After his recent appearance in The Word, Mick Farren has pulled together an iteration of The Deviants (including a couple of Pink Fairies) and they're playing at the Borderline this Friday. Anyone else coming?

He's a taster from his solo stuff in the Stuff era (although this EP might have been on Logo)

Here's another free BBC ticket opportunity - Peter Hook interviewed by Simon Day, then he interviews John Cooper Clarke.

These tickets go fast so hurry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/shows/chain_reaction_jul11

http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/shows/songwriters_circle_2011

Free tickets from the BBC for this event - thought the Word massive should know.

Here's the blurb

BBC Four Sessions presents Songwriters' Circle
BBC Four | fully booked
BBC Four Presents Songwriters' Circle
with Leon Russell, Nick Lowe and Paul Brady
Tuesday 28 June

Recently inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in the US, the legendary Leon Russell takes to the stage at the lovely Porchester Hall in West London for an intimate recording of Songwriters' Circle for the BBC. Last year he released The Union with Elton John, which reached number 12 in the UK album charts and his back catalogue includes Superstar, covered by Rita Coolidge, Luther Vandross, Sonic Youth and The Carpenters; Joe Cocker's Delta Lady and the massive Song For You, covered by 40 artists including The Carpenters, Whitney Houston, Ray Charles, Peggy Lee and Christina Aguilera.
Leon Russell is joined on stage by king of punk rock and pub rock and first-rate crooner, Nick Lowe. His songs include (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (featured in the film The Bodyguard), Top 20 hits Cruel To Be Kind and I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass, and The Beast In Me (famously covered by Johnny Cash and now featured in smash hit film Hangover 2).
The trinity is completed by Irish singer-songwriter Paul Brady, a musician's musician lauded by Bob Dylan. An alumni of Irish folk supergroup Planxty, Brady has carved a solo career that's successfully straddled traditional folk, rock and pop, with faboulous songs like Crazy Dreams, The Island and The World Is What You Make It.
He's written with the likes of John Prine and Roseanne Cash and his songs have been covered by everyone from Santana, Tina Turner and Bonnie Raitt, to Ronan Keating.

BBC Four Presents Songwriters' Circle
with Donovan, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Roger Cook
Wednesday 29 June

Fresh from a triumphant orchestral performance of his landmark album Sunshine Superman at the Royal Albert Hall, we're delighted to welcome the evergreen Donovan for a more intimate experience at the Porchester Hall. Emerging from the UK folk scene into the pop mainstream, Donovan became a leading British recording artist with a string of hits in the 1960s. His songs like Catch The Wind, Colours and Mellow Yellow have retained their freshness and charm.
One of Donovan's biggest hits was his version of Universal Soldier, which was written by the Native American singer-songwriter and social activist Buffy Sainte-Marie and it's a rare treat to have them sharing a stage, specially for Songwriters' Circle. Buffy also came to prominence in the 1960s, and her songwriting, though rooted in folk and traditional music (Until It's Time For You To Go), also found expression in country with I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again and the pure power pop of Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes' version of Up Where We Belong, famously used as the theme song for the movie An Officer And A Gentleman.
Roger Cook completes the circle. If you don't know his name, you'll certainly know his songs. They don't get much bigger than I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing, Crystal Gale's Talking In Your Sleep and Gene Pitney and Marc Almond's Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart. One half of the 1960s duo David & Jonathan, Roger Cook fronted Blue Mink with Madeline Bell, co-writing classics like Melting Pot. Bristol bred, he's settled in the US and we're delighted to have him over.