by Will Birch | Mar 27, 2020 | Books, Ian Dury, Uncategorised
20 YEARS AGO TODAY - IAN DRURY WAVES GOODBYE Today 27 March 2020 marks the twentieth anniversary of the death of Ian Dury. Here is an extract from Ian Dury – The Definitive Biography that reports on Ian’s funeral on 5 April 2010. Outside of royalty it was...
by Will Birch | Oct 19, 2017 | Nick Lowe, Popular Music, Uncategorised
40 YEARS AGO: STIFF TOUR 'HITS' MANCHESTER October 1977 and my own group, the Kursaal Flyers, are midway through a UK tour with loveable punk rockers The Cortinas in support. It is a turbulent period – ‘Punk Rock’, as in ‘God Save The Queen’, has invaded the TV...
