Bernard Butler returning to Esquires for headline solo show

Butler will be back at Esquires in Bedford on Thursday, December 2, having previously played at the venue in 2021.

Tickets for the gig go on sale at 10am on Friday, September 25.

Bernard Butler is one of Britain's most original and influential musicians.

In 1989 he formed Suede releasing the Mercury winning chart topping album ‘Suede’ and the era-defining ‘Dog Man Star’.

His collaboration with David McAlmont on the anthemic ‘Yes’ provided an intriguing footprint across Britpop’s otherwise jingoist landscape culminating in two albums and a sell out at London's Roundhouse in 2015.

Butler released two solo albums on Creation, the acclaimed ‘People Move On’ (which featured the hit single ‘Stay’), and ‘Friends and Lovers’.

In 2005 he began a collaboration with Duffy spawning her five million-selling, Grammy and Brit Award winning debut Rockferry, while he won the Producer's Award at the 2009 BRIT Awards.

Butler has played guitar live or on records by Pet Shop Boys, Bryan Ferry, Roy Orbison, Bert Jansch, Neneh Cherry and Robert Plant as well as producing releases by the likes of The Libertines and The Cribs.

In 2022 a celebrated collaboration with Oscar-nominated actor Jessie Buckley ‘For All Our Days That Tear The Heart’ resulted in widespread critical acclaim and the shortlist to the 2022 Mercury Prize.

Tickets for the gig at the Bedford venue cost £22.50 in advance before fees.

In association with Arts Council England, a limited number of 'Art is for Everyone' tickets are available for £10 to anyone on a low income or who is struggling with increases in the cost of living.

These reduced price admission tickets are also available to anyone under the age of 25, regardless of their financial situation.

For more information, visit https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk