Baz Warne: Convivial Tour

About this event

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In Oct 2025, The Stranglers' current and longest-serving frontman Baz Warne launched a new bookNo Grass Grows On A Busy Street, a charming collection of tour diaries, stories and reflections on 25years fronting The Stranglers, one of British post-punk and new-waves' most celebrated bands, notleast his time in The Toy Dolls and Smalltown Heroes. From Glastonbury Festival to the Acropolis inGreece, Baz has graced some of the world's most iconic stages.After really enjoying a recent Q&A as part of Louder Than Words music/book festival inManchester, curated by rock journalist John Robb, Baz was inspired to put together a specialevening of songs, stories and conversation that could be toured across the UK.Baz says; "I wanted to put together a unique event of entertainment and memories in arelaxed setting, not just 'a book tour' and not quite 'a gig', hopefully more than the sum of itsparts. Who knows how the evening might unfold? One thing is guaranteed...every night onthis run will be completely different!"He continues "When I was describing my idea for the show to management, and used theword 'Convivial' I stopped myself and said 'that's a good word, we don't use it enoughanymore, let's call it that!" This run of shows marks the first time Baz has embarked on this type of tour. All of theConvivial tour's wonderfully unscripted, unconventional shows will be seated and there willbe ample opportunity for questions from the audience.