The last 3 dates of my tour are coming up, starting with London tomorrow. Thanks to Stewart Lee for recommending them in his latest newsletter! Weds - LONDON - Stoke Newington Old Church Thurs - BRIGHTON - The Rose Hill Fri - NORWICH - The Holloway www.stewartlee.co.uk/2026/06/from...

My new album is out now & I’m also on tour now! Hope to see you at one of these gigs. Tickets - alison-cotton.com/live/ Album - alisoncotton-uk.bandcamp.com/album/the-go... Poster - @flisskitson.bsky.social Photo - still from the video to ‘I Am!’ by Greg Butler & Louise Mason

NEW T SHIRTS FOR THESE TROPICAL HOT DOG NIGHTS !! We’ve finally added the new Born Again In Birmingham stave T shirt to the shop, sizes small-XXXL. Limited numbers of older t shirts are on sale too. Happy shopping 🌭 nightingales.bigcartel.com

Drummer loving 💘 Some other gigs I have coming up.. VIOLET VIOLET My first band getting back for 2 special shows Aug 7 - Bradford 1in12 Aug 9 - Rebellion Fest PRAM Sep 4 - St Leonards Sep 5 - Corsham Sep 9 - Newport Sep 10 - Todmorden Sep 11 - Hexham Sep 13 - Norwich 🎟️ linktr.ee/flisskitson

Very much looking forward to Alison Cotton’s matinee show in Cov this Sunday as part of @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social festival! She’s fantastic & out on tour at the moment. London on July 1st is looking busy! Tickets : linktr.ee/alison__cotton @joesors.bsky.social @thetinmusicandarts.bsky.social

Hello strangers, it’s Friday & to celebrate here’s our bass player Andi drinking the best pint of Guinness he’s ever had on our recent trip to Ireland. Sláinte !

My first ever band ‘Violet Violet’ are back together for two special shows this August, since we’ve been invited to play Rebellion Festival’s Loud Women stage! We will be doing (and needing) a warm up gig at the legendary Bradford 1in12 Friday Aug 7th Tickets : wegottickets.com/f/19697

Happy Birthday Robert ! He’s traversed the biz we call music in style for nigh on 50 years … always moving forward & keeping us entertained along the way. Here he is living his best life, eating a pork knuckle in Germany

A stunning new live performance video from Alison Cotton !! 🤍🤍🤍 I’m a BIG fan of Alison & it is such a JOY to be booking shows for her. New album out June 19th & the tour starts in two weeks, get out to see her in a town near you Live dates : linktr.ee/alison__cotton

STRAVINSKY'S RITE OF SPRING 🤍 Wowzer - to hear this played live was something else! 😭😎

*New Pram Dates * This September I’ll be behind the kit with Pram, venturing out to 6 chosen spots around the UK - dipping the toe back in to playing live with a wonkier circuit less travelled. Norwich show is a double header with Immersion (!) 🥁 Tickets on sale today linktr.ee/pramgigs

Playing Bearded Theory Festival today! The Nightingales & Ted Chippington on the Woodlands stage 9PM

Ireland ahoy !! Picked up Ted, jumped on board and off we trot to Waterford where we play a S0LD 0UT show tonight. Then to Galway, Dublin & Belfast. Let’s be havin’ ya www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

STAGE SHIRTS ASSEMBLE!! The Nightingales are off to Ireland this week - playing Waterford, Galway, Dublin, Belfast AND THEN back over for a Sunday night slot at Bearded Theory Festival. All with Ted Chippington, can’t be bad eh? Hopefully see some of you out there ⭐️ (and an iron)

Oh Tracey ❤️‍🩹 go see this before it ends. I can’t imagine it not giving anyone creative a kick up the ass (if they need it). Poignant as it was … just wonderful 🩵

Come watch us go quiet & loud again in Ireland next week. Bringing our schtick to Waterford, Galway, Dublin & Belfast w/ good mate Ted Chippington in tow. Get tickets, be quick - Waterford is sold out www.thenightingales.org.uk/live Clip taken from ‘King Rocker’ by Stewart Lee & Michael Cumming

New tour booked by me 🙃🎩 Such a joy to work with these two. Immersion are Colin Newman (Wire) & Malka Spigel (Minimal Compact) and together they make beautiful, hypnotic electronic music with a hook! Tickets on sale today linktr.ee/immersiontic...

