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Tour Management Services – Cost Effective Touring Solutions For Artists

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"Mark is the best tour manager I have worked with in the 50 years I have worked in the business - trustworthy, thorough and handles all challenges with professionalism I highly recommend him." - Peter Conway, Peter Conway Management Iron Man offers Tour Management Services for Music, Film, TV and Theatre and is fully insured with Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance. I work in and out of Cardiff, Birmingham and London. I have an 8 seat Volkswagen Transporter and I can add or remove seats as required. For touring artists that need a bigger vehicle I can hire a 9 seat or 17 seat Splitter Van that works within your…

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Transglobal Underground – One of the country’s best loved festival bands, a techno sound system, a pop group, a club night, a Middle Eastern hit production team…The masters of global fusion are back

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Few acts in the UK can demonstrate such a profound influence, a multifaceted legacy, and carry such a mysterious legendary status as Transglobal Underground. From their origins in the dance scene in the early 90s they became one of the country’s best loved festival bands, a techno sound system, a pop group, a club night, a Middle Eastern hit production team, an improvised study group for Indian classical music, an Albanian brass band, a duo..or was it an octet?... Transglobal Underground exploded onto the club scene with the club classic ‘Temple Head’ a track with inspiration taken from the UK bhangra scene, with one foot in the Madchester and indie worlds,…

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Tour Management Services – A professional and cost effective solution for touring artists

Mark

"Mark is the best tour manager I have worked with in the 50 years I have worked in the business - trustworthy, thorough and handles all challenges with professionalism I highly recommend him." - Peter Conway, Peter Conway Management Iron Man offers Tour Management Services for Music, Film, TV and Theatre and is fully insured with Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance. I work in and out of Cardiff, Birmingham and London. I have an 8 seat Volkswagen Transporter 2.0 TDI T32 Highline Crew Van. I can add or remove seats as required. For touring artists that need something bigger I can hire a 9 seat or 17 seat Splitter Van…

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Transglobal Underground – A band of cosmic mutant rebels representing the beating heart of multicultural Britain, a living rebuttal of race-hate politics

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Tour Dates 2024 November 27th - Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, Brighton Tour Dates 2025 January 11th - Con Club, Lewes - Soundsystem March 1st - Castle and Falcon, Birmingham - Soundsystem 19th - Dürer Kert, Budapest, Hungary https://www.facebook.com/events/617168820640987 20th - Majestic Music Club, Bratislava, Slovakia https://www.facebook.com/events/560559696738644/ April 3rd - Fox and Firkin, London 4th - De Casino, Belgium with Natacha Atlas 5th - Ramsgate Music Hall, Ramsgate 22nd - Old Woollen, Leeds 23rd - Cluny, Newcastle 24th - Oran Mor, Glasgow 25th - The Tunnels, Aberdeen 26th - The Brewery, Kendal All TGU / Natacha Atlas booking enquiries please email Peter Conway Tel: 44 (0)20 8378 1012 / 07885 288512 “…a…

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John Sinclair (1941-2024) Last of the Beatnik Warrior Poets and Cultural Revolutionary has passed away at 82. The work must go on

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“Rock N Roll music is a weapon of cultural revolution. There are not enough musicians around today who are hip to this fact” John Sinclair is best known as the Sixties "marijuana" activist who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for giving two joints to an undercover policewoman. He was eventually freed when John Lennon and Yoko Ono spoke out on his behalf. Less understood is his role as the founder and chairman of the radical anti-war group, The White Panther Party, an offshoot of the Black Panthers. The Black Panther Party was a militant political organization formed after the brutal murders of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Robert…

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John Sinclair – Renegade Poet, Beatnik and Cultural Revolutionary

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Immortalized by John Lennon’s 1972 song that bears his name, Sinclair is an iconic figure of ‘60s counterculture, famous for, among other things, having co-founded the anti-racist White Panther Party and for managing Detroit’s legendary proto-punk outfit MC5 early in its history. Following a highly publicized two-year stint in prison for marijuana possession (Lennon’s song was a protest against his incarceration), Sinclair has stuck to his guns as an advocate for marijuana reform. “Living Euro to Euro, sleeping on the couches and extra beds of friends, a man without a country and a post office box in New Orleans for a permanent address.” That's how spoken word poet John Sinclair describes…

