk

MANY MORE DATES TO BE ADDED

3) WORK IN PROG DATES NEW SHOW

Small club dates of these seem to sell in a few hours as the venues announce them to their lists but I will be doing some ½ hrs of new material at various festivals and bigger gigs between now and Dec which I will announce here, and a small venue London run at some point.

4) SNOWFLAKE TORNADO

Stewart’s 2019-2022 touring show Snowflake/Tornado, which was originally broadcast as a BBC Special in Autumn 2022 us is now available to buy or rent “on demand” from www.mediagarageproductions.com.

5) KING ROCKER

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 IS ALSO A LIVE SCREENING AND DIRECTOR’S CUT EVENT WITH DIRECTOR MICHAEL “Toast” CUMMING HERE…

27th Apr 2024 King Rocker – Director’s Cut Screening + Live Q&A Kendal, Brewery Cinema

TICKETS

6) NEW T-SHIRTS

On tour I have seen many of Waxface’s Stewart Lee designs in the wild, and their owners are very satisfied with them. April sees two new designs, by the artist Rich Penfold, commemorating my Shitteron routine, and the time I was dealt with by Dave Chapelle’s security guards. Available soon here…
https://wax-face.com/stewart-lee

Priced £23.00 each onsale via https://wax-face.com/stewart-lee Ships on April 7th 2024.
Designed by Rich Penfold

7) THE GIANT SYNDICATE 27^TH APRIL EARTH HACKNEY LONDON

From 1pm – 10pm In the month of my 56^th birthday, and Fire records’ 40^th, 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

8) STOP THE TORIES

Carol Vorderman wants us all to work together to stop the Tories, and here’s how https://stopthetories.vote

9) GO FUND STEVE BERESFORD

The national treasure and pillar of the UK improv community that is Steve Beresford needs your help. You may have seen me with Steve doing John Cage’s Indeterminacy, or spotted him in Chris Morris’ Brass Eye playing the piano, or noticed him being very dry and funny in King Rocker.

“Hi. I am Steve Beresford. I’ve played the piano since I was 7 and now I’m 74. Sometimes I was a university lecturer. I mainly play improvised music and up until Covid had an OK time. But my savings went during Covid, my pension is small and post-Covid gigs are sparse. I need financial help, not least because I’ll be having an operation for a thing I’ve had since birth. I’d appreciate your help.”

Steve has set up a GoFundMe account so that you can

www.gofundme.com/f/musician-needs-a-hand

10) I ARROGANTLY RECOMMEND SOME HAPPENINGS

JOLIE HOLLAND  Alt-country chanteuse returns APRIL 1^st Cambridge Portland Arms, 2^nd Birmingham Kitchen Garden, 3rd Belfast Black Box, 4^th Edinburgh Summerhall, 6^th M’cr St Michael’s, 7^th Brighton Komedia

DANIEL KITSON -COLLABORATOR. The world’s greatest living stand-up’s new show. APRIL 1st to 2nd Exeter Phoenix,  9th to 11th – Cardiff Sherman Studio, 19th -20th – Scarborough Stephen Joseph, MAY 4th and 5th – Belfast Black Box,  15th to 17th – Prescot – Shakespeare North, 22nd to 24th – Birmingham – MAC, JULY  7th and 8th – Bolton Octagon – On sale Now (with code Kitson2024)

KISTON says, “You can still Buy or Rent Tree (a good film or a good play i did with good Tim Key in the solid past) by clicking HERE.”

