The Last Working Day Of The Month: Issue 221

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(MJ Hibbett & The Validators FACT, October 30th 2026)

Hello all, and welcome to this TOURING edition of the newsletter - let's get started!

GIGS TO COME
Friday 27 November 2026 - Brixton Hill Studios, London
Hibbett & Christopher playing 'the album' in full with a grand piano! Tickets HERE: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hibbett-christopher-launch-party-tickets-2003579560400

Thursday 3 December 2026 - The Folklore Rooms, Brighton
Hibbett & Christopher at This Machine Kills Wasps Festive Special with Luke Rollason, Jamie Mykaela, The Highchurches and more. Tickets HERE: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/nextlevelsketch/2392450

Saturday 12 December 2026 - The Waiting Room, London
Solo spot at The London Christmas Covers Party 2026, with Alex Hale & The Private Sector, Binfire, Charley Stone, Pink Opaque, Simon Love, The Understudies and more. Tickets HERE: https://wegottickets.com/f/29707

Monday 21 December 2026 - The King's Head, London
'We Need to Talk About Doom: An Avengers: Doomsday Catch-Up' for Pints of Knowledge. Tickets HERE: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/pintsofknowledge/2498533

Friday 29 January 2027 - Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield
Hibbett & Christopher with The Gentle Spring and First Prize. Tickets HERE: https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Sheffield/Sydney-And-Matilda/THE-GENTLE-SPRING-with-HIBBETT--CHRISTOPHER-and-FIRST-PRIZE/42626879/

Thursday 4 February to Saturday 6 February 2027 - St Mary's Church, Twyford
Hibbett & Christopher supporting Andy Burrows for three nights. Tickets HERE: https://wegottickets.com/sc4m

Saturday 27 February 2027 - Firebug, Leicester
Hibbett & Christopher at the Leicesterval indiepop weekender with Language of Flowers, British Birds, Stuart Pearce, Simon Love, Precious Metals, Falling And Laughing and Misskicks. Tickets HERE: https://wegottickets.com/f/26353

Check http://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/gigs/ for more information.

HELLO, WE EXIST
Hibbett & Christopher are currently on the 'Hello, we exist' tour, so named because that is our current message to the universe. We've also UNLEASHED multiple social media sites and a mailing list, all of which you can find HERE: https://www.hibbettandchristopher.com/

If you'd like a preview of what we're up to there's a recording of last month's show for Radio Blah Blah HERE: https://totallyradio.com/shows/radio-blah-blah/episodes/radio-blah-blah-01-oct-2026

WHEN YOU HEAR A BIRD
The debut single from Hibbett & Christopher, 'When You Hear A Bird', is available right NOW wherever you get your digital music and especially from our brand new Bandcamp page, HERE: https://hibbettandchristopher.bandcamp.com/

This is the first track from our ALBUM sessions, which are rolling along very nicely - more news of this to come soon!

TALKING ABOUT DOCTOR DOOM
I'm hoping to do a lot more talking about Doctor Doom in the run-up to the release of 'Avengers: Doomsday' in December, including more articles, the talk for Pints of Knowledge listed above, and possibly an online talk as well. If you happen to run a media outlet of some sort and would like an EXPERT to chat to about it all, I am very much available!

AND FINALLY
The marvellous Mr Rob Manuel is releasing a new book called '81 Jokes For The ZX81'. I have seen a preview and can confirm my jacket blurb that it is 'Bloody amazing' - full details HERE: https://spelk.press/gb/products/81-jokes-for-the-zx81


And that's the lot for this time - thanks for listening!

Cheers,

Mark

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