Musician and broadcaster Tom Robinson presents an evening of songs and stories spanning five decades of adventures in the music industry.
Tom's musical journey began in 1974 when his first band was discovered by Ray Davies, and included a BBC ban for being 'Glad To be Gay', rocking against racism alongside The Clash, headlining Glastonbury with Peter Gabriel, writing lyrics for Elton John, drug smuggling in East Germany, two nervous breakdowns and a period in tabloid hell after falling in love with a woman.
Having made his peace with the BBC, he's presented programmes on all the corporation's national radio networks, and his broadcasting work has won two Sony Radio Academy awards. Expect intimate versions of classics such as 'War Baby', 'Glad To Be Gay' and '2-4-6-8 Motorway' alongside stories from behind the scenes and a sprinkling of fan favourites from his extensive back catalogue.
Support from WIT (formerly of The B Of The Bang)
Wit is the musical alter-ego of Southsea-based multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter Christopher Whitear
Inspired by the likes of Nick Cave and PJ Harvey, the songs often have a dark, gothic-folk quality as well as occasional leanings toward the classic outsider songwriting of artists such as Nick Drake or even Serge Gainsbourg.
Written, performed, recorded and mixed by Wit, formerly of avant-garde indie weirdos The B of the Bang (and occasional power-poppers Sink or Soar), the debut album ‘An Island in the Dark’ is ready for release on Chufty Badge Records in the second half of 2022.
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