HOUSE OF ALL M’cr Fall-related supergroup tour APRIL 2^nd Sheffield Leadmill, 3^rd Glasgow Stereo, 8^th London Dome, 9^th Brighton Hope & Ruin, 20^th M’cr Gorilla, 25^th Portsmouth Wedgewood, 16^th Bedford Esquires

SIMON MUNNERY – JERUSALEM. The struggle continues for The Peter Cook of his generation. APRIL 3^rd Swindon Arts, 10^th Norwich Arts, 11^th S’hampton Attic, 16^th N’castle Stand, 17^th E’burgh Stand, 18^th Glasgow Stand, 20^th Bath Rondo, 21^st Colchester Arts, 25^th B’ham Glee, MAY 19^th Salford Lowry, 29^th Leeds Brudenell, 20^th York Theatre

JERRY SADOWITZ The struggle continues for the Jerry Sadowitz of his generation.  APRIL 3^rd Exeter Corn Exchange, 4^th-5^th Bristol Hen & Chicken, 6^th Worcester Huntingdon Hal

THIS IS MEMORIAL DEVICE More dates for a brilliant adaptation, by Graham Eatough, of David Keenan’s life-affirming fiction. APRIL 3^rd – 6^th E’burgh Traverse, 23^RD – May 11^TH London Riverside

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 4^th M’cr Academy, 5^th Newcastle City Hall, 6^th Edinburgh Academy, 7^th Glasgow Academy

PAUL FOOT – DISSOLVE. Paul Foot is one of the all-time great British stand-ups and everyone that has seen his new show tells me it is a real step up, and that he’s doing something very innovative and unexpected too. APRIL 4^th Poole Lighthouse, 5^th Corsham Pound Arts, 6^th Street Strode, 7^th Cardiff Glee, 10^th Leeds Wardrobe, 11^th York Crescent, 12^th Knaresborough Frazer, 13^th Halifax Square, 14^th Sale Waterside, 17^th Canterbury Gulbienkin, 19^th Milton Keynes Stables, 20^th Colchester Arts, 21^st Deal Astor, 24^th Nottingham Metronone, 25^th Lincoln Performing Arts, 26^th Hull Truck, 27^th Stockton-on-Tees Arc, MAY 1^st Brighton Kommedia, 2^nd Southampton Attic, 3^rd Salisbury Attic, 4^th Ivybridge Watermark, 9^th Oxford Old Fire Station, 10^th Cambridge Junction, 11^th Norwich Playhouse, 15^th Newhampton Arts, 16^th Warwick Arts, 17^th Leicester Square Theatre London

ALISON COTTON Violin-toting art-folk dronemadchen APRIL 5^th London St Pancras Old Church, 18^th Reading South Street Arts

CRASS ART The art of Crass, The Horse Hospital, London APRIL 12^th – 17th

14 ICED BEARS Can it be that proto-shoegazers the Bears are really back? APRIL 6^th Sheffield Shakespeares, MAY 18^th Paris Point Ephemere

BEN MOOR / JO NEARY – BOOKTALKBOOKTALKBOOK The David & Tina Melzer of art-comedy have a few more dates of their superb high-concept parody of a literary event. APRIL 7^th, 3pm Hen & Chickens London (work-in-progress), and 18^th Shakespeare & Co in Paris, 7pm. https://www.unrestrictedview.co.uk/events/booktalkbooktalkbook/ https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/events/booktalkbooktalkbook

JOHN ROBB Spoken word tour by the James Boswell of post-punk. 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

MARTIN NEWELL/CLEANERS FROM VENUS Unexpected return from ‘80s English psyche-pop legend suddenly beloved by the young APRIL 11^th London Stoke Newington St Mattias, 13^th Glasgow CCA, 20^th Southend Tea & Oranges

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 11^th Dublin Vicar Street, 21^st Belfast Mandela Hall.

