The Bard of Salford
The Godfather of Punk Poetry
See John Cooper Clarke at his bold and brilliant best
- Stevenage 9/7/26
- Manchester 12/7/26
- Latitude 23/7/26
- Latitude 24/7/26
- Cambridge 25/7/26
- Southend 7/10/26
- Poole 10/10/26
- Bristol 11/10/26
- Brighton 14/10/26
- London 15/10/26
- Sheffield 17/10/26
- Glasgow 20/10/26
- Carlisle 21/10/26
- Stoke 23/10/26
- Birmingham 24/10/26
- Liverpool 28/10/26
- Leeds 30/10/26
- Leeds 31/10/26
- Whitley Bay 4/11/26
- York 6/11/26
- Dublin 12/11/26
- Belfast 15/11/26
- Blackpool 18/11/26
- Manchester 21/11/26
- Leicester 25/11/26
- Edinburgh 27/11/26
Running out
of breath
of breath
Running out
of socks
of socks
The Poet Laureate of Punk. John Cooper Clarke exploded out of the late-'70s underground armed with a microphone, dark specs and razor-sharp wit. The original Bard of Salford turned everyday life into electric verse, proving that poetry can be loud, funny and dangerously alive.
