The first time I saw the Cure was on 29 April 1984. The Birmingham Odeon show opened with a set from rural Worcestershire’s pre-Raphaelite goths And Also the Trees, whose early albums remain a guilty pleasure, and about whom I once sent a self-aggrandising letter to ZigZag magazine. The Cure’s set drew heavily on the…
STEWART LEE VS THE MAN-WULF – LONDON SOUTH BANK ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL DATES, 5TH-13TH JULY 2025, ON SALE https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/stewart-lee-vs-the-man-wulf/ Dear fans! I hope you are all well. I have been as unwell as I have been for about a decade and spent much of October in bed hallucinating and hot. I lost weeks of try-outs…
OK WULF-FANS! By next Summer you may have seen STEWART LEE VS THE mutha-fuckin’ MAN-WULF in your local theatre, and although all other London shows are now sold out, in July ’25 there are six (count ’em) performances in the symphonic surroundings of THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL in THAT LONDON. The show promises to be…
Nihal Arthanayake speaks to Stewart Lee, his first guest in a new series of Headliners, featuring exclusive in-depth interviews. Over the course of the conversation, Stewart touches on fatherhood and the joy of a profession that allows him to remain immature. He talks about the importance of an economy that supports creativity, finding a new…