HNY. We look forward to saying goodbye to this year and getting the new fab five back in business in ‘26. See you on the other side

The Nightingales - The Awful Truth on Fire Records Top Notch! Top Shelf! Top Riff! The Same Old Riff from The Mighty Mighty Nightingales youtu.be/Kq_4OY8Tpp4?... #5Albums25 #NowPlaying

now playing on uncertain.fm » The Nightingales, "The Gates Of Heaven Ajar"

Always a highlight when the Gales play London, and a great excuse to support the Moth Club as well.

Back in business. Feb 2026 🎟️ www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

Have a cool Yule everyone. Crack open the mead and have a bosta, you deserve it XXX

Sally believes

Just 2 tickets remaining for our Nightingales gig in May!! You know what to do.... ie.powertik.com/en/events/ni...

Just 2 ticket left for Waterford!!!

2026 is looking brighter Go get ‘em in www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

Refining my 2025 album of the year list with three fine candidates: - Mogwai - The Bad Fire - House of All - House of All Souls (now with 50% more drummers) - Nightingales - The Awful Truth @mogwai.scot @houseofall.bsky.social @nightingalesuk.bsky.social

Give the gift of us lot this Christmas. We’ve announced some UK dates in February so you & yer mate wanna be there : www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

Well would ya look at that!

I watched the King Rocker doc again which always brings back rose tinted George St/Moseley Arms memories. Then saw that the @nightingalesuk.bsky.social are playing at Ramsgate Music Hall in Feb and felt grateful for a musical thing to look forward to round these parts. Bag secured as the weans say

We are finally returning to Shrewsbury after 10 years as part of @loopfestshropshire.bsky.social in May Early bird £30 tickets on sale now ticketloop.co.uk

Go get ‘em www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

Anything by @nightingalesuk.bsky.social. Coincidentally @goldbergradio.bsky.social has just made a programme exploring this: bsky.app/profile/gold...

Had huge fun making this for @bbcsounds.bsky.social - a programme about 'non-singing' singers... Feat @drycleaning.bsky.social @nightingalesuk.bsky.social Big Special @sowetokinch.bsky.social and - sort of - Bob Dylan. WARNING: Contains examples of me "not" singing. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Our Robert is interviewed on Radio 4 today at 4PM as part of “Artworks: Do You Call That Singing?” where @goldbergradio.bsky.social looks at the entertaining history of "Sprechgesang", AKA speak-singing www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m....

Super excited to announce that I’ll be supporting the Nightingales on the following UK tour dates in February: 19 Feb, Thurs: Swansea, 20 Feb, Fri: Southampton 22 Feb, Sun: Cambridge 24 Feb, Tues: London 27 Feb, Fri: Hebden Bridge Tickets: www.ThomasTruax.com/shows

*SUPPORT ANNOUNCED* Very happy to have the great Thomas Truax & sax god Terry Edwards join us at selected shows in February A nice amount of tickets sold already on these, thank you ! www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

Great showing of @nightingalesuk.bsky.social 'King Rocker' @margatefilmfest.bsky.social yesterday, complete with very jovial Q&A with Messrs Lee and Cumming. Terrific seeing it on "the big screen" and hopefully will get people along to see them at #RamsgateMusicHall in February......

Ho-Ho-Ho ! The Nightingales 2025 Christmas gift guide has landed. Plan ahead for that uncertain future . . . www.nightingales.bigcartel.com

Southampton Fri 20 Feb, all being well.

Last 5 tickets on sale here. NOT TO BE MISSED ie.powertik.com/en/events/ni...

Awroit my luvvers, it’s FRIDAY!! After a week in the rehearsal room with the full band, three of us have found ourselves stranded far from home in Bristol … could this perfect day get any better?? It’s over to you, The Saints ! Eternally yours, the Gales XXX

AWRIGH ! ! All links are now live for our 2026 Ireland dates and the Feb UK tour. London, Brum & Hebden are in particular off to a very fine start indeed, ain’t that grand. Go get ‘em www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

On Sale Now! The return of the mighty @nightingalesuk.bsky.social Book early is our advice! ie.powertik.com/en/events/ni...

AWRIGH ! ! All links are now live for our 2026 Ireland dates and the Feb UK tour. London, Brum & Hebden are in particular off to a very fine start indeed, ain’t that grand. Go get ‘em www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

Their last show in Waterford was one for the ages! NOT TO BE MISSED!!!👇👇👇👇👇💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

🇮🇪 NEW SHOWS 🇮🇪 Very pleased to announce Nightingales will return to Ireland in May 2026 and we’re bringing our good mate Ted Chippington with us for these three dates. Tickets go on sale tomorrow Friday Nov 14th at 10AM … you know what to do! thenightingales.org.uk/live

King Rocker will be screening at Margate Film Festival with a Q&A from Stewart Lee & director Michael Cumming on Sunday Nov 30th Screening ARK Cliftonville at 5.35PM & THEN later than night Michael Cumming will be screening the brilliant Oxide Ghosts at 8.20 Tickets here dice.fm/event/7deox7...

Roll up! Roll up! Tickets for the Nightingales first headline tour in 3+ years are now on sale. Go get em tiger! www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

Thank your lucky stars, the stellar shine again. Following a fairly fallow 2024/25 - due to grim illness and its gruff treatment - the glorious Gales are now readying themselves to rock n roll afresh next February. Tickets go on sale Fri Oct 31st at 10AM www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

And... then there were five. Welcome aboard sublime Brummie super talent Natalie Mason. As BBC6music probably said “This sparkling cherry on the icing of pop music’s tastiest cake sees John Cale finally relegated to #2 in the official ‘Best Viola Player In Rock’ chart” Brilliance now beams brighter

As you know, we’re a clean shaven bunch but in this case we’ll make an exception : The Nightingales & Ted Chippington will be performing at Bearded Theory Festival 2026, huzzah ! www.beardedtheory.co.uk

BBC Radio 6 Music Riley & Coe Now Playing Robert Lloyd & The New Four Seasons Part of the Anchor (Radio 1 Session, 10 Mar 1987)

Restocked : www.nightingales.bigcartel.com

My friend went to Krankenhaus this weekend and came back raving about seeing the film King Rocker. I designed this last year but did nothing with it. That’s fine, but I wanted to put it out there again to show my appreciation for having Vindaloo records in my early teens. Bostin’.

Good to see old friends

Vielen Dank for having us @krankenhausfest.bsky.social @seapowerband.bsky.social … what a thing!! Had a blast on stage & had ourselves some fun off stage over the weekend. Ta to the festival for really looking after us & everyone who came out Nightingales is over & out for the rest of the year X

Last day of @krankenhausfest.bsky.social today. Going out with a bang. Bring on @nightingalesuk.bsky.social

Festival Andi has arrived and we’re on our way to Krankenhaus Festival

Times are tough, what cover band should we be?

Unexpectedly useful band merch courtesy of @nightingalesuk.bsky.social #HelloStatins

The King Rocker entourage are headed to @krankenhausfest.bsky.social August 22-24 ! Screenings of the film over the weekend, chats with Jude Rogers and sets from The Nightingales & Stewart Lee See you out there !

@nightingalesuk.bsky.social were my overall #RebellionFestival highlight. Old guitarist Alan standing in for Jim who is on sick leave. Good to hear older songs from the albums Alan played on, but best wishes to Jim and hope he's back performing soon.

A rock and roll legend seen here with Jerry Thackray and Robert Lloyd

THE RHYTHM REUNITED !! Powering up for Friday, where we play Preston Popfest & Sunday Rebellion Festival. Hope to see some of you lot out there XXX