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About writewyattuk

This is the online home of author, writer and editor Malcolm Wyatt, who has books on The Jam, Slade and The Clash under his belt and many more writing projects on the go, as well as regularly uploading feature-interviews and reviews right here. These days he's living his best life with his better half in West Cornwall after their three decades together in Lancashire, this Surrey born and bred scribe initially heading north after five years of 500-mile round-trips on the back of a Turkish holiday romance in 1989. Extremely proud of his two grown-up daughters, he's also a foster carer and a dog lover, spending any spare time outside all that catching up with other family and friends, supporting Woking FC, planning adventures and travels, further discovering his adopted county, and seeing as much of this big old world as time allows. He can be contacted at thedayiwasthere@gmail.com and various social media online portals, mostly involving that @writewyattuk handle.

Celebrating a dream worth holding dear – Solid Bond In Your Heart: A People’s History of The Jam

It’s been a pretty frantic time, a family move from Lancashire to a new base in deepest Cornwall this time last month compounded by further edits and late-door shenanigans regarding my latest publication, Solid Bond In Your Heart: A People’s … Continue reading →

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The Undertones / Ruts DC, Liverpool, Hangar 34

It’s always so good to catch The Undertones live, with last Thursday night no exception… exceptional as they always are. What’s more, this marked my official North-West big show farewell before an impending move to Cornwall. And coming on the … Continue reading →

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Frank Carter, Paul Cook, Steve Jones and Glen Matlock – Manchester Academy

The spirit of ’76, ‘77 and all that written large on a stage in M13. I give you Manchester Academy, 24th September 2024, where punk met heritage rock ’n’ roll, with added panto and theatrical moments, all before an adoring … Continue reading →

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Slady – Vinyl Tap, Preston

Can it really be a staggering 44 years this weekend since Slade’s Reading Festival rebirth? Apparently so, the Black Country’s finest spectacularly seeing off the critics in what proved to be the inspiration for an 11th-hour career resurrection, acceptance from … Continue reading →

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Echoes of The Bunnymen – Preston, The Continental

I was nervous enough ahead of this live show, let alone the band. Four fellas with deserved acclaim for their own adventures in music tackle a tribute set to a much-loved Liverpool outfit with such a revered back catalogue… and … Continue reading →

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In praise of the Looked After Kid – a Paolo Hewitt appreciation

I love reading around a subject while writing, and work on my book about The Jam has me not only returning to or finally delving into various other publications about the band, but also reliving the years around which they … Continue reading →

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Preston Weekender: Sunday on the Square – From The Jam / Buzzcocks / Space / Evil Blizzard

‘Hello hooray, what a nice day…’ Forty years to the week from my first live solo sighting of Bruce Foxton – at Guildford Civic Hall on his Touch Sensitive LP tour – the Flag Market in Preston was transformed into … Continue reading →

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Attila the Stockbroker – Foxtails, Chorley

Mick Pike, frontman of Preston post-punk outfit Pike and Lancashire alt world music faves Deadwood Dog, has a new venture on the go alongside his day-job. He tells me, ‘We haven’t a clue what we’re doing,’ in a ‘Blockbuster’ style, … Continue reading →

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Keeley / Sweet Knuckle – The Ferret, Preston

My second live sighting of Keeley, and another triumph, albeit in this case with a rather less frenetic audience than that encountered in Manchester on their first English mini-jaunt. Thirty miles further North West in the heart of Lancashire, I … Continue reading →

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Hot desking it in Nuevo Cottonopolis – examining John Robb’s continued belief in the power of rock ‘n’ roll

Do You Believe in the Power of Rock ‘n’ Roll? John Robb does, and I’ve got to realise in recent years that you don’t have to do quite so much preparation for a chat with this ever-entertaining Manchester-based, Fylde coast-born … Continue reading →

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