Top artist! Brilliant! Highly intelligent and highly talented. My favourite album is Born In The UK. This album is a serious work of art. Possibly in my top ten albums of all time. Amazing sound!


In 2005 at a Doves concert in Manchester i got talking to a girl at the bar. She was on her own and going on, about all things Manchester, claiming who she knew and who she was with. I kind of dismissed her as a being full of crap. A few minutes later, i walk out of the bar, and she calls me over. She goes, here is my brother i was telling you about. And there holding out his hand was Badly Drawn Boy (a lit join in his other hand). I felt a bit embarrassed. I think i said something stupid like how are you, what do you do for a living? The shame of it!


Badly Drawn Boy plays Manchester tomorrow night (Friday 22nd).