9pm - Full band show - Double Header with the very authentic 'The Smiths Indeed' - Tickets £10 (18+ Only)
So says Geoff Martin, Director of Glastonbury’s legendary Left Field stage and Militant Entertainment (the label born out of the Left Field) as he prepares to unleash Jon Byrne’s debut album.
Jon Byrne was spotted by Clash man Mick Jones busking on Portobello Road. Jones was so impressed that he booked Jon on the spot for his Carbon Casino bash that night. That went so well that he returned for every subsequent Carbon Casino event and spent several months playing with the Rotten Hill Gang, the Westway collective featuring Mick and members of BAD and Groove Armada.
In the summer Jon played to a packed house at Glastonbury Left Field and won the stages ‘new artist’ award and the opportunity to put out his album through Militant.
Moving away from solo performance, Jon has teamed up with Bobby Kewley (The Christians) on bass and Paul Tsanos (Pete Wylie, Ian McNabb) on drums. Both have recently worked in the studio with American singer/songwriter Edwin McCain and performed with Ringo Starr during Liverpool’s capital of culture celebrations. Alabama 3’s Devlin Love contributes backing vocals on a number of tracks.
‘Jon Byrne is a star. It may be winter recession outside, but inside Jon’s music there is a warm, bittersweet fire burning’ - Tom Hingley (Inspiral Carpets)
Following the linage from the blues through to Woody Guthrie, the protest music of the ‘60s, the spirit of punk and the Specials ‘Ghost Town’, Jon Byrne is out of the blocks with the soundtrack for today’s deepening recession. This album is loaded with his ‘finger on the trigger’ social commentary.
Described as ‘Oscar Wilde meets Withnail’ Jon Byrne is a troubadour for the zeitgeist and the perfect antidote to corporate greed and the X Factor.
'Here's someone who really means it man! If you think (like me) that there's an intensity and passion in Jon's delivery that's rarely heard on record... then just you wait until you experience the man live …WOAH!' - Mike Joyce (The Smiths)
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