POP visionary Julian Cope is set to make a rare trip to Yorkshire this autumn.
Playing classics from across his hit studded career, he will appear at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge on Friday, October 28.
Cope made his name as a twisted pop maestro with Liverpool’s The Teardrop Explodes, making typically eccentric appearances on Top of the Pops.
Their debut album Kilimanjaro was also a hit before they split in a haze of drugs and bitterness.
The Welsh born rocker came back as a solo artist eventually hitting the top 20 with single World Shut Your Mouth.
Trades Club entertainments manager, Mal Campbell, said: “We’ve been badgering one of pop’s greatest songwriters and eccentrics for months, and we’re stunned he has finally caved in.
“His recent shows have featured classics from all points of what is without doubt one of the most challenging careers in British pop, and his contempt for what he says are ‘greedheads’ fits in perfectly with our values.”
Tickets priced £19 are available from the Trades Club on 01422 845265 www.wegottickets.com or from Jumbo Records in Leeds.