ROSIE HOLT – THAT’S POLITAINMENT Woke satirist on the road. APRIL 11^th Didcot Cornerstone, 12^th Newbury Corn X, 13^th Winchester Theatre Royal, 18th-19^th London Leics Sq Theatre, 20^th Swindon Royal, 21^st Bristol Redgrave, 24^th Poole Lighthouse, 25^th Bridgwater McMillan, 26^th Cardiff Sherman, 27^th Norwich Playhouse, 28^th N’hampton Derngate, MAY 1^st Bradford Kings, 2^nd Maidenhead Norden Farm, 3^rd Tunbridge Wells Trinity, 4^th Bury St Edmunds Royal, 5^th Colchester Arts, 9^th Birmingham MAC, 10^th Farnham Maltings, 12^th Leeds City Varieties, 22^nd Lyme Regis Marine, 23^rd Brighton Komedia, 24^th Milton Keynes Stables, 25^th L’pool Playhouse, 26^th Salford Lowry, 31^st Chipping Norton Theatre.

ALASDAIR BECKETT-KING The hilarious and brave multi-media surrealist takes his Nevermore show to your town APRIL 2^nd Colchester Arts, 5^th Cambr Junction, 6^th Canterbury Gulbienkin, 10^th Nottingham Just The Tonic, 12^th S’hampton Attic, 13^th Salisbury Arts, 17^th Basingstoke Anvil, 19^th Leeds City Varieties, 20th L’pool Hot Water, 21^st M’cr Home, 24^th Bristol Redgrave, 25^th Shrewsbury Walker, 27^th N’castle Stand, MAY 1^st Norwich Playhouse, 2^nd Brighton Komedia, 3^rd Bury St Edmunds, 7^th Swindon Arts, 8^th Cardiff Glee, 9^th Exeter Phoenix, 10^th Taunton Tacchi-Morris, 16^th & 24^th London Leicester Sq Theatre

JASMINE MINKS Victory lap for Glasgow’s very old C86 era mod-ish janglers APRIL 19^th Bristol Thunderbolt, 20^th London Waiting Room

ELIZA CARTHY The first lady of folk and reigning Queen of The Faeries in full flight APRIL 20^th Oxford North Wall, 26^th Bristol Folk House, 27^th Sheffield Greystones, MAY 10^th Cambridge Stoney’s Field, JUNE 19^th Gateshead Glasshouse

GIANT SAND The great improvising Americana Arizona legends unexpected return to active service. APRIL 22^nd Newcastle Cluny, 23rs Glasgow Broadcast, 24^th M’cr Yes, 27^th 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 23^rd Chester St Mary’s, 24^th Birmingham Kitchen Garden, 26^th Edinburgh Bannermans, 27^th Glasgow Glad Café, 28^th Leeds Northern Guitars, 29^th Bristol Hen & Chicken, MAY 1^st London Leytonstone Social, 2^nd Dublin Upstairs At Wheelans, 3^rd Belfast Cathedral Quarter, 4^th Kilkenny Roots Festival

THE GIRL WITH THE REPLACEABLE HEAD ‘80s indie Hurrah/Go-Betweens staffed micro-supergroup. APRIL 26^TH Newcastle Cumberland Arms, 29^th London Waiting Room

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 26^th Scarborough SJT, JUNE 4^th Kings Lynn Corn Exchange, 5^th Maidstone Hazlitt, 6^th Rickmansworth Watersmeet, 7^th Wellingborough Castle Theatre, 8^th Coventry Albany, 9^th Hereford, 10^th East Grinstead Chequer Mead, 12^th Harpended Eric Morecambe Centre, 13^th Mansfield Palace, 14^th Stockport Plaza, 15^th Rotherham Civic, 16^th Leeds City Varieties, 18^th Middleton Arena, 20^th Redditch Palace, 21^st Bishop’s Stortford South Mill Arts, 22^nd Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal, 23^rd Newport Riverfront, 26^th St Helen’s Theatre Royal, 29^th Lowestoft Marina JULY 3^rd Aberdeen Tivoli, 4^th Dundee Gardyne, 5^th Dunfemlin Alhambra, 6^th Livingston Howden Park, 10^th South Shields Custom House, 11^th Lancaster Grand, 14^th Camberley Theatre, 16^th Taunton Brewhouse, 18^th Winchester Theatre RoyaL, 19^TH Tewkesbury Roses, 20^th Stevenage Gordon Craig, 21^st Tamworth Assembly Rooms

