The Last Working Day Of The Month: Issue 208

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(MJ Hibbett & The Validators FACT, May 30th 2025)

Hello all, and welcome to this TOUR-READY edition of the newsletter - let's get started!

GIGS TO COME
Saturday 12 July 2025 - Pump House, Watford
'Data and Doctor Doom' at The Watford Fringe - tickets HERE:
https://watfringe.co.uk/events/mj-hibbett-data-and-doctor-doom/

Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 July 2025 - Underground at Spring Gardens, Buxton
'Data and Doctor Doom' at The Buxton Fringe - tickets HERE:
https://2025.underthefringe.com/shows/mj-hibbett

Fri 25 Jul 2025 - The Quarry Theatre at St Luke's, Bedford
'Data and Doctor Doom' at The Bedford Fringe, tickets HERE:
https://bedfringe.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873673734

Sunday 3 August 2025 - The Hen & Chickens, London
'Data and Doctor Doom' at The Camden Fringe, tickets HERE:
https://camdenfringe.com/events/mj-hibbett-data-and-doctor-doom/

Check http://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/gigs/ for more information.

DATA AND DOCTOR DOOM
As you can see above, the summer tour is ready to go! I've done a whole bunch of new videos to promote it, and you can see them all HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWBQXTcF1oc&list=PL6NIdPGw4mSKXD5PuYRE5QClhHMBbFARL

There are loads of other bookings in the pipeline and, as ever, if anybody has any thoughts on more comics or data events that would benefit from me talking about Doctor Doom please let me know!

ESQUIRE MAGAZINE
A couple of months ago I had a lovely chat about Superman with the journalist Johnny Davis, and a surprisingly large number of things I said made it into the resulting article, HERE:
https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/a64779159/superman/

THE FUNNY COMICS FAN CLUB
The grand finale of season two of 'The Funny Comics Fan Club' found me and John looking at 'The Phoenix'. You can listen to that, and all the other shows, HERE:
https://thefcfc.podbean.com/

We'll be back for season three in a couple of months, but in the meantime watch out for a 'Best Of' show soon!

FUTURISTIC MULTIMEDIA
In July it'll be the 22nd anniversary of the release of 'This Is Not A Library' and so to celebrate this COPPER ANNIVERSARY we'll be making the CD extras - a whole album of demos plus a bunch of alternative versions and additional songs - available online for the first time EVER. More details next time!

AND FINALLY
Our very own Francis Albert Machine has just released an album of cover versions, bringing together tonnes of amazing tracks he's recorded over the years, including a GRATE version of 'Billy Jones Is Dead'. You can wallow in the album's gorgeousness HERE:
https://frankiemachine.bandcamp.com/album/not-himself

And that's the lot for this time - thanks for listening!

Cheers,

Mark

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