Vaudeville Christmas Special featuring Edward Barton

Friday 18th december
From 7:30pm - midnight

Greenroom whitworth streetmanchester
Tickets via greenroom

0161 615 0500
£6

A night of music to celebrate the launch of the
brand new album
‘…and a panda’ on polite audio
Featuring ;
Edward Barton and the Babymens
Stream
Delicate Hammers
Pens and Pencils

the album will be available on the night

‘and a Panda’ is a new audio box set by Edward Barton, which includes his new studio Album ‘and a Panda’ along with lyric book, postcards and a selection of prints of Bartons Paintings.

Edward Barton is a cult figure in Manchester. His career spans three decades as a filmmaker, artist, curator, performer, songwriter and poet.

From a first bizarre appearance on Channel 4’s music programme The Tube in 1984 singing ‘I’ve Got No Chicken but Ive Got Five Wooden Chairs’ while playing guitar with a wooden spoon through to the controversial Dadaist gallery Oblong he set up in Manchester’s Affleck’s Palace his position as a Manchester and National Treasure is assured through the constant generation of creative chaos. Barton’s ‘90’s performance night, Hip Replacement, developed a Studio 54 like reputation in Manchester’s music scene, and his own song writing has seen him work and chart with the likes of A Guy called Gerald, 808 State, Opus 111, Norman Cook and Kylie Minogue.

This latest collection is a joy to experience: Edward speaks the language of pop with an accent so deliciously and seductively foreign that the mother tongue will never sound quite the same again. Edward has a rare ability to make music that is simultaneously beautiful and funny- most artists have to do these things one at a time.

To hear a selection of tracks from the album visit thepolite.tumblr.com
The Album is available as part of a box set, or on its own from selected stockists.
Press images are available from www.benpagephotography.com/edwardbarton

PRODUCT: and A Panda Box Set
ARTIST: Edward Barton
RRP: £12.00
DETAILS: and a Panda album on CD
with Postcards and Booklet.
Available from select outlets and shop.politecards.com

EDWARD BARTON
& FRIENDS
(A Pre-Release Event for his
Forthcoming Album ‘and a Panda)
Hosted by
Mike Chavez-Dawson

Saturday 25th July ’09
Doors: 10pm
(Edward starts 10.30pm Prompt)
New Century House
Corporation St,
Manchester,
M60 4ES

Door price £2.00

"On Saturday 25th July, Edward Barton, who has been has been holed up in his attic for the last decade, painting, scheming, takes to the stage with his new album.

As a pre-release ‘POLITE’ have issued a limited edition amount of Edward Barton’s next studio album ‘and a Panda’ that will leave you sun blessed on a melting island of cubic melody with a ‘hearing is believing experience’.

To celebrate this pre-release Edward has devised an evening of entertainment with a selection of friends as a multi-layered musical venture."