Great night (15/01) at Alexander's Live Chester @alexanderslive.bsky.social with the legendary John Otway and the Big Band @thejohnotwayband.bsky.social. Great fun, even if the electrics went bang a couple of times - we got a bit of ad-lib acoustic thrown in. Just blame the theremin! Cheers, John!

Four gigs in a row this week starting tonight in Chester. Then York, Huddersfield and a first for the band, Blackpool and an early evening show on Sunday. www.johnotway.com/gigs.html

Right then, a late Happy New Year! Today's the first gig of 2026 for the band and the beginning of an exciting world-touring year. A relatively local for gig for us tonight in Cambridge at the Portland Arms wegottickets.com/greenmind/f/...

Last gig of the year tonight for the band in Sheffield at the marvellous Backroom in The Greystones. wegottickets.com/f/14076/

Last band gig of the weekend at the Putney Half Moon. A favourite venue of the bands and John’s local. The beer is good too… tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/2025-11…

3/5ths of the Otway Band practicing the end of season pose… Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis

The Otway Band’s string section…

The first of four gigs for John and the band this week starts tonight in Bristol at the Thunderbolt - bit.ly/4irPJcP Friday - Tavistock - bit.ly/4pCHm0l Saturday - Lyme Regis - bit.ly/3XSAnV7 Sunday - Putney - bit.ly/4pzpqUb

How to tune a snare drum head. 1. Tighten all the lugs finger tight in a clockwise pattern. 2. Stand on the drum skin and then tighten the lugs with a drum key until the skin crackles slightly. 3. Repeat step 2 until you run out of thread. 4. Your snare drum is now correctly tuned...

Two band gigs this weekend, first of which is in Malvern at the Malvern Cube bit.ly/48dlguj Then tomorrow the band travel north to Stoke-On-Trent and to the small but splendidly decorated Artisan Tap bit.ly/4oYV91o

Today the band travel (for the first time) to the Isle of White and a gig tonight in Newport at Strings Bar: bit.ly/4a2xdW8

Richard and me moonlighting for a band without Otway. Headbutt free 👍

Belfast, we are in you…

Adam and Richard will be playing at this event for our much missed friend and colleague, Mr Bill Glass www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bill-glass...

It's Otway's birthday this week so to celebrate the band are doing two shows. Thursday in Southampton at the 1865 bit.ly/4nTCbbn And on Friday, a welcome return to The Victoria in Swindon. bit.ly/4nuIqCT 'Who's a lucky birthday boy!'

Right. Summer’s over and the band’s back. First of the weekend’s three gigs starts tonight at ‘Hampton Hub Club’ www.hamptonhubclub.com London. Sat ‘Hot Box’ Chelmsford Sun ‘Hull Social’, Hull

Not so secret… IYKYK

Also info on next years world record tour, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Japan… www.facebook.com/share/v/1F9s...

First gig in a while - A bank holiday gig today (25/8) for John and the band at The Prince Of Wales pub, Stow Maries in deepest Essex. 4pm onwards

For more information about this trip please email John directly at [email protected]

Ireland band Coach Trip now confirmed. Belfast > Limerick > Galway > Dublin • November 6th > 9th More information soon.

Under the kit…

After a break of a few weeks tonight is the last gig of 'The Set remains the Same' tour in London's New Cross. Back at it later in the year with a possible tour of Ireland, North and South and in 2026? A band tour around the world, as you do... But tonight... pit.live/events/the-j...

Richard in Southend

Seymour at the 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire 📸 Christina Jansen

Otway with a violin… Fortunately, no sound

Murray Torkildsen of the Otway Band on stage.

To celebrate @deadlytheroadie.bsky.social 50th birthday, the Otway Band return to Oxford and The Jericho tonight as part of the Set Remains The Same Tour. 'Hear all the songs, exactly how you would have heard them before!' wegottickets.com/event/637793/

The living legend @john_otway brings @thejohnotwayband.bsky.social to The Jericho Tavern on 9th February. With special guests @thekokroachez.bsky.social Tickets available from wegottickets.com/event/637793

The living legend John Otway brings @thejohnotwayband.bsky.social to The Jericho Tavern on 9th February. With special guests @thekokroachez.bsky.social Tickets available from wegottickets.com/event/637793

Thanks to all that came along to this year’s Otway convention. Lovey people, some great music and Wild Willy Barrett confirms he’s is still a musical genius - great fun all round. See you in 2026

This weekend we head off for the annual John Otway Convention™️ 3 days of musical mayhem with the band, Wild Willy Barrett, HKippers, Murray Torkildsen and The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican at the end of the pier and elsewhere in glorious Weston-Super-Mare. www.johnotway.com/convention.h...

Gig 25 - Stoke. Until next week, we’re done. Home please…

Living our best life, Premier Inn style…

Gig 24 tonight In Barton-upon-Humber at Ropery Hall: roperyhall.co.uk/2024/10/11/j...

The Crescent, York gig 23

The tour continues with gig 23 tonight in York at The Crescent… dice.fm/event/bgq5m-...

Gig 22 - Alexander’s Live, Chester

The first of four shows this week starts with gig 22 tonight in Chester at Alexander's Live: bit.ly/40kkDLl Then York on Friday, Barton On Humber Saturday and Sunday in Stoke On Trent www.johnotway.com/gigs.html

Sinclair C5: Suffolk man wants to save them all #Suffolk #BBCNews 🔗: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/...

News THE JOHN OTWAY BAND – The Set Remains The Same: Live - dmme.net/the-john-otw... #JohnOtway / @thejohnotwayband.bsky.social

Last gig of the weekend tonight in Leicester - gig 21 - at The International (The Musician 2). www.ticketweb.uk/event/the-jo...

The John Peel Centre, Stowmarket - gig 20

Now that’s a shot! Glad you had a good time - we did!

A top sold out show last night in Cambridge, gig 19 on the tour. Tonight the band are in Stowmarket for gig 20 of 'The Set Remains the Same' at The John Peel Centre - bit.ly/40ey7IM

So, the tour restarts with the first gig of 2025 at The Lexington, Islington - Tomorrow (Sunday 5th) www.thelexington.co.uk/event.php?id...

RIP Johnnie Walker... A radio broadcasting icon and a friend of John's. Thanks for coming to many gigs, championing Otway and counting down our top 10 hit at the Palladium... What a legend xx

A very merry Christmas from the band. Thanks for coming to the shows in 2024 and onwards into the New Year. See you there… 🤘 www.johnotway.com/gigs

Tonight is the last band show of 2024. Gig 17 of 'The Set Remains the Same' tour heads to Milton Keynes and The Craufurd Arms The band tour restarts again in January - www.johnotway.com/gigs.html Tonight - www.thecraufurdarms.com/gigs