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Gigs: summer shows for wormboys in Leeds

We have several very exciting wormboys shows coming up over the summer, the first two of which have been announced. Both will be in Wharf Chambers, the most excellent venue in the most excellent city of Leeds.

The first of these gigs takes place on Saturday 25th July. I’m actually also co-organising this one, as part of the crowdfunding efforts for Isaac, a Black trans kid whose family are raising money to pay for his healthcare costs.

We’ll be playing alongside three other brilliant West Yorkshire acts. There’s the alt-rock crew Faded Alchemy, who we played alongside for the incredible We Can Kick It football fundraiser at The Attic; Lucas Assagba, a singer-songwriter who pens biting rock tunes which I’m really hyped to hear live; and bughotel, who plays lofi folky indie music which has just got better and better since we last shared a stage a couple of years or so back.

Buy tickets for A Gig for Isaac here.

We’re selling tickets on a sliding scale: £10 standard, with alternative rates for people on low income (£5) and those who can afford to give a bit more (£20). We’ll be charging a bit more on the night, but also no-one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Gig poster, featuring a drawing of a black male torso and swirly patterns pink, blue, and ivory. Text reads as follows. A gig for Isaac: trans youth healthcare fundraiser. Wormboys, Faded Alchemy, Lucas Assagba, Bug hotel. Plus! Vegan bake sale. Saturday 25 July, Wharf Chambers, Leeds. 7:30pm doors. £5 to £10 in advance, £15 on the day. No one turned away for lack of funds.

The second gig will be on Sunday 6th September. I’m very excited that we have been booked for a Youth Anthems show, as this long-running series of family-friendly gigs really is a Leeds institution. I really admire that the organisers create this regular space for people of all ages to watch live music together, and respect their commitment to the idea that all kinds of music are appropriate and relevant for children to enjoy.

For this matinee show, we will be playing alongside indie-punks Gravel, who also feature wormboys drummer Jake on the skins (he’ll be having a busy night!), plus electro-pop artist No Slugs, for that maximum garden vibe.

Buy tickets for the September 2026 edition of Youth Anthems here.

It’s a bargainous fiver for adults, and free for under-18s to attend (when accompanied by an adult). The organisers say over half the tickets have sold already though, so get in there quick if you’re hoping to come!

Gig poster, featuring a colourful drawing of a contented tree with squirrels frolicking amongst its leaves. Text reads as follows. Youth anthems 47. Sunday 6th September. Wormboys, gravel, no slugs. Family friendly live music plus vegan cake. £5 for people over 18, free for under 18s. 1:30pm to 4pm, Wharf Chambers.

Like I said, there’s a lot more coming up for wormboys, both over this summer and beyond, so keep an eye out!

If you’d like to follow when I’m performing live, why not subscribe to my blog using the handy form below? Alternatively, I’ve set up a shiny new see me perform page, for people who’d like to keep track of my band, DJ, and spoken word gigs.

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Gig: There Will Be Blood! Glasgow fundraiser

I’m super hyped to announce I will be doing a DJ set at Stereo on 2nd March 2026 – performing for the first time as ROGD.

This will be at a gig for Trans Healthcare Access Glasgow. They are raising money to provide free blood tests for trans people who have otherwise been denied healthcare by the NHS.

You can buy your tickets here.

Poster for the There Will Be Blood gig by Trans Healthcare Access Glasgow. The text of the poster reads as follows. Raising funds for trans blood tests. At: Stereo! Monday 2nd March 2026. Door 7pm. Artists: Sersi, Deep Filff, Comfort, Ruth on the Goddamn Decks. Tickets: £10, £12, or £15. The poster features cut and paste imagery relating to medical care and a deck of cards, with the King and Queen of Hearts.


