A day early, but I found this old gem featuring Badly Drawn Boy on my old blog, from 27th February 2007:
I spotted this in my local free paper this weekend. Badly Drawn Boy played live in a Bedminster chippy just down the road from my house last Saturday? I wouldn't have believed it if you'd told me. Damn, and I thought spotting Simon MacCorkindale in The Tobacco Factory couldn't be beat...
The chippy in question - The Magnet Fish Bar on Dean Lane - was pretty good, as I recall. Sadly, it doesn't seem to have had a website or social media presence since 2017 so I fear it's gone the way of many old school fish and chip shops.
Thankfully, Badly Drawn Boy is still on the road, playing gigs and festivals, although it's been over five years since his last album, Banana Skin Shoes.
More celebrities in local shops please. The Chinese take-away where I lived in Dorset in the 1980s had a framed clip of an article marking the time Jimmy S****e called in. I imagine they've taken in down now.
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