STEWART LEE / MICHAEL CUMMING / THE NIGHTINGALES – KING ROCKER - December 2018 December 19th, 2018

King Rocker Stewart Lee and Michael Cumming (Brass Eye / Toast), are attempting to find funding to finish a documentary they have been making on the resilient Birmingham post-punk band The Nightingales. Find out about it here, see a taster, and maybe get involved. WEBSITE: https://www.kingrockerfilm.com/ Socials (nothing posted yet) FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/kingrockerfilm/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/kingrockerfilm Further…

FROM THE METRO-LIB-ELITE DESK OF Stewart Lee December 2018 - November 2018 November 23rd, 2018

1) SAVE THE CELLAR BY NOVEMBER 27TH PLEASE OXFORD was a weirdly difficult town for me to find venues to play in in the 00’s as I got more popular, as the main venues there were owned by big chains with strange surcharges and policies, although now I am happy doing long runs at the…

Belter For The Shelter - October 2018 October 31st, 2018

DEAR STEWART LEE MAILING LIST Tickets for next year’s Hackney Empire BELTER FOR THE SHELTER benefit for Hackney Winter Shelter go live at 11am on THURSDAY 1st NOV. The show is on TUESDAY 19TH FEB 2019 and the bill so far is; BRIDGET CHRISTIE KEVIN ELDON SOFIE HAGEN HARRY HILL ROSIE JONES ATHENA KUGBLENU NISH…

FROM THE METRO-LIB-ELITE DESK OF Stewart Lee – Nov 2018 - October 2018 October 17th, 2018

I’m a Joke and So Are You – Robin Ince & Stewart Lee, London King’s Place, Thursday Nov 1st Join us for a very special live event to celebrate the launch of Robin Ince’s new book I’m a Joke and So Are You: A Comedian’s Take on What Makes Us Human. Robin’s book is about…

FROM THE METRO-LIB-ELITE DESK OF Stuart Lee Oct 2018 - September 2018 September 28th, 2018

NIGHTINGALES DATES I am supporting Birmingham post-punk Legends The Nightingales doing 15 mins of my 80s material on seven of their autumn tour dates. Tue OCT 2 BIRMINGHAM, HARE & HOUNDS – TICKETS Wed OCT 3 LONDON, MOTH CLUB – TICKETS Thu OCT 4 CAMBRIDGE, PORTLAND ARMS – TICKETS Sat OCT 6 BRIGHTON, GREEN DOOR…

FROM THE METRO-LIB-ELITE DESK OF Stew Fart Wee, Sept 18 - August 2018 August 29th, 2018

Dear Readers I hope you enjoyed your Summers, and the Ed Frin if you were there. I wasn’t. I travelled the land in disguise, visiting fogous and friends, avoiding both praise and blame. Here is possibly the thinnest monthly mailing list I have sent in 15 years, padded out with recommendations of other people’s shows.…