Poison & Wine have been invited back to YardFest for a second year.

The alt-country close-harmony Americana duo will perform at 3pm on Saturday 12 September, as part of the free community festival running alongside Saltaire Festival.

YardFest takes place…

The L☿rds of MisRule recently appeared at Kettlewell Festival, performing to a packed audience against the backdrop of the Yorkshire Dales.

Following the performance, festival organiser Gerard Simpson praised the band's original material and engaging live show, describing the audience…

From September 2026, Dan will join the teaching team at the Craven Academy of Modern Music.

Alongside teaching bass guitar to children and adults, he'll also be working with bands to develop the musical and collaborative skills that help ensembles…

A new visual companion for The Rake's Regress will premiere later this month.

Rather than a conventional music video, the project offers a cinematic accompaniment to the song, drawing inspiration from William Hogarth's famous series of paintings while reflecting the…

Dan recently joined Candacraig on bass guitar and backing vocals for their appearance at Soundle Festival in Oundle.

The performance reunited Dan with Martin Nicholls and Sharon Cannings, alongside new keyboard player Marty Brown, for a show at one of…

The L☿rds of MisRule have begun a run of rehearsals ahead of their headline appearance at Kettlewell Festival this July.

Alongside revisiting existing - and introducing new - material, the band has been refining its live setup and exploring ways…

Work continues on the forthcoming Lords of MisRule EP, including development of the track Escape From Monte Carlo.

Recent sessions have focused on arrangement and orchestration, with plans emerging for live string recording as part of the final production…

Work is ongoing on the next EP from The Lords of MisRule, with current focus on developing Escape From Monte Carloin demo form.

Building on experience from the first EP, the band is taking a more self-contained approach to…

Work has begun on the next EP from The Lords of MisRule, with writing and demo sessions currently underway.

The first track in development, Escape From Monte Carlo, has already featured in recent live sets and is now being…

I’m delighted to be joining the Rock Vixen Theatre Show — a full-scale live production led by Sharon Cannings and Martin Nicholls.

The show brings together some of the best female-fronted rock songs of the last fifty years, performed by…

February brought The L☿rds of MisRule’s first-ever Leeds gig at The Fox & Newt — a proper milestone for us.

We were invited to play for the the launch of a new album by Captain Wilberforce, led…

The L☿rds Of MisRule showreel is now out in the world.

Theatrical storytelling, swaggering guitars, and a proper sense of occasion.

If you’re curious what The L☿rds  do on stage — here it is:
https://youtu.be/99VaWFYPfic

A huge shout out to…

We’ve just finished our first proper live video showreel, and we’re giving it a small but definite moment.

It’s The L☿rds Of MisRule as we actually present ourselves on stage — loud, theatrical, and built for live rooms.

Premieres Thursday…

Rehearsals have begun for our first-ever Leeds gig, supporting Captain Wilberforce at the Fox & Newt on Saturday 21st February.

It's a lovely bit of narrative symmetry, given where Mike and I first crossed paths all those years ago…

The L☿rds Of MisRule's first video showreel premieres online on Thursday 12th February at 7:30pm.

Log-in details below for those who’d like to watch along: https://youtu.be/99VaWFYPfic 

Mike and I will be on poised and ready in the chat for…

The Lords of MisRule showcase video is finished, and we’re all extremely pleased with how it’s turned out.

Huge thanks to Johnny LaThangue of Birdy Films, ably assisted by Darren Ellis, who’ve given it a look that…

On 21st February, The L☿rds of MisRule play our first ever Leeds gig, supporting Captain Wilberforce at the Fox & Newt.

This one feels significant for two reasons:

1. I’ve played Leeds many times over the years…

I recently took The Lords ☿f MisRule into Studio 5 at Jam On Top to film and record a set of glam-rock performance videos to form the band’s first official showreel.

Working with director Johnny Lathangue of Birdy Films…

After several riotous appearances on the bandstand stage, The Lords of MisRule are stepping up to the Main Stage at this year’s Saltaire Festival — and for me, it feels like a real milestone.

I’ve loved every single show on…

Saturday, 23rd November 2024

The Beehive, Shipley, West Yorkshire

Doors open at 7:00 PM / Music starts at 7:30 PM

I'm thrilled to be part of Neuroverse Festival, a celebration of neurodiversity in Bradford, organized by Specialist Autism Services & The Peacock Bar. As someone recently diagnosed with ADHD, this event means a lot to me personally.

Here's what to…

My reunion with old college buddy and brother-in-prog Martin Nicholls, and his partner in music and life, Sharon Cannings, continues…as I join Candacraig’s new project — a live retelling of Marillion’s classic 1994 album, "Brave". Rehearsals…

A few months ago, I joined TimeWarp, a long established four-piece band playing rock'n'roll classics across the North of England, on bass guitar. Despite being a regular frontman and solo performer, I confess I do enjoy the comparative anonymity…