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The Greatest Spectacle of Lucha Libre

Holy shit. I have just finished three nights wrestling at York Hall, alongside some the greatest names in Lucha Libre. That included Dr. Wagner Jr., El Hijo Del Santa, Cassandro El Exotico, Magnifico, Angel Blanco Jr., Mascarita Sagrada, Ray Man, Zumbi and Heddi Karaoui. It was...indescrib...

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Training Frank Turner for CM Punk

Some of you may have seen the new Frank Turner music video for The Next Storm. After all, it seems to be amassing about 100,000 views per day at the moment! In it, he squares off against CM Punk - the third most 'popular' wrestler in the world today. You know, based on Google stats and whatever. ...

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Playing the Great British Tattoo Show

This weekend, Gay Bum stormed the Great British Tattoo Show and played two sets, including a brand new and never-before-seen-heard-or-written song! During the first set, at the end of a particularly energetic STAY AWAY BEARS!, I dropped to the ground and landed on my head. Unfortunately, due to h...

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Making the Distant Past Video

To celebrate nearly HALF A MILLION VIEWS in just eight weeks, here is a special little behind the scenes insight from the filming of the music video for Distant Past, by Everything Everything. "Working with Ed on Distant Past was a delight. He brought the fire til I was soaking in my seat. Primal, ...

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Cuba Libre!

Cuba is one of those places. Like Iceland. Somewhere almost everybody wants to visit, but never does. Of course, going to Cuba is exactly as easy as going just about anywhere. You buy a plane ticket, get on a plane and - hey presto - you're in Cuba! And yes, it's exactly like you imagine it - and...

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Everything Everything: Distant Past Music Video

This afternoon, Radio 1 played Love Is Not Control by To Kill a King. A few minutes ago, they played their "hottest song in the world": Distant Past by Everything Everything. As far as I know, those two songs only have one thing in common... Their music video is me beating somebody up. Dist...

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Tough Guy 2015: GHOST SQUAD!

Or: HOW TO PREPARE FOR TOUGH GUY by the Guild of Adventurers The start of February marked four years since I first strode boldly (hobbled like a three-legged, drunken crab) onto the Killing Fields of South Perton Farm, to take part in the original and hardest obstacle race on the planet: Tough ...

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Losing my Crown…

El Nordico Fuego lost his Crown of Lucha Chaos tonight. I blame two things. Firstly, the colossal hangover from seeing Outcryfire and Evil Scarecrow the night before, after which I left all my valuable personal possessions on the tube. Secondly, the brute power of Maduk Malik – the thus-far und...

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Love Is Not Control

Just before Christmas, I had the ludicrous honour of featuring in a De La Muerte film, made for the new To Kill a King single, Love Is Not Control. I've known To Kill a King (in various forms) for many years, since they played the same Leeds music scene that gave rise to Gay Bum. Why they...

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Lucha Britannia Solo Debut!

Less than 24 afters after my tag debut at Lucha Britannia, I was back again - for my solo debut! Hurled into the madness of the eight-man Lucha chaos match, it was the perfect way to get experience of the show without the pressure of planning and performing a single or tag match. Instead, I we...

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Rise of Los Nordicos

This Friday was my debut at Lucha Britannia. As far as I'm concerned, London School of Lucha Libre is the greatest wrestling school in Europe and Lucha Britannia is the greatest regular wrestling show (even though it's technically a caberet night) in Europe, too. Having been a student of LSL...

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