"I’ve been there and I know / Lots of other ways…" "There are a couple of ways to avoid death, one is to be magnificent." This is what Ian Dury, played (magnificently, as it happens) by Andy Serkis, ...

DEREK the Draw was Ian Dury’s bodyguard for years, so it was a natural step for him to take over singing duties when the original Blockhead and his best friend died in 2000. “We got in some really big ...

Ian Dury & The Blockheads in concert at Queen's University, Belfast. 3rd February, 1979. * Setlist: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll / I’m Partial to Your Abracadabra / Clevor Trevor / This Is What We Find / ...

This March sees the tenth anniversary of the death of Ian Dury, who together with his group the Blockheads, penned such hits as Reasons To Be Cheerful, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll and, of course, Hit Me ...

Retrospectively assembled in 2002, two years after Ian Dury succumbed to cancer, Ten More Turnips From The Tip's slightly self-deprecating title might lead to low expectations but the reality is that ...

Twelve terrorists. One cop. The odds are against John McClane... That's just the way he likes it.

AFTER more than 30 years on the road, you’d hope a successful band is working more for the sheer joy of it than for the coin. “Yeah, there’s a thought, we must be getting good now,” laughs Chaz Jankel ...

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Andy Serkis tells the story of Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Friends and colleagues including Chas Jankell, The Blockheads, Suggs and Phill Jupitus reflect on their career. Andy Serkis tells the ...

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