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Tour Management Services – A professional solution for touring artists

Mark

"Mark is the best tour manager I have worked with in the 50 years I have worked in the business - trustworthy, thorough and handles all challenges with professionalism I highly recommend him." - Peter Conway, Peter Conway Management Iron Man offers Tour Management Services for Music, Film, TV and Theatre and is fully insured with Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance. I work in and out of Cardiff, Birmingham and London. Tour Management - A professional solution for touring artists, providing a reliable service at a reasonable price. I can help organise the administration for a schedule of appearances, contacting each promoter or venue to ensure the clients technical and…

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Save Acocks Green Library

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Libraries are great for many reasons, and the importance of Acocks Green Library extends far beyond just being a repository of books. The Library was built in 1932, so it’s nearly 100 years old. Acocks Green Library was built in modernised Georgian style, in sandstone bricks and Grinshill stone. The City's Coat of Arms is over the main door. The internal joinery is of oak, including substantial areas of glazed oak framing, and the floors and dados in the entrance hall are terrazzo. The building was refurbished 1994-5. Acocks Green Library, like all the local Libraries across Birmingham, provides important services for the local community. Here’s some of the reasons why…

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Transglobal Underground – A band of cosmic mutant rebels representing the living, beating heart of multicultural Britain, a living rebuttal of race-hate politics

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All booking enquiries please email Peter Conway Tel: 44 (0)20 8378 1012 / 07885 288512 “…a band of cosmic mutant rebels” — BBC Follow Transglobal Underground on SongKick There are few acts in the UK with as strong an influence and as complex a legacy as Transglobal Underground. For over 25 years it’s been a DJ/musical collective, one of the founders of global fusion, a working band famous for it’s scorching live shows, a techno soundsystem, a folk festival rabble rouser, a pop group, a club night, a Middle Eastern hit production team, an improvised study group for Indian classical music, an Albanian brass band, a duo..or was it an octet?…a…

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Iron Man Records will be at Moseley Record Fair on Sunday 3rd December 2023

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People go to record fairs for a variety of reasons. Some go to buy and sell rare or hard-to-find Vinyl, CDs, cassettes, and other music-related items. Others go to discover new music, explore different genres or eras of music, or to meet friends or network with other music enthusiasts. I like the social aspect of going to a record fair, browsing through collections, listening to music, and meeting like-minded individuals who also share an unhinged passion for music. Iron Man Records will be at Moseley Record Fair on Sunday 3rd December 2023. MOSELEY ALL SERVICES CLUB, 91 Church Road, Moseley, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9EA. 12pm–4pm. FREE ADMISSION! For more details visit: https://moseleyrecordfair.com/…

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Rewards for Iron Man Records Patrons. Become a Patron today and support the cause

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Iron Man Records has had to develop a number of survival skills in the wasteland that is the world of independent music. Changing habits post Covid, the cost of living crisis, Brexit, the cost of touring, the price of fuel, streaming services, and online platforms have drained the life blood from the environment that musicians operate in. At a time when most people are overwhelmed with music to choose from, playing music has become an unsustainable career choice for many. Earning enough to just cover basic costs has become almost a dream. I would like to invite you to become an Iron Man Records Patron. Musicians need a number of different…

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Police Bastard – UK Tour Dates in October 2023

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Police Bastard will be playing 12th October - Redrum, Stafford, 15th October - The Dark Horse, Birmingham, 22nd October - The Victoria Inn, Derby, 27th October - B2, Norwich. Come and see. Tickets on the door. Bring friends. Tour details: 12th October - Redrum, 36 Crabbery St, Stafford ST16 2BA with support from Black Widows and Picasso Blot 15th October - The Dark Horse, 145 Alcester Rd, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8JP with support from Born Hostile, Model Of Truth, The Hate, and Picasso Blot. 22nd October - The Victoria Inn, 12 Midland Place, Derby, DE1 2RR with Kick The Clown, Retsu, Geval, and Blind Eye. 27th October - B2, 496 Sprowston…

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