Much like the Glasgow Electrolysis Project (who are now running a successful clinic in the city) the very existence of Trans Healthcare Access Glasgow is both an indictment of the NHS and a credit to our community organisers. It’s depressing that the UK’s state healthcare system has so profoundly failed trans people that many GPs are now refusing to even monitor the safety and efficacy of NHS-prescribed medication. But it is also truly excellent that we are building our own new networks of medical support, which offer an alternative to the cis-led medical systems that have abused and exploited us for decades. Through the work of harm reduction groups such as Trans Healthcare Access Glasgow, we are collectively less reliant on these systems than we have ever been.

Meanwhile, I have a long history as a rock DJ but don’t get behind the decks too often these days. While I’m hoping to perform a bit more often again going forward, there’s no guarantee – so snap up those tickets while you can!

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Gig: inclusive football fundraiser in Leeds!

Next Friday I’ll be popping down to Leeds to play this amazing gig in The Attic with wormboys.

You can buy tickets here.

Friday 16 January 2026. We can kick it - a fundraiser for trans-inclusive football in Leeds. Live music, performances, DJ sets from Fig By Four, Faded Alchemy, Sophie and the Silhouettes, wormboys, Lick Quid Gold DJs, Shariz DJ, Ballz Deep, Plasma Anderson, Sunflower Thieves. Unwaged £5, face £10, solidarity £15. 7pm until late at The Attic, Leeds.

In the wake of the Football Association effectively banning trans women from playing even at an amateur level, it’s been heartening to see a lot of serious community organising happening around inclusive football. A lot of this has been led by women who have already been frustrated for years with the institutional sexism of the FA, and their effective control over many local pitches.

This gig will be raising money for those fighting back against a corporate, exclusionary approach to football, and working to build something much better in its place.

Plus, it’s a stonking line-up. If you’re local, come and see us all play!

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wormboys gigs: Greenbelt Festival + fundraiser in Leeds

We have a couple of very exciting events coming up for wormboys in a couple of weeks!

First, on Wednesday 20th August we will be playing a fundraiser gig at Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds. Themed around the film I Saw The TV Glow (which promises to be…weird) the event has been organised in support of The Hangout, a super awesome LGBTQIA youth project. We’ll be sharing a stage with oli reeves and Leeds Queers Against Fascism.

The TV is Still Glowing – Get your tickets here!
£8 waged / £4 unwaged + fees.

Event poster for The TV is Still Glowing, featuring an old TV and calm moon face against a blue and pink background. Text reads as follows: a fundraiser for LGBTQ youth club the Hangout. Inspired by I Saw The TV Glow. Wednesday 20th August, 7:30pm. Featuring wormboys, oli reeves and queers against fascism. Tickets £4 unwaged or £8 standard. Hyde Park Book Club.


Secondly, for the weekend of 22-24 August we will be whizzing down to the countryside near Kettering for Greenbelt Festival! This will be my second time performing at Greenbelt, as I gave a talk about trans feminism in 2023. The whole event had thoroughly excellent vibes, especially the Rebel Rouser stage in the woods. I’m excited to be returning there with wormboys this time around for a full set of live music – including lots of material written for our forthcoming debut album. I can’t wait for us to share it!

Greenbelt Festival – Get your tickets here!
Adult tickets £110 – £300: pay what you can.

Poster for Greenbelt festival, featuring many many artists and speakers. Key text reads as follows. Greenbelt: hope in the making. 21-24 August 2025 Boughton House. A festival of artistry, activism, and belief.

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Leeds gig! Wednesday 2nd April

Reminder that I am playing Wharf Chambers in Leeds as part of wormboys on Wednesday. We have written a lot of new material recently, and are excited to share it with a live audience. We’ll be supported by Tiger Island and Etheriel, with live visuals from Kit Watson, so it’s going to be a great night.

More information plus a ticket link can be found here.

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Keynote at Punk Scholars conference

On Thursday 12 December I will be speaking at the University of Stirling for the Punk Scholars Network UK annual conference!

In-person bookings appear to be closed, but you can still register for free to attend online.

Poster for the Punk Scholars Network 11th Annual Conference and Postgraduate Symposium, featuring black text, an image of cargo crates against a yellow background, and logos for PSN Global Punk, the University of Stirling, and the Punk Scholars Network. Text reads as follows. Punk: status, genre and creativity. 12th and 13th December 2024, University of Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom (with a hybrid option throughout). www.punkscholarsnetwork.com.

