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John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet and comedian who styled himself as a "punk poet" in the late 1970s. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he released several albums.
Upcoming gigs. Tuesday 25th June 2024. The Concert Hall, Reading. Wednesday 26th June 2024. Taunton Brewhouse. Friday 28th June 2024. Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-On-Avon
Born in Salford, Lancashire, John Cooper Clarke is a multi-faceted writer, musician, artist, and performer. a well-known and much-loved voice on stage, television, radio and at Festivals. He has toured the UK and internationally. Described as a ‘people’s poet, his work first came to the attention of readers and listeners in the 1970s.
Nov 8, 2009 · In his first major interview for two decades, John Cooper Clarke delivers chapter and verse about life with Nico, 'keeping the dream alive' in Milton Keynes and being mistaken for Ronnie Wood
May 21, 2023 · Dr John Cooper Clarke, An Appreciation. rocky storm. 11K subscribers. Subscribed. 880. 56K views 1 year ago. BBC TV 2012 ...more.
Feb 7, 2024 · John Cooper Clarke, beloved Bard of Salford: ‘If you gave me access to the internet, you’d find me dead in six weeks under pizza boxes’. He was the toast of the punk scene in the 1970s,...
Apr 10, 2024 · Thanks to the punk explosion, people started getting to know John Cooper Clarke. For a while, he was almost a star. He appeared on the same bill as the Pistols, The Fall, Joy Division and Elvis Costello; he had a Top 40 hit in 1979 with Gimmix!
Jan 30, 2024 · The 'bargain-basement Baudelaire' on going viral, why fame is a monster and facing his own mortality. John Cooper Clarke is nursing a tumbler of rum in a wood-panelled London boozer. “It’s ...
Jul 19, 2023 · Performance poet John Cooper Clarke has been given the freedom of the city where he grew up. Cooper Clarke, 74, known as the "punk poet", told Salford Council he was "totally knocked out"...
Apr 24, 2023 · From his early days as the bard of punk to a decade lost to heroin and then the worldwide success of his poem I Wanna Be Yours and now a new tour, John Cooper Clarke has used words, rhythm...
