Young film maker Farouq Suleiman has just produced a fantastic 16 minute mini-documentary centred around the remarkable fact that punk poet legend Attila the Stockbroker has managed to earn his living as a poet for the last 35 years 🙂  It features loads of archive footage, but is bang up to date too. You can watch it at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAaaE8DFX7U

Attila has also finished his new book of poems, which is full of material about recent events near and far, political and personal  – Trump, Brexit, bladder cancer diagnosis – and for all these reason is titled ‘Undaunted!’  Cos he is! He describes it as “My most personal, angry and wide-ranging collection ever”. More info when it’s ready …

R*E*P*E*A*T Tribute to Attila from a few years back here
http://repeatfanzine.co.uk/archive/attila%20birthday.htm

Loads of gigs as usual, offers welcome, more coming.  Here they are.

FEBRUARY
TONIGHT!
23 SHOREHAM Duke Of-Wellington <https://http://www.facebook.com/DukeOfWellingtonShoreham/>   with Barnstormer
http://www.dukeofwellingtonbrewhouse.co.uk/

MARCH

Tour of Holland and Germany with my band Barnstormer supported by Steve Drewett (Newtown Neurotics) playing solo
1 GRONINGEN Vera Groningen <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vera-Groningen/385796691492138>  http://www.vera-groningen.nl/agenda/mainstage/attila-stockbrokers-barnstormer-steve-drewett
2 AMSTERDAM Café Sound Garden  https://www.facebook.com/events/205927176480391/
3 HANNOVER Unabhängiges Jugendzentrum Kornstraße  https://www.facebook.com/events/433605906982522
4 KIEL Alte Meierei Kiel  https://www.facebook.com/events/252863998482870/
5 BERLIN Supamolly  https://www.facebook.com/events/375754479447930/
6 ESSEN Don’t Panic Essen   https://www.facebook.com/events/228621730912577/

17 MILTON KEYNES Bottom Club Wolverton https://www.facebook.com/events/178479079305176/
18 HUDDERSFIELD Literature Festival  http://www.thelbt.org/Poetry-Slam-0
23 WORTHING Arts Club (Labour Party fundraiser)
https://www.facebook.com/CellarArtsClub/

APRIL

8  LONDON Clash Night (celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of the first Clash labum with a huge cast of contributors) https://www.philosophyfootball.com/77-clash-night.html
20 BRIGHTON Komedia with JC Carroll from the Members https://www.komedia.co.uk/brighton/music/night-edge-word/
26 BRIGHTON Build a Bonfire Night – celebrating our battle to save our football club https://www.komedia.co.uk/brighton/comedy/build-a-bonfire/
30 BARNSLEY May Day Festival Of Solidarity https://www.facebook.com/maydayfest

MAY
1 WELLINGBOROUGH May Day Festival – details TBC
5 PORTSMOUTH Kings Pub https://www.facebook.com/events/174836279672382/
7 HALESWORTH (Suffolk) The Cut http://newcut.org/
13 LONDON Camden at The Constitution Pub – Morning Star fundraiser (details TBC)
20 HADLEIGH (Suffolk) Ansell Centre https://www.hadleighfolk.org.uk/
26 MANCHESTER Strummercamp https://www.facebook.com/groups/48956373036/
27 DERBY Silk Mill Rally details TBC

JUNE
2-4 GLASTONWICK 2017 http://www.cask-ale.co.uk/beerfestival.html
10 GATE TO SOUTHWELL FOLK FEST http://southwellfolkfestival.org.uk/

JULY
8 CAERLEON Comic Verse Fest details TBC
29 SOMETHING ELSE A BIT NORTH FESTIVAL https://www.facebook.com/events/1633391113641635/

AUGUST
3 HALIFAX Victorian Craft Beer Café https://www.facebook.com/SpokenWeird/
4-6 BLACKPOOL Rebellion Festival http://www.rebellionfestivals.com/
7 SIDMOUTH Folk Festival https://sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk
16 – 28 EDINBURGH FREE FRINGE
30 – Sept 4 TOUR OF SWEDEN

SEPTEMBER
1-4  TOUR OF SWEDEN
17 BOGNOR REGIS Blakefest

OCTOBER
1 SOMETHING ELSE IN THE DEAN FEST solo and with Barnstormer
https://www.facebook.com/events/1266134060104035/
7 HAMBURG Knust with Barnstormer

Attila the Stockbroker
http://www.attilathestockbroker.com
http://www.facebook.com/attilathestockbroker
http://www.twitter.com/atilatstokbroka

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New autobiography ‘Arguments Yard’, 2 poetry books, 6 CDs and new T shirt ‘most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people’ available from http://www.attilathestockbroker.com/merch.html