💣 Hastings Brit-punk band Murderers Are Optimists return to The Piper to play their only hometown headline show of the year. The night will celebrate Paul Sunshine’s birthday and the first 50 ticket holders also get a free goody-bag.

⚡ Murderers Are Optimists have solidified their reputation as one of the most energetic and unpredictable live acts on the south coast. Their sound is characterized by a raw, aggressive style that blends influences from classic punk and 90s Britpop.

❤️‍🔥 Regularly featured on BBC Music Introducing, Murderers Are Optimists have played the BBC’s Live Lounge in Brighton and performed at the iconic Hastings Fat Tuesday Festival.

👀 Their singles ‘Criminals’ and ‘Air Crash Investigation’ have both been featured on BBC Radio 1’s Future Alternative show and in 2023, they were recognised as a band to watch.

✏”The next big thing out of Hastings.” The Hastings Independent

“Murderers Are Optimists are fascinating. They play an intense lad rock but with a heavier edge.” Louder Than War

This is not a musical. Milton Jones is tone deaf and has no sense of rhythm, but at least he doesn’t make a song and dance about it.

He has more important things to discuss. Like giraffes…and there’s a bit about tomatoes.

You might know him from Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo or Radio 4. Or that time he stood for the Scottish National Party, fought a hard campaign, but in the end had to respect the wishes of the people of Cardiff.

A whole new show of daftness. You know it makes sense.

WARNING

*contains jokes from the start.

“He’s fast, absurd and very Funny” Radio Times

‘No-one can touch Jones when he hits his stride’ The Guardian

EVENT INFORMATION
Building Open: 6pm
Show Start: 7.30pm

Members presale: Thursday 25 July, 10am
General onsale: Friday 26 July, 10am

� SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: THE ABSOLUTE STONE ROSES to play The Piper on Friday 17th January.

� Tickets now on sale via link in bio

�On the sixth day, God created MANCHESTER! Relive the days of the Hacienda, Spike Island, flared jeans and shaking your maracas until dawn with The Absolute Stone Roses.

� The Absolute Stone Roses are a tribute band to Manchester legends The Stone Roses. They have performed several times alongside Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets) and Bez (Happy Mondays) as well as The Lightning Seeds, Nigel Clarke (Dodgy) and Tommy Scott (Space).

�They have performed and headlined at many of the major tribute festivals in and around the UK.� �

� Expect to hear all the classics: Waterfall, Made of Stone, Resurrection, I Wanna Be Adored, Fools Gold, Love Spreads and many more.�

� Polish up your Kickers and monkey walk on down!

Jason Manford is back with his brand-new live show; ‘A Manford All Seasons’!

Jason’s been busy since his last smash-hit stand up show but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn’t changed a bit. A Manford All Seasons is Jason’s latest comic offering set to hit the road, and it sure to be ‘expert observational comedy’ (The Guardian) mixed with ‘comic gold’ (Mail on Sunday).

Members’ Pre-Sale: Wednesday 24 April, 10am
General Onsale: Friday 26 April,10am

📣 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Skydaddy to play The Piper on January 25th.

⚡With support from Borough Council and Tyler Cryde (Black Country New Road).

🎟 Tickets on sale now at http://www.thepiper.club

⚡Skydaddy AKA Lebanese/Grenadian artist, Rachid Fakhre, began life in early 2023 as having previously been part of Spang Sisters.

💣There’s always been a buzz about this project – ahead of releasing his single, ‘That Morning’, he toured the UK with his 7-piece backing band supporting Black Country, New Road. A follow-up single, ‘Tear Gas’ was a collaboration with that band’s Tyler Hyde.

🎼Skydaddy has been called “a modern day chamber folk virtuoso redefining musical narratives” (Still Listening), and Clash said, “‘Pilot’ is a reclamation of the multi-instrumentalist’s Lebanese heritage… careening between ambient-jazz sound collages, marathon orchestral codas and oblique confessionals”.

🚐Fakhre took his show on the road on a UK-wide headline tour soon after Pilot’s release, selling out shows in Edinburgh, Brighton and Bristol, finishing with a headline at London’s 100 Club.