Jake Burns
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Shouty bloke with a guitar at the front of that bunch of old punk rockers, Stiff Little Fingers.
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42 years ago today, we released our debut album. The first, fully independent album to crack the U.K. Top 20.
Happy birthday, "Inflammable Material".
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If he was still with us, this would be John Peel's 80th birthday. How many of us, as schoolkids, listened to Peel on a transistor radio in the dark when we were supposed to be asleep? How many records did you buy because you "heard it on Peel"?
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I'm just hearing that Terry Hall has passed away. What an awful shock. A sweet and shy man.
R.I.P.
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A Merry and a Happy to everyone who reads this nonsense throughout the year!
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If anyone here also follows me in Facebook, I will be absent from that platform for 3 days. I got banned for criticizing the Proud Boys and specifically posting a pic of Gavin Mcinnes shoving a dildo up his arse.
Sorry, not sorry.
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Really saddened to hear of the passing of Pete Shelley. Buzzcocks were one of my favourite bands, fantastic pop songs and uit was a true honour to have them play with us this year in Belfast. R.I.P.
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When we were young...
Stiff Little Fingers at a Rock Against Racism show in Brockwell Park, London, September 1979.
Photo: Amanda Austin
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In braver moments, I'd mention that the Toon did "a nice line in bed linen, y'know..." and was met with, amused silence. Tonight, thanks to a cat vomiting on the covers...hey, presto! Early birthday present from da wife!! Our room may look like a 15 year old's but, I love it!!
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Lots of other people have baseball caps with slogans on them, so why not me?😀
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Off to "that London" tomorrow. Rehearsal for a couple of days and then the "shouting and pointing" begins in earnest again.
Bring it on!
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Saddened to hear of the passing of Annie Nightingale. A great broadcaster and a pretty wonderful human being.
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Judging by the number of "Woo-hoo!" style messages I am currently getting, Stiff Little Fingers has just won the "Best Live Band" Award at this year's Vive le Rock Awards.
Many thanks to everyone who voted for us.
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So, that's a wrap for this year's shenanigans. Many thanks to all who came to the shows. We'll be back in March and remember: "Everyone is Someone". 😉
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
We have a standing engagement in Glaswegia sur Clyde to fulfill tonight and tomorrow.
Bring it the fuck on!
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Finally!
Gig day.
First show in 566 days.
Equally excited and nervous.
See some of you tonight in Reading.
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R.I.P. Ranking Roger.
Can we be done with the flipping dying now, please??
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How effing cool is this?
Only two
@RigidDigits
shirts made. One for our exhibition and one for
@JakeBurnsSLF
.
Non flammable material
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"Facebook Jail. Day 2 of 30.
Dear World,
Remind me never to make grown up jokes or to expect Facefuck to have a sense of humour now that it's controlled by robotic algorithms.
Please send a cake with a file in it.
Your loving, innocent son,
Jake. "
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As soon as I say the words: "Thank you, Glasgow, goodnight!", I start looking forward to the next show in that wonderful city. This year I only have to wait a day. Right then, time to pack my case again and hit the road.
"Good evening, Glasgow. We're Stiff Little Fingers."
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Some time ago, the fine folks at
@_Bands_FC
made an SLF footy badge to resemble an old Newcastle United badge.
Now they've gone one further and designed a whole kit!
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Quite why some wee shite feels the need to throw beer in my face during a show, I will never understand.
Fuck him.
Apologies for the pause in the programme but I needed to have a word.
Off to "that" London tomorrow.
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Incredible, once again. After about an hour on sale.
Only limited tickets available for the 18th.
I honestly have no words except thank you.
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Feeling much better so I expect the final 3 shows of the tour to go ahead as planned.
Thanks for all the good wishes!
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Glasgow was very emotional last night. We genuinely cannot thank you enough.
From my point of view, the emotional hits keep coming today as we're heading somewhere that holds a huge piece of my heart.
Newcastle...you're up (pet) 😉
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Happy birthday to me old mate, Mr. McMordie.
