Lizard September Update!
Gecko ‘Live in London’ episode one
Back in May my mate Chris Hugall filmed a special intimate Gecko performance in a cosy studio in central London. The first fruits from that are released today on YouTube here. Thanks to the special lizards who joined us that afternoon. I think Chris did a wonderful job of catching the vibe and thanks to the State is Flow team for capturing the audio.
Gecko on tour supporting The Skints!
Next month I’m touring the U.K. supporting old pals of mine The Skints on a very special unplugged tour. Shows are selling out. Here’s where you can catch us:
7th October Komedia, Brighton Tickets
8th October Boileroom, Guildford Tickets
9th October The Parish, Huddersfield Tickets
11th October The Wardrobe, Leeds Tickets
12th October ThinkTank, Newcastle Tickets
13th October Oran Mor, Glasgow Tickets
14th October Gorilla, Manchester Tickets
15th October Castle and Falcon, Birmingham Tickets
17th October Bush Hall, London Tickets
19th October The Horn, St Albans (Sold out)
21st October The Joiners, Southampton (Sold out)
22nd October The Cavern, Exeter Tickets
23rd October Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Tickets
I first played shows with The Skints way back in 2008! So there’s a lot of shared history. It’s going to be emotional being back out on the road with them again after all these years.
The Great Big Dinosaur Show
My Dino show for children and families with poet Simon Mole is touring again. First up we have:
6th October Cheltenham Festivals (sold out)
19th October Lyric, Hammersmith, London Tickets
28th October Hat Factory, Luton Tickets
29th-31st October Jackson’s lane, London Tickets
We have more touring planned in 2025 so hopefully we’ll be somewhere near you then!
We also filmed this fun trailer (again by Chris Hugall-can’t get away from the guy) check it out here.
How the album is going
Thanks so much to everybody on this mailing list who crowdfunded my brand new album. I can’t thank you enough for helping bring this project into existence. Since we last spoke it has been all systems go behind the scenes recording. I’ve had an incredible roll call of musicians join me at Hackney Road studios including my piano prince Chris Read, the OG Gecko rhythm section Si & Ben as well as horns, strings and lots of backing vocals. We’re getting very close to finishing the initial tracking now. Then it’s mixing time!
Lots of lizard love,
Gecko
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