King Sunny Ade P's Birthday Bonanza

Back-in-the-day – around about the turn of the century – we used to put on a party in London/Nottingham/Leeds and Hastings called ‘FYE’. It was a collaborative event between a bunch of music fans who all ‘met’ on the Brownswood Message board. The FYE concept was pretty simple really, 30-minute sets, anything goes, check egos in at the door, all about the fun, no such thing as a guilty pleasure. Hence FYE = Fun your Ear. Stories, fanzines, alcohol, tunes, Panini stickers and laughs were all swapped and eventually those parties drifted into message-board folklore.

You never knew quite what you were going to get, which was the beauty of it all. Mutant Jazz, Rockabilly, Folk, Funk, Techno, Pop, and Disco would seamlessly mix with OSTs, Gamelan Nose Flute Quintets, Krautrock, Brazilian cover versions, Heavy Rock and Acid skiffle.

Over the past 15 years we have recreated that vibe down the Royal Standard every year, bar the Covids, and a birthday was crowbarred in too! This year I am massively honoured to have the following lovely people play this Saturday 8th March down the Royal Standard. All very welcome. ‘Ave it x