Check out this excellent new Wilko interview in Viva Manchester! Wilko and the boys play the Manchester Academy on May 12th – got your tickets for the UK tour? Get in quick! Click here to see if the band are rolling into a town near you.
Wilko will be talking about his terrific upcoming album ‘Blow Your Mind’ live to Simon Mayo Drivetime on BBC Radio 2 on Monday April 30th! Don’t miss it! More details here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b0gmfl
To be honest, we really don’t need much encouragement to look back on the fabulous night at the Royal Albert Hall in September with the band, Dr John Cooper Clarke and Eight Rounds Rapid, celebrating Wilko’s 70th birthday and 30 years of the Wilko Johnson Band, so here’s a nice review of the evening’s shenanigans courtesy of Rock Society:
In the mood for a good old read? You’re in luck – there’s a top notch Wilko Johnson feature in the brand new issue of Guitar Interactive Magazine – out now! Wilko discusses five decades in music:
Here’s a very entertaining clip of Wilko’s appearance on Vintage TV, which airs today (Sunday 3rd) at 5pm! Sure to be unmissable – but if you DO miss it, it’s repeated on September 7th at 10.30pm! You lucky people.
The first episode of Sky Arts series ‘Rock and Roll’ airs in the UK tonight (Friday September 1st) at 9:00PM on Sky Arts Channel.
Wilko is one of the luminaries featured in the series and will feature and perform in episode 3, to be aired on Friday September 15th. This particular episode also features the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, Wanda Jackson, Lloyd Price, Eric Burdon, Carly Simon, Jimmy Van Eaton, Steve Earle and Charles Connor.
If you want to catch the series in full, it will be available as a box set on Sky Go and Sky On Demand after 11:00PM on Friday 1st September. For broadcast, the remaining episodes will TX at the same time each Friday for the run of the series.
Rock Society have published an excellent interview with our man Wilko, and you can also find an in-depth interview with both Wilko and Norman in Guitarist Magazine!
Here’s are a couple of excerpt – buy the magazines for the full shebang!