The Heath Bookshop Literature & Music Festival Presents...
Monday 10th November 7pm - 8pm. Dave Rowntree, Blur drummer, with his photo book 'No One You Know'
Tuesday 18th November, 7pm- 8pm. John Robb, music journalist, with 'Live Forever. The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Oasis'
Each event is £5, or come to both events for just £8.50! Get your joint tickets HERE:
https://the-heath-bookshop.eventcube.io/events/90968/john-robb-live-forever-the-rise-fall-and-resurrection-of-oasis
Monday 10th November
Doors 6.30pm, event 7pm- 8pm (plus book signing)
Dave Rowntree 'No One You Know'
This special event with Blur drummer, Dave Rowntree, will include an introduction from Dave as he shows some of the photos from the book, followed by questions from the audience so have your questions ready! Dave will then do a book signing when you can chat to him as you get your book signed!
Dave Rowntree
Dave Rowntree joined Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon in Colchester in the late '80s-before Blur became one of the UK's most iconic bands. With Alex James completing the lineup, Blur helped define Britpop and then evolved beyond it, selling 70 million records worldwide, winning five BRITs, and in 2023, selling out Wembley Stadium twice. Beyond Blur, Dave has led a multifaceted career: founding a computer animation company, working as a solicitor, standing as a Labour Party candidate, contributing to the Beagle 2 Mars mission, and composing for film and TV. In 2023, he released his debut solo album Radio Songs. This is his first photography book.
No One You Know
A one-of-its kind document of what it's really like to be in a young band during the vital first few years, when everything is new, romantic and fresh. With hundreds of previously unseen photographs, a personal foreword and detailed quotes of memories attached to the images, "No One You Know" is a unique visual insight into the first few years of one of Britain's most successful and well-loved bands, from one of the only four people who knows what it was really like.
Dave Rowntree, drummer and founder member of Blur, brought his camera along to all of the band's first adventures. He used it to capture insider moments: close-up and personal pictures of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and himself in the thrilling early stages of the band's rise to the top. Here are photographs from Blur's debut tours of America and Japan, in the studio in the UK, playing games in the tour bus, larking around backstage, messing about in hotel rooms, at video shoots, with fans and friends.
These events are brought to you as part of a series of events leading up to the second The Heath Bookshop Literature and Music Festival! The festival, which is in partnership with Hare & Hounds and How Brave Is The Wren, will take place from Wednesday 15th April to Sunday 19th April 2026 with a variety of music, author, and arts events taking place across the dates in different venues around Kings Heath! Keep an eye out for upcoming author and artist announcements!!
You can join The Heath Bookshop mailing list to find out about the festival and their events first HERE:
https://theheathbookshop.co.uk/mailinglist
You may also like the following events from Hare & Hounds Kings Heath:
- Next Thursday, 13th November, 07:00 pm, SONS in Birmingham
- Next Friday, 14th November, 10:30 am, Common People [80s, 90s, 00s Indie Disco!] in Birmingham
- This month, 17th November, 07:30 pm, Jim E. Brown in Birmingham
Also check out other
Music events in Birmingham,
Entertainment events in Birmingham,
Arts events in Birmingham.