#OTD
31st March 2006
Stiff Little Fingers
Astoria, London
@JakeBurnsSLF
welcomes back Ali McMordie on bass for the first time in 15 years to
#SLF
- and on his birthday too. My shaky footage from the balcony and a bit of Alternative Ulster🔥
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I'm in Australia at the moment, which means I reached my 60th birthday earlier than if I'd been pretty much anywhere else on planet Earth. So, I am officially too old to be doing what I do. I also, officially, don't give a fuck about that!
60 is the new irresponsible!
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Shocked to hear of the sudden passing of Cush from The Men They Couldn't Hang.
R.I.P.
This should have been a huge hit. Still makes every hair on my body stand to attention after all this time.
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Ah. A bit late but a heartfelt Merry and a Happy to everyone!
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Travel day to Inverness.
I love this drive. Some of the most beautiful scenery on this green earth.
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Hello again! Back on twitter after my phone logged me out while on tour and I couldn't remember my effing password to get back on!! LOL.
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Last year's photo, but tonight's gig is the wonderful Barrowland as always on St. Patrick's, so see you there!
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Got this far. On stage in an hour and twenty. Mr. Diggle and his lovely Buzzcocks first!
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Heading to the airport in a few. Be back in "that London" tomorrow morning. Tour starts on Tuesday. Can't wait!
See you up there!
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4 years ago on election night, I decided to become an American citizen. Today, I fulfilled the reason that I made that decision.
And, unlike some ex-pats, I did not vote for the current resident of the White House.
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Oops! Kinda forgot about poor ol' Twitter!
SLF Tour, three shows in and going well. Hanx! to everyone who has come along so far and to everyone who's planning to.
Travel day tomorrow then the mighty Toon on Friday!
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Just to muddy the water further, there is an app where you can make your own fake Trump tweets. I know this because a pal sent me this one. (Which did make me laugh!)
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Apparently a woman was sexually assaulted in the mosh pit at our show in Glasgow last night.
To say I am furious is putting it mildly.
SLF are, and always have been, an all-inclusive band. Regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or religion, EVERYONE is welcome at a
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One last day at home tomorrow and then off to Blighty on Wednesday night for some shouting and pointing.
Lovely!
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Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of my old friend, Nick Tesco.
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Off to Miami tomorrow to rehearse ahead of the Flogging Molly Cruise on Wednesday. It's been a while since we kicked up a racket. Looking forward to it...apart from the 5.30 a.m. start!
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I'm just about getting in under the wire, but Merry Christmas, Twitterers!
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Many thanks for all the birthday wishes on here. I've been really slow at thanking folks this year. My apologies!
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Deeply saddened to hear of the death of Barrie Masters. A genuinely lovely man whose smile could light up a room. A great front man. He'll be sadly missed.
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After a wonderful "pre-season friendly" in Saltash on Tuesday, we start the tour in earnest tonight at the O2 Academy in Bristol.
Let's go to work!
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I have spent some of the most wonderful days of my life in Paris. I know it's only a building, but this is dreadfully sad.
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Farewell, Frank Worthington. We met him once and he told some hilarious stories, which I can't repeat here! He also insisted on replaying "that" goal in the hotel bar. My ribs still hurt from "being" Terry Butcher in Frank's replay!
A genius with a football.
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Thank you, Troon, you were a wonderful audience to play for.
Next up...
...Glasgow!! Are you ready??
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Second vaccination done.
Wee buns, as they say in Norn Iron.
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Opening night of the U.K. tour in lovely Leeds. I seem to be more excited by this tour than usual. No idea why, but that's got to be a good thing!
Bring it on!!
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First show in seven months. A socially distanced solo one opening for Pegboy on their 30th Anniversary. At a drive in.
That was a first.
Great, if a bit daunting, to get back on a stage.
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I have missed St Patrick’s in the Barrowland so much! Thank you!!
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Reached the end of another really fun DMW tour. So much laughter involved. Thanks to everyone who came out to watch us. Hope you enjoyed it.
All the best!
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Delighted for Chris Hughton that Brighton are staying up. Was a real class act with Newcastle and is a real class act to this day.
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Thank you to the vast majority of people at the show last night in Perth. To the cunt who was throwing beer, fuck you.
Hoping for a dryer evening in Adelaide tonight.
