Belle & Sebastian frontman to host a special evening at intimate Bristol venue

Belle & Sebastian frontman to host a special evening at intimate Bristol venue

Posted on: 10 May 2024

Stuart Murdoch is a Scottish musician, composer, writer and filmmaker, best known as the lead singer and chief songwriter of the iconic Glasgow band, Belle and Sebastian.

 

Nobody’s Empire: An Evening with Stuart Murdoch will take place at Bristol Beacon’s Lantern Hall on Saturday 12 October 2024.

 

This intimate evening of readings, songs, and a live Q&A with the man himself will see Stuart celebrating the release of his debut novel, Nobody’s Empire. Sharing a title with a Belle and Sebastian song, the book has been described as “part memoir and part fiction”. Stuart will be joined by special guests for this event.

 

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Since forming in Glasgow during the mid-1990s, Belle and Sebastian have released as many as twelve studio albums to widespread critical acclaim and established themselves as one of UK indie’s best-loved and most successful bands.

 

The band’s debut record Tigermilk (1996), sophomore effort If You’re Feeling Sinister (also 1996) and 1998’s seminal album The Boy with the Arab Strap are all seen as indie pop staples and, to this day, Belle and Sebastian enjoy a fervent worldwide audience, filling such esteemed venues as The Hollywood Bowl and Radio City Music Hall.

 

In 2010, Stuart Murdoch’s online diaries were collected into his first book, The Celestial Café. Two years later, he scripted, composed and directed the movie God Help The Girl, a musical coming-of-age drama starring Olly Alexander of Years & Years fame.

 

Murdoch has long been an outspoken advocate for sufferers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a long-term condition that he himself has experienced. He is an Ambassador for the Open Medicine Foundation, a non-profit that works to promote awareness of ME/CFS.

 

In addition to Bristol, Stuart Murdoch will be presenting an evening of reading, songs and live Q&A to celebrate his debut novel, Nobody’s Empire, at venues in Cambridge, Brighton, London, Leeds, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

 

Nobody’s Empire: An Evening with Stuart Murdoch will take place at Bristol Beacon’s Lantern Hall on Saturday 12 October 2024 – book your tickets HERE.

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.