It’s a Terminal Cheesecake kinda day

Such a brilliant weekend playing Mach Comedy Festival & Loopfest in Shrewsbury. Drumming really is my therapy 🥁

STAGE SHIRTS ASSEMBLE!! The Nightingales play two festivals this weekend - Machynlleth Comedy Festival today & Loopfest in Shrewsbury on Sunday. Hopefully see some of ya out there ⭐️

Ted Chippington & The Nightingales hit Ireland!! Looking forward to heading back to some favourite spots where the good Guinness flows. Tell yer mates for us! thenightingales.org.uk/live

Back on the oss! This Saturday Nightingales play Mach Comedy Fest … after Robert tells Stewart Lee jokes at 2pm (yes, this is actually happening) Then Loopfest Shrewsbury this Sunday & later in May we head out on an Irish run w/Ted Chippington. All dates & tickets : www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

Nightingales go nuts in May ! Some festivals, a run of Irish gigs and the return of Ted Chippington. Tickets : www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

Happy to reveal we will be Teenage Fanclub’s special guests at The Crossing in Birmingham on November 20th. Tickets on sale Friday April 24th at 10am at moseleyfolk.co.uk

Dreamt of this day. PEACHES BABY !!!

The great Fall alumni HOUSE Of ALL head out on tour today - all booked by me 🙃 catch ‘em if you can linktr.ee/thefallconti...

Alexander Hacke - BLAST: Distorted Memories at Walthamstow Trades Hall Sunday 5 April 📕 #EinsturdzendeNeubaten @flisskitson.bsky.social

On Thursday April 9 I’ll be doing an in conversation with Alexander Hacke (Einsturzende Neubauten) about his brilliant new memoirs in Manchester : tickets from dice.fm/event/wwe3bx...

Ba-dum-tish! Nightingales hit Machynlleth Comedy Festival ! We’ll be there on Saturday May 2nd playing the big top stage (free) PLUS Robert will be telling Stewart Lee old jokes at 2PM in the main hall (ticketed) machcomedyfest.co.uk/show/2026/jo...)

Alexander Hacke (former Einsturzende Neubauten) has announced his memoirs 'Blast' and UK book tour louderthanwar.com/alexander-ha... via @louderthanwar

Join Alexander at this UK Book tour in April linktr.ee/AlexanderHacke @thequietus.com

Wonderful time at Louder Than War festival yesterday - well done @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social and all! Smiles all round for House Of All & Immersion !

NIGHTINGALES & TED CHIPPINGTON REUNITED We’ll be sipping the good Guinness, playing 4 Irish dates with good mate Ted Chippington this May PLUS pulling up to Bearded Theory Festival together. Waterford is already SOLD OUT get booked in for Galway, Dublin & Belfast www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

Book in for Alexander Hacke’s - of Einstürzende Neubauten - UK book tour next month! A true polymath that has been breaking boundaries in music for over four decades!! 🛒 Tickets linktr.ee/AlexanderHacke @muterecords.bsky.social

Lily Allen 🩷 New album theatre show … simply wonderful. Oh if only we could all vent our true feelings of bad breakups and horrid people via best selling records hey?

FIN! Wow, what a brilliant tour. Wonderful to be back together on the road again, had much fun on and off stage. A lot of work to make this happen so I’m made up with the packed out shows! Lovely to see friends along the way … this particular tour was very important to me for lots of reasons 🩷 🥁

The Nightingales play Edinburgh TONIGHT at the Voodoo Rooms! Doors 7.30 / Terry Edwards 8 / Gales 9. Final tickets : tickets-scotland.com/t5146 @scotspostpunk.bsky.social @creepingbent.bsky.social @neilcooper.bsky.social

Woo back at the Trades Club tonight with The Nightingales. Sold out, message for any returns x

TONIGHT we make our return to the Trades Club w/ special guest Thomas Truax. Sold out, contact venue for any returns

Happy happy days after a storming show in Brum last night - Nightingales in Sheffield tonight SOLD OUT

@nightingalesuk.bsky.social on top form tonight at the C&F Brum. Loved Jim’s riffage and @flisskitson.bsky.social’s beats and for me the highlight was Natalie as an equal and energetic member. Her voice complemented Fliss’s and her viola brings a new dimension to the band’s sound. Wunderbar!

Nightingales tour continues tonight at London MOTH Club & it’s just about to sell out so hurrah for that!

Nightingales Tour day 4/11 tonight we play Cambridge Portland Arms - early show Thomas Truax 6.30 / Nightingales 7.30

The Nightingales tour continues tonight in Ramsgate ! www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

Me & @brumradio.com having a chat about The Nightingales tour, last album and playing Birmingham next Wednesday 🥳 brumradio.com/the-nighting...

STAGE SHIRTS ASSEMBLE!! The Nightingales UK tour starts today! Hope to see you out there ⭐️ Final tickets : www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

Why am I getting Americans who don’t follow me sharing and liking my posts about gigs in the UK?! Anyone else? It’s all a bit Twitter

I’m going to post about our *FEB 25TH BIRMINGHAM* date here again because it’s where I live and only a few tickets to go now. To have your support here in particular will be really special to us … and I have no guestlist left 🎟️ www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Bir... @thisistmrw.bsky.social