Richard Balls
@RichardBalls
Author of music books. A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane MacGowan out now via @OmnibusPress. NCFC fan, record collector and occasional film extra.
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Remembering the lead singer of punk band X-Ray Spex,
Poly Styrene
3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011
📷 Ebet Roberts
PunkAndNewWave #polystyrene #xrayspex #music #punk band #punk #70s #britishpunk
More copies of my Shane MacGowan biography signed at Waterstones Norwich today. In some cool company on the music book table.
#shanemacgowan #thepogues #Norwich #books
In a great week for singles in 1978, the editor of Sounds gave the Single Of The Week badge to Yankee Wheels. Another Girl Another Planet still holds a grudge. Jane Aire & The Belvederes now on the MBRS
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Thanks to Sounds Clips
Could not be prouder to have the names of Paddy McAloon and Sinéad Gleeson gracing the lovely new cover of the upcoming 'remastered' Under the Ivy: The Life & Music of Kate Bush
A Furious Devotion seen in some good company at the London Piccadilly and Belfast Waterstones.
Check out your local branch for a copy of the fully updated edition.
#books #biography #Waterstones
⭐️ Read about Philippa’s epic equestrian adventure, ahead of a The British Horse Society Society talk and screening of All the Wild Horses at SPILL Festival Think Tank:
folkfeatures.co.uk/a-life-long-eq…
#ipswich #suffolk #folkfeatures
A Furious Devotion is #1 Most Gifted in Music Reference on Amazon ❤️
Brilliant to see so many copies being gifted to fans of Shane and The Pogues.
Thanks to everyone who has purchased the new updated paperback edition!
#shanemacgowan #thepogues #biography #books
Where are you reading your copy of A Furious Devotion? I'd love to hear how far it's travelling.
#shanemacgowan #thepogues #biography #Ireland
The brand new paperback edition of Richard Balls' Shane MacGowan biography, A Furious Devotion is out now – and has been fully updated to include the iconic artist's final months, and the phenomenal response to his passing
hotpress.com/culture/richar…