Ladies and gentlemen, it is with GREAT PLEASURE that I can announce that The Guildsman's Handbook - my very own GUIDE TO LIFE AND ALL THINGS GLORIIOUS - has finally been released and is available for purchase here: https://theguild.bigcartel.com/product/handbook Or it's FREE if you're a Patro...
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Thanks to gender equality in the workplace and constant messages of empowerment, women at the Daily Mail believe they can write as big a steaming pile of bullshit as their male colleagues. When Gillian Jones took up a career as a journalist for the Daily Mail, she knew it would be a challenge. S...
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I've just shoved a calendar-style thing on my Facebook page, so you can see where I'm going to be, what I'm going to be doing, and when! Now it's easier than ever to come say hi at Gay Bum gigs, Ghost Squad race hauntings, comic conventions and wrestling shows! Hopefully that means I won't keep ...
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This weekend, Daz and I had a swell outing in Cheltenham for True Believers 2017, where we were absolutely stoked to have our beautiful book - A Rum Run Awry - for sale, along with tons of Daz's latest prints and pieces of artwork. [gallery type="rectangular" columns="2" size="large" ids="7729,77...
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You're god damn right. Three years after our Leefest debut, we RETURNED at Leefest 2016: The Neverland! And this time, we HEADLINED! Well. Technically. I mean...we played last. That's the same thing, right? After Circa Waves had finished playing the main stage, we did a second 'stripped back'...
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SOMEHOW - despite my intro music hitting at 20:15 at York Hall in Bethnal Green - I made it to Reading in time to play Gay Bum's guest slot at the final of Bloodstock's Metal 2 The Masses. I didn't have time to get changed. I didn't even have time to catch my breath. I did, however, have ti...
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Tonight, we had the huge pleasure of being the closing act of the PUMP 999 Photography Exhibit, to celebrate 999 days of PUMP! Al Veryard, the ludicrously talented power behind PUMP Photography, has taken some - if not all - of the best photos of Gay Bum over the last five years. He is also th...
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Last night was Gay Bum's first time playing in Reading, and we did so at the Face Bar. 'tis an excellent venue! Great people, wonderful sound, and cheap Polish beer for sale at the off license around the corner. The only problem with cheap Polish beer is that if you drink all of it (followed b...
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It finally happened. After a lifetime of writing nonsense, I finally managed to focus for long enough to write a whole book. It's still nonsense, and looks like no other book you've ever seen in your life...but I love it. It's based on the characters and island invented by Darrell Thorpe of D...
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This evening, Gay Bum played our first show since Tattoo Jam 2015 - and also our longest set EVER! NINETY MINUTES! That's headline shit, man. Headline shit. Here are a couple of videos: Sure, sure. We infamously once played for 3 hours - but that involved a lot of repeated songs, an...
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Last weekend, Gay Bum made a SEVEN HOUR DRIVE to Doncaster to play at Tattoo Jam and the associated Tattoo Masters Ball. We were invited up after we played at the Great British Tattoo Show and, much to everybody's surprise, were actually a little bit good at what we do. Who would have guessed, a...
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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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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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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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Today, Darrell and I took our Voodoo Pop Up Stand to True Believers Comic Con in Cheltenham to promote our forthcoming book. Here are a few snaps from the day: [gallery type="rectangular" ids="6676,6678,6679,6677"] More news to follow. It's all rather exciting! Currently publication date...
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Just a few photos for you today, from behind the scenes during the shooting of Love Is Not Control, the video I made for To Kill a King. [gallery type="rectangular" ids="6616,6618,6619,6617,6620"]...
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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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After three years of design and a year of writing, Daz and I finally decided to share our project with the outside world. To do so, we decided to exhibit it at Nottingham Comic Con! On Friday night, with a car packed with piles of prints, two lovingly printed books and skate decks aplenty...
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Over the last fortnight, I have spent a number of days filming Series Two of the Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses. In it, I kill a bunch of people, get killed a bunch of times and general hack my way through swathes of Yorkshire soldiers. I am dressed as a French solider: you can tell because I...
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Back in December, I apologised for my lack of blog entries and explained that I was working on something. I wasn't just spouting shit, either. I really was working on something. And now that something is complete. It...is my very first graphic novel! Inspired, illustrated and almost entirely c...
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