In my talk, I am planning to draw on the history of trans movements, trans studies, and trans punk to argue that we can and should be using creative DIY skills to change the world. Trans experiences show the power of genre-crossing, which can be applied to knowledge exchange within and beyond both universities and punk scenes. From gigs to zines to academic talks and self-archiving, trans punk pedagogy can help us work through our complicity, and build solidarity across difference.
 

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wormboys 2024 summer tour dates

I’m taking a much-needed break from *gestures wildly* many things in coming weeks, to spend some creative time with my friends in wormboys.

We’ll be playing several super cool gigs in England – you can catch us in Northampton, Oxford, Bradford, York, and Newcastle! We have a lot of new material to share, plus songs from our 2023 EP smalltime and our most recent single, mostly still.

Tickets for all our shows are (or will be) available through our Linktree.

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wormboys song featured in Leeds Queer Film Festival trailer

I’m hugely honoured that my band’s song “mostly still” has been used in the trailer for Leeds Queer Film Festival this year!


Leeds Queer Film Festival is an amazing, affordable, non-profit community event, which every year shows feature-length films and shorts from around the world. I cannot recommend it enough!

This year’s event runs from 20-24 March, and you can find all the information you might need on their website.

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DJ set list: Killer Queen @ Grrrls Night Out, Coventry, 08/03/24

Photograph of a home-made DJ booth designed to look like an ancient Celtic chariot, with the name Boudica embossed on the front.

Back in the day, I had another blog where I posted all my DJ set lists. That blog no longer exists outside of the Wayback Machine because it was hosted by the University of Warwick and universities hate to host websites for too long, it seems (see also: Leeds and Sheffield taking down the trans pregnancy project websites once that sweet, sweet UKRI money stopped coming in).

However, I still like archiving things, so for the sake of posterity, here is my headline set from last night’s amazing party for International Women’s Day at the Tin in Coventry, hosted by the awesome women at Boudica Festival.

Blondie – Atomic
The Selecter – Missing Words
Azealia Banks – 212
underscores feat. gabby start – Locals (Girls Like Us)
100 gecs – mememe
Hole – Celebrity Skin
The Cardigans – My Favourite Game
Indigo Girls – Closer To Fine
Dolly Parton – 9 to 5
Beyoncé – Texas Hold ‘Em
Le Tigre – TKO
The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name
Miss Eaves – Thunder Thighs
St Vincent – Digital Witness
SOPHIE – Immaterial
Annie Lennox – Walking on Broken Glass
Wet Leg – Wet Dream
Mitski – Washing Machine Heart
Gloria Jones – Tainted Love
Bananarama – Venus
Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian At Best
Black Dresses – In My Mouth (request)
Wargasm – Do It So Good
Nova Twins – Antagonist
Janelle Monae – Make Me Feel
Billie Eilish – bad guy
Aretha Franklin – Think
Skunk Anansie – Weak
Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill
Evanescence – Bring Me To Life
Nightwish – Over The Hills and Far Away

I believe this was my first DJ set in almost nine years and I will admit I was pretty nervous! Even worse, most of my old equipment is buried in a box somewhere due to multiple moves over the last few years, so I really had to wing it. At the same time, I used to play a lot back in the day. Between that, a usb stick stuffed with days’ worth of music, and some hard work in preparation, it all felt very natural once I was on stage in Boudica’s amazing home-made Iceni chariot booth. I really enjoy figuring out what an audience wants to hear and then taking them on a ridiculous journey with that, and once the adrenaline kicks in it’s one hell of a trip.

I’m hugely grateful to Boudica for inviting me back to Coventry and providing such a supportive environment. It was exciting to dance to brilliant sets from new DJs before stepping up myself, reflecting Boudica’s commitment to supporting women and non-binary people in picking up new instruments and skills. Most of all, I’m thankful to everyone who turned up to party.