Onwards!
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Pound for pound the best rock band on the planet at the minute. In my, not so humble opinion.
We had a lot of fun recording & putting together the video for The Renaissance Men - and we included a lot of you in it. Did you see yourself in the video?
Watch it here:
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I upset Facebook's algorithms recently and just spent 30 days in FB Jail. I was "released" about 30 minutes ago. Now Facebook seems to have crashed globally.
I'll teach you to lock me away, Zuckerberg! 🤣
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That's the U.K. tour done for another year. One of our most successful, so Hanx! a million to everyone who turned out.
Back in May for some more shenanigans.
In the meantime, take care!
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Seems like Twitter may not be here much longer. That's what you get for not giving me a blue tick!
(Mind you, I wasn't about to pay $8 a month for one, either!)😉🤣
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ALL TICKETS WILL BE VALID FOR THE NEW DATES.
Please be safe. Wash your hands. Don't kiss your granny unless you know you are virus free!!
See you soon.
All the best,
Jake.
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Just back from my first covid jab. Complete swizz! My phone is still crap. 😉
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SLF shows in Northampton and Norwich both postponed as I have an incredibly sore throat that makes singing impossible. Both shows will be rearranged asap and all tickets will, of course, remain valid. So sorry. Jake.
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So, before I get back together with the noisy lads, there's this:
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I think most people know when they've found "the one." The one you know that you'll spend the rest of your life with, after years of time with others. Tomorrow is the birthday of "the one" I've been in love with for over thirty years now. Happy 125th birthday to Newcastle United!
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First show of the tour tonight in beautiful Saltash. Really lovely little venue. Great folks. Very welcoming.
On stage in an hour and a half.
How does it go again?...;-)
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Facebook jail. Day 3.
Conditions here are deteriorating. They have come up with a torture with which to torment me. It's called "Watch Newcastle United without swearing at Steve Bruce on Facebook." The utter, utter bastards! ;-)
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Headed into "that London" for the final night of the tour. As always, it's been a lot of fun, even allowing for the illnesses and mishaps!
Right!
"One more turn, Del-Boy!"
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Some sad news to start the day.
Always came across as a real gentleman.
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I know this enforced isolation can lead the old brain into some strange places. Please at least phone a friend before following this fella's example this morning in Chicago!
Stay healthy, everyone!
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Thanks to everyone who came out to any of the SLF or DMW shows. It's not easy to attend things these days and we really appreciate you doing so.
See you in 2022!!
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I mean I'm not "saying" he's lying, but you have to admit, he does have form in that area...
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I seem to following the same pattern as a lot of folks. Arm not hurting now, but a bit shivery. All in all, not bad at all!
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No matter what, we shall be working from now on to make our shows even safer and more inclusive than they have been up to this point.
I am embarrassed, angry and disgusted.
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Bristol by night. Beautiful. Love coming here. Gig tomorrow. Can't wait!
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Started rehearsing at home for the upcoming DMW shows. Trying to find a couple of different SLF tunes that will translate acoustically. Not overly easy! LOL.
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Final show of the March tour tonight in "that London".
Looking forward to it hugely!
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Ozzy Osbourne is 70 years old today.
Let that sink in for a minute.
Ozzy, fucking Osbourne.
70.
There's hope for us all. 😁
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Right, if this little one doesn't get to go to the pub, I'm going to have to go in her place.
Have a wonderful, safe and merry Christmas!
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I will say this only once.
I am driving across the country today so won't be anywhere near a television. But, I sincerely wish Sunderland AFC all the best in the playoff final. I love the North East and a club of that size has sat too long in the doldrums.
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We'll be announcing a few shows around our summer festivals in a day or so. Fun!
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Now far be it from me to be nice about Manchester United...but, there's no denying that
@BrianMcClair13
has a keen fashion sense! 😉
Hanx!
Popped into the
@RedArmy_Bet
offices in Manchester this afternoon. Choccy’s Diary coming soon 👀
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Very happy to have done a special Q&A and performance for a fantastic cause
@Artists4NHS
Raising money for NHS staff and volunteers. Please see video here -
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The only restaurant kitchen where you can hear the chives talkin'
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