ED HARCOURT + RICHARD STRANGE ( doctors of madness )
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One of Britain's most cherished and inventive music creators Ed Harcourt will hit the road this fall to tour behind an upcoming new release. 

Making his debut with the Mercury Prize-nominated Here Be Monsters in 2001, Harcourt has released music under his own name that blends raw emotions, impeccable songwriting and visionary flights of imagination. A succession of ten rich, enthralling albums have followed that first spark of his, including the intoxicating addictive Strangers in 2004; 2013's breathless Back Into The Woods which was recorded in just eight hours; and Furnaces which compellingly and entreatingly envisioned family ties confronted by the small matter of the apocalypse. After that LP in 2016, Harcourt then moved to explore the instrumental sphere with recent soundscape albums Beyond The End and Monochrome To Colour.  In 2024 he released his latest full length album: El Magnifico to massive critical acclaim on both sides of the pond.

Probably uniquely in popular culture, Richard Strange really has done it all!

Writer, musician, composer, nightclub host, curator, actor and adventurer, Richard Strange was born in London in 1951. Since his proto-punk rock band Doctors of Madness (“The missing link between David Bowie and The Sex Pistols…” wrote The Guardian in May 2017) was first unleashed on an uncomprehending public in 1975 (the band were supported by The Sex Pistols, The Jam and Joy Division) he has been a Zelig-like figure whose presence has been felt in every corner of London's cultural life.

After disbanding Doctors of Madness in 1978, he went on to enjoy a solo musical career, and founded the legendary multi-media club Cabaret Futura, before working as an actor on such movies as Batman with Jack Nicholson, Robin Hood with Kevin Costner, Gangs of New York with Martin Scorsese, Mister Lonely with Harmony Korine, Mona Lisa with Neil Jordan and Harry Potter with everyone else. In addition, he has written a book, two plays and an opera.