Upcoming Events
Bearded Theory Festival
Pixies with CMAT, Garbage, Skunk Anansie, Jools Holland, Getdown Services, Everything Everything, Lambrini Girls, EMF, BIG SPECIAL, The Horrors, Kae Tempest, Bad Nerves, SPRINTS, Badly Drawn Boy, Reverend And The Makers, Fat Dog, Idlewild, Panic Shack, swim school, The Magic Numbers, Dub Pistols, Utah Saints, DJ Raphi, Westside Cowboy, Pop Will Eat Itself, Basht., The Wedding Present, Beans on Toast, A Guy Called Gerald, Chalk, Ozric Tentacles, Good Health Good Wealth, GANSO, Rianne Downey, jasmine.4.t, Heartworms, Girl Scout, She's in Parties, Opus Kink, Senser, A Certain Ratio, VENUS GRRRLS, DJ Rap, Black Water County, Better Joy, The Unthanks, Ferocious Dog, The Leisure Society, Au Pairs, Grandmas House, Meryl Streek, HENGE, Eat Static, Adult DVD, The Sabres Of Paradise, La Sécurité, SPLIT DOGS, Peter Hook and The Light, Tankus, Smag På Dig Selv, Neville Staple, The League of Rebelz, King Prawn, Graeme Park, Bez Ladu A Skladu, thistle., An Dannsa Dub, Amelia Coburn, Katacombs, The Nightingales, 3 Daft Monkeys, Jess Silk, The Ouse Valley Singles Club, Slay Duggee, Mr Bruce, The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican, The Molotovs, Bloodworm, Phil Hartnoll, Chris Hawkins, BCUC, Bearded Theory, Kate Nash, Bez, The Damned, TEKE::TEKE, Toots & The Maytals, Stewart Lee, The Drum Machine, Kezia Gill, Drum Machine, Native James, Kid Kapichi, NewDad, K.O.G, Cara Means Friend, Beatles Dub Club, Peter Hook & the Light, The Pale White, CommonCulture and From The Specials Neville Staple (Band)
Goldie Boutilier with Everything Everything, Lambrini Girls, EMF, BIG SPECIAL, Kae Tempest, Bad Nerves, SPRINTS, Badly Drawn Boy, Reverend And The Makers, swim school, The Magic Numbers, Dub Pistols, Utah Saints, DJ Raphi, Westside Cowboy, The Wedding Present, A Guy Called Gerald, Chalk, Ozric Tentacles, jasmine.4.t, Heartworms, Opus Kink, A Certain Ratio, VENUS GRRRLS, DJ Rap, Black Water County, The Unthanks, Ferocious Dog, Au Pairs, Grandmas House, Meryl Streek, HENGE, Eat Static, The Sabres Of Paradise, La Sécurité, Tankus, King Prawn, Graeme Park, Bez Ladu A Skladu, Miki Berenyi Trio, The Nightingales, 3 Daft Monkeys, The Molotovs, Phil Hartnoll, BCUC, Peter Hook & the Light, Stewart Lee, Drum Machine, Kezia Gill, NewDad, TEKE::TEKE, Kate Nash and Bez
Getdown Services with Everything Everything, Lambrini Girls, EMF, BIG SPECIAL, Kae Tempest, Bad Nerves, SPRINTS, Badly Drawn Boy, Reverend And The Makers, Fat Dog, swim school, The Magic Numbers, Utah Saints, DJ Raphi, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Wedding Present, Ozric Tentacles, jasmine.4.t, Heartworms, Opus Kink, Senser, A Certain Ratio, VENUS GRRRLS, DJ Rap, Black Water County, The Unthanks, Ferocious Dog, The Leisure Society, Au Pairs, Grandmas House, Meryl Streek, Eat Static, The Sabres Of Paradise, La Sécurité, Tankus, King Prawn, Graeme Park, Bez Ladu A Skladu, The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican, The Molotovs, BCUC, Stewart Lee, Bez, Kate Nash, Drum Machine, Kezia Gill and NewDad
Past Events
The Beatnuts with The Lightning Seeds, Badly Drawn Boy, The House of Love, Ranking Jnr, Embrace and From The Specials Neville Staple (Band)
The Enemy with Alabama 3, Badly Drawn Boy, The Bluetones, The Magic Numbers, Utah Saints, The House of Love, The Twang, Goldie Lookin Chain, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Transglobal Underground, Cud, Kingmaker, Cut La Roc, Skylights, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Embrace and Clone Roses
Damon Gough (stage name Badly Drawn Boy) is an English indie singer-songwriter. He was born on 2 October 1969, in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. He grew up in the Breightmet area of Bolton, Lancashire, England.
Damon Gough chose his stage name from the title character in the show Sam and his Magic Ball, which he saw on TV at a party in Trafford, Manchester in 1995. Before he thought of using this name he made some business cards, each one unique, with a printed picture of a drawing by his nephew and a small collage by Gough. This was then laminated and given out to friends and people at clubs in Blackburn and Manchester.
A chance meeting with Andy Votel at the Generation X bar in Manchester, where Gough's friends Scott Abraham and Damon Hayhurst were contributing to an exhibition by the Space Monkey Clothing Company and Votel was DJing, led to the foundation of Twisted Nerve Records. Badly Drawn Boy's first 7-inch single, EP1, was pressed the following year to critical acclaim, although only 500 copies were made.
In 2002, Q magazine named Badly Drawn Boy in their list of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die", although this was as part of a sub-list of "5 Bands That Could Go Either Way" on account of Gough's tendency to talk and tell stories for extended periods in concert rather than play songs.