JONNY & THE BAPTISTS – THE HAPPINESS INDEX Filthy communist musical comedy from the much more talented than strictly necessary Simon & Garfunkel of sinngalongasocialism APRIL 26^th Maidenhead Norden Farm, 27^th Lancaster Dukes, 28th Newcastle Stand, 29^th Glasgow Stand, 20^th Alnwick Playhouse, MAY 9^th Eastleigh Point, 12^th Bristol Tobacco Factory, 15^th – 18^th Plymouth Drum, 31^st Chorley Theatre, JUNE 1^st Leeds Hyde Park Book Club, 2^nd York Theatre @41, 13th-14th Bath Rondo, 15^th Cambridge Performing Arts, 16^th Colchester Arts, 17^th Exeter Phoenix

NIGHTINGALES Off the beaten track small town dates for Birmingham post-punk heroes of belated King Rocker film fame May 2^nd Kendal Glisky, 3^rd Telford Firefly, 4^th Halifax Square Chapel, 5^th Milton Keynes Crawford Arms, 6^th Ramsgate Music Hall, 8^th W’chester Railway, 9^th Newport Le Pub, 10^th Warrington Irish, 11^th Dunoon Burgh Hall

THE HANDSOME FAMILY Literary Lynchian Alt-Country duo MAY 3^rd Dublin Liberty Hall, 7^th Glasgow St Luke’s, 10^th M’cr Stoller Hall, 12^th Leeds Irish, 14^th Norwich Arts, 16^th Cardiff Gate, 18^th Salisbury Winchester Gate, 21^st London Union Chapel, 23^rd Folkestone Quarterhouse

ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE Punishing Japanese acid-jam veterans. MAY 9^th Brighton Hope & Ruin, 10^th London Dingwalls, 12^th Dublin Workman’s, 16^th Dundee Church, 17^th N’castle Lubber Fiend, 20^th Chelmsford Hot Box, 22^nd Cambridge Portland Arms

EX-EASTER ISLAND HEAD You must see this group. They are minimalist noise art but come on like entertainment. Absolutely captivating, classy, beautiful and sublime. No-one could fail to think this was amazing and brilliant. MAY 17^th Bristol Cube, 18^th Stoke Newington Old Church London x 2, 24^th M’cr St Michaels, 25^th Sheffield Sidney & Matild1, 31^st Hebden Bridge Trades, JUNE 7^th Brighton Hope, 8^th Cambridge Storey’s Field

THE BEVIS FROND Psych legends Lexington, London May 18^th

THE LOVELY EGGS Art-punk duo MAY 23^rd Glasgow St Luke’s, 24^th Edinburgh Belle Angele, 25^th N’castle Grove, 26^th Leeds Brudenell, 27^th Birmingham Xoyo, 28^th Bristol Thekla, 29^th Brighton Chalk, 30^th London Earth, 31^st Nottingham Rescue Rooms JUNE 1^st M’cr New Century

THE PRISONERS Psychedelic Medway mods return MAY 24^th London Camden Roundhouse

ROBERT FORSTER Former Go-Between all grown up into silver fox troubadour MAY 24^th/25^th London Omeara

WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM Black metal with an eco-bent MAY 28^th Limerick Dolans, 29^th Dublin Opium, 30^th Bristol Fleece, 31^st London Earth, JUNE 1^st Glasgow Garage/Scarborough Fortress

FALLEN LEAVES The Gentlemen Adventurers of sharp-dressed mod-punk JUNE 8^th London Dublin Castle, JULY 20^th Kingston Fighting Cocks, SEPT 14^th London Dublin Castle, NOV 2^nd London Hope & Anchor

