Badly Drawn Boy – Live & In Conversation

It was June 2000 when The Hour of the Bewilderbeast won the Mercury Prize and announced the arrival of the beautifully idiosyncratic songwriting talent of Damon Gough aka Badly Drawn Boy. A record full of fragile honesty, melodic brilliance and emotional depth, it marked the beginning of a career that would prove as unpredictable as it was enduring.

Over the years, Badly Drawn Boy has released a string of acclaimed albums, including Have You Fed The Fish?, One Plus One Is One, Born In The UK, and It’s What I’m Thinking Part 1: Photographing Snowflakes, each charting new emotional and musical territory. Alongside these came celebrated film soundtracks, most notably About A Boy, the Gold-certified, much-loved score to the 2002 film starring Hugh Grant, featuring fan favourites “Silent Sigh” and “Something To Talk About.”

More than two decades on from his breakthrough, Badly Drawn Boy remains one of Britain’s most singular musical voices — a songwriter capable of moments that are tender, funny, melancholic and euphoric, often all at once.

In this special Live & In Conversation evening, he joins BBC 6 Music’s Chris Hawkins for an intimate show of songs and stories spanning an extraordinary career. Expect stripped-back live performances, reflections on the making of classic records, behind-the-scenes tales from the Mercury Prize era and beyond, and a candid look at the highs, lows and magic that have shaped his journey.

Chris Hawkins is one of BBC 6 Music’s most respected broadcasters, whose interview credits include Calvin Harris, The Killers, Florence Welch, Dave Grohl, Björk, and Jack White.

This is a rare opportunity to experience the man behind the music up close, honest, warm, revealing and, as ever, wonderfully unpredictable.