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<strong>ADAM CURTIS</strong> <strong>&amp; GRAHAM DUFF</strong>
<strong><em>IN CONVERSATION</em></strong>

<strong>With DJ Vicki Bennett (People Like us)</strong>

<strong>8 November 2019</strong>

<strong>Iklectic Arts Lab,
</strong>Old Paradise Yard
20 Carlisle Lane
London SE1 7LG
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<a href="http://buytickets.at/iklectik/308307">Tickets £5</a> </strong>
(redeemable against purchase of a book)

“‘Foreground Music’ is an absolute gem.” – <strong>Mark Gatiss</strong>

“Touching and funny” – <strong>Cosey Fanni Tutti</strong>

“A must have for those of us who escaped our parents’ terrible musical tastes. A love letter to the music and period that defined a generation.” – <strong>Steve Coogan</strong>

Graham Duff's new book <em>Foreground Music</em> is a funny, insightful and sometimes melacholy memoir of a life long music obsessive and compulsive gig-goer. From a Cliff Richard gospel concert at the age of ten, to his first rock gig age 14, where The Jam play so loudly he blacks out, to a Joy Division concert that erupts into a full scale riot. Each chapter focuses on a different show, including Primal Scream headlining at Glastonbury at the height of Screamadelica, the troubled reformation of The Velvet Underground, the first UK gig by The Strokes in a room above a pub, and the final arena tour by David Bowie. Along the way, Graham experiences several pub-crawls with Mark E. Smith of The Fall, convinces Paul Weller to undertake his first acting role and attempts to interview Genesis P. Orridge whilst tripping on LSD.

<strong>Adam Curtis</strong> is an acclaimed, BAFTA-award winning documentary film maker whose works, including <em>Hypernormalisation</em> and <em>The Power of Nightmares</em> explore areas of sociology, psychology, philosophy and political history.

<strong>Graham Duff</strong> is a British TV comedy and drama scriptwriter whose credits include <em>Ideal</em> and <em>The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells</em>. As an actor he has appeared in, among other things, two Harry Potter films, Alan Partridge, and Dr. Who.

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