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May 11th, 2018

5/11/2018

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Urgent stuff from Adamski who is now Sonny Eriksson

5/11/2018

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on 28th April I did a gig at The Union Club in Soho, followed on stage by Adamski who has reinvented himself -
Adamski is now Sonny Eriksson
and he does crazy sonic shit
that pulses through your veins like a Tourette’s Elvis from another planet
full of impossible beats ‘n curves ‘n dirty lyrics ‘n tunes that tease your nips
into a state
of unadulterated excitement

​what a rush!


check out ‘the sound of Sonny Eriksson’
this is urgent stuff!

www.adamskiofficial.com/


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GIVE ME A SIGN - Mark's street signs will be appearing throughout Hull, City of Culture as part of the Re-Rooted festival, 24th - 26th March 2017

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A poet for The Whiskey Poets - 20th Oct, The Magic Garden, Battersea

10/5/2016

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Years ago I met RJ Ellory, best-selling author extraordinaire at a writing festival in York. My performance of ‘Lizard Luck’ (to a backing track by the esteemed Scott McMahon) went down like a lead balloon!  The uptight faces of freaked-out diners at the fancy gala dinner remains vivid as does the way I so quickly became persona non grata.  At the end of the festival Roger gave a keynote speech to a thousand people during which someone asked him what advice he would give to new writers?  His majestic reply was ‘be more like Mark Waddell..’  You could have a heard a pin-drop as the gathered crowds sucked in their breath in disbelief!  


Roger and I recently hooked up  at The Forge in Camden where he was appearing with his Country-blues band The Whiskey Poets, and I had the pleasure of introducing them live on stage. What a night it was - to hear them was to take a roadtrip in an open-top cadillac under endless American skies, shootin’ cacti along the way before heading to the nearest bar for a bourbon ‘n brawl!  On top of that they’re great musicians, with Martin Smith, formerly of ELO on guitar, Rob Oliver (a stint with Paper Lase) and Roger Nunn (of B.Good fame) and the songs are stories in themselves.......stunning stuff. 


On Thurs 20th Oct I’m gonna MC a night of music with The Whiskey Poets, supported by Robbie Ransom and Tom Hartley Booth at The Magic Garden, Battersea, London.  Its free, there’s beer, great music, a few poems and a magic garden, what more can you want?! 

C’mon and have a blast - we’ll stick 2 fingers up to the mundane! 



Click below for The Magic Garden gig details....
www.magicgardenpub.com

Click below to find out why ‘Lizard Luck’ was so hated...
www.markwaddell.com/audio.html






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September 23rd, 2016

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September 09th, 2016

9/9/2016

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Monday 12th September - Mark Waddell is joining in the shenanigans of Ida Barr’s Drop the Mic Poetry Night, 7pm - 9pm (or later!) at the fabulous Victorian ‘Wilton’s Music Hall’, 1 Grace’s Alley, London E1 8JB.  Wilton’s is between Wapping and Whitechapel. 


C’mon along for a blast!  It’s free, its Monday and you want to try something a little different...mischief too take place in the gleaming Mahogany Bar....

https://wiltons.org.uk/whatson/246-ida-barr-s-drop-the-mic-poetry-night


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August 23rd, 2016

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August 20th, 2016

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August 17th, 2016

8/17/2016

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they're doing it everywhere

7/11/2016

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they’re doing it everywhere


all around the world
people are 
getting hit by trains
being electrocuted
falling off cliffs
crashing planes
drowning
and
shooting themselves 
in the head
whilst taking 
that last selfie...


grief-stricken relatives tenderly placing their beloved’s final frozen moment 
upon the coffin


someone always 
tripping over 
backwards
into 
the 
grave. 


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