An All-Star celebration of NEIL INNES feat. Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, The Rutles, Yo La Tengo and many more.
| 28th November 2024 | |
| LONDON | |
| Indigo At The O2 |
Join this celebration to help remember comic, musician and actor Neil Innes.
Known as much for his wit, musicianship, and philosophy as the people he worked with, Neil was one of the great songwriters, comedians and bon viveurs. He wrote songs about the human condition, songs for children, comedy songs, songs about life, uplifting songs, hilarious songs, songs from the heart.
Straight from art school into the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, then television with ‘Do Not Adjust Your Set’, Neil worked with Monty Python on their live stage shows, touring and filming in the UK and America. He co-produced ‘Rutland Weekend Television’ with Eric Idle which led to being offered his own hugely popular series ‘Innes Book of Records.’ Later, as part of Grimms, a group of poets, comedians and musicians, and much touring, he finally linked up again with Eric Idle to create the much lauded film and band The Rutles. In the latter part of his working life, Neil toured with his solo show performing in the UK, America, Japan, New Zealand and Australia, before getting together with two of his favourite comedians Adrian Edmundson and Phill Jupitus to form the Idiot Bastard Band.
A celebration of the life of
NEIL INNES
‘How Sweet To Be An Idiot’
featuring
MICHAEL PALIN & TERRY GILLIAM (Month Python)
YO LA TENGO (USA)
SANJEEV BHASKAR
EMO PHILLIPS (USA)
STEPHEN FRY (Video)
RICK WAKEMAN (Video)
AIMEE MANN (Video)
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE (Video)
JOHN HALSEY (The Rutles)
RODNEY SLATER & ‘LEGS’ LARRY SMITH
(Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band)
ADRIAN EDMONDSON
PHILL JUPITUS
JOE STILGOE
PHIL JACKSON, PETE AVES, DAVID CAITLIN BIRCH
(Bootleg Beatles)
WOODY WOODMANSEY (David Bowie’s Spiders from Mars)
ROGER McGOUGH (The Scaffold/GRIMMS)
MADDY PRIOD & JULIAN LITTMAN (Steeleye Span)
HORACE PANTER (The Specials)
TERRAFOLK (Slovenia)
RUTLIN’ KEN THORNTON
CHARLIE DORE
ANDY ROBERTS (The Scaffold)
ELLIOTT RANDALL (Steely Dan)
KEVIN ELDON
MORGAN FISHER (Mott The Hoople)
CHARLIE MORGAN
DOUGIE BOYLE
TOM McGUINNESS & HUGHIE FLINT
SONIA JONES
BRIAN PATTEN
MICKY SIMMONDS
MICKO WESTMORLAND
PAUL CUDDEFORD
TERRY EDWARDS
KIM GOODY
ISABELLA COUSTOCK
NEIL INNES (Video)
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: JOHN ALTMAN