RAIN PARADE LA’s ‘80s psychedelic revivalists revived JUNE 14^th Bristol Strange Brew, 15^th Leeds Brudenell, 16^th M’;cr Night & Day, 18^th Nottingham Metronome, 19^th London 229

PATTI SMITH QUARTET June 25^th Brighton Dome, 27^th-28^th Dublin Vicar St, JULY 21^st London Somerset House

DETROIT COBRAS Garage punk party time JULY ^2nd Bristol Lost Horizon, 3^RD M’cr Rebellion, 4^th Glasgow Oran Mor, 5^th Leeds Brudenell, 6^th London Camden Forge

THE SADIES Surf-twanged country-Canadiana JULY 3^rd Oxford Bullingdon, 4^th Leeds Brudenell, 5^th Eaton Farm Park Woodbridge, 6^th London 100 Club

BLUE AEROPLANES Lone one-off from poet Gerard Langley’s televisionary performance art post-punks, generations of Bristol beatniks in full flight.

LLOYD COLE  Solo tour by the godfather of arch introspective indie  SEPT 4^th Limerick Lime Tree, 6^th Ballycotton Sea Church, 8^th Bexhill on Sea De La Ware Pavillion, 9^th Exeter Corn Exchange, 10^th Bath Komedia, 13^th Guildford G Live, 14^th Bury St Edmonds Apex, 16^th B’ham Town Hall, 18^th Shrewsbury Severn, 19^th Lytham St Anne’s Lowther Pavillion, 21^st Hamilton Town House, 22^nd Greenock Beacon, 24^th Whitley Bay Playhouse, 25^th Ilkley King’s Hall, 26^th Sheffield City Hall

MARK RADCLIFFE AND MARC RILEY LIVE SEPT 26^th Shepherd’s Bush Empire London NOV 3^rd Shrewsbury Severn, 5^th Crewe Lyceum, 10^th Warrington Parr Hall.

LONG RYDERS Another final chance to see the resurrected and now seemingly immortal Alt Country Punk pioneers – like the Clash gone Nashville – The Long Ryders. OCTOBER 10^th Glasgow Oran Mor, 11^th Birkenhead Future Yard, 13^th M’cr Band On The Wall, 14^th Nottingham Metronom2, 16^th London 229, 18^th St Leonards Piper

ALFIE BROWN Brilliant pure stand-up OCT 13^TH Lincoln Engine Shed, NOV 7^th Nottingham Canal House https://www.alfiebrowncomedian.com/

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 4^th Newcastle NX, 5^th Glasgow Barrowlands, 6^th M’c Academy, 8^th Leeds Academy, 9^th Nottingham Rock City, 10^th W’hampton Halls, 12^th Bristol Beacon, 13^th S’hampton Guuildhall, 14^th Eastbourne Winter Gardens, 16^th Cambs Corn X, 18^th London Roundhouse

11) WEBSITE NEWS

I’ve had to close down various sections of my website indefinitely. There are places where I have put up scans of newspaper articles I either wrote or was interviewed for and it turns out that the images are only cleared for their original point of use in the paper, not for reprint of the article on-line, and I am being rinsed for £1000s by these agencies until I can sort it out. www.stewartlee.co.uk

12) IN OUR LAMENTATIONS 2024

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)
Ewan Mackintosh (Office secondary superstar, 1973)
Jenni Nuttall (Chaucerian)
Richard Lewis (Worthwhile American comedian, 1947)
Nick Dimbleby (Sculptor of note, scholar, gentleman, comedy fan, 1946)
Edward Bond (Whitehouse-infuriator, 1934)
Karl Wallinger (Waterboys’ prime period pianist, 1957)
Eric Carmen (Raspberry sensation, 1949)
Wally Shoup (Hard-blowin’ hero, 1944)
The Wye Salmon (pollution-fucked fish)
Paul Brett (Crazy World guitarist, 1947)
Shane Baldwin (Vice Squad drummer and punk scribe, 1963)