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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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Building our own power: the Glasgow Transfem Electrolysis Project

Last year I joined the Glasgow Transfem Electrolysis Project, a super cool initiative which is raising money to train and equip two community members as electrolysists. Building on the example of Electrolysis by Siobhan, who opened her service off the back of a similar project in Manchester, the project’s aim is to ensure affordable and safe hair removal for trans women and non-binary people.

In an era of continued NHS failings and civil rights rollbacks, it’s important to be reminded of the power that lies in coming together as a community and working towards a common goal in our collective interest. Hateful policymakers and journalists can never take that away from us.

You can donate to the fundraiser here. We are also running LOVE ELECTRIC, a gig at Mono in Glasgow on Thursday 13th February, with pop, folk, punk, and drag artists. If you’re local, please come by to learn more about the project, and see some incredible live performers! I’m really excited for what’s going to be an amazing night.

Gig tickets are available here.

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Upcoming gigs in London and Leeds

New year, new gigs! We have two headline shows coming up for wormboys. Come and see us if you can!

Thursday 23rd January
The Cavendish Arms, London
With the legendary Schande, plus exciting new supergroup Tomboy Grandpa.

£9 advance.
Tickets available here!

Gig poster, with information in green text on a yellow background. Information as shared in post.

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Wednesday 2nd April
Wharf Chambers, Leeds
With Tiger Island and Etheriel, plus live projections from Kit Watson.

£6 advance, £8 on the door, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Tickets available here!

Gig poster, with blobby red shapes drawn on white rectangles against a beige background. Poster text reads as follows. Wormboys, Tiger Island, Etheriel. Art by Kit Watson. 2nd April 2025. £6 online, £8 on the door. Wharf Chambers. Wharf Chambers is a member's club. You must be a member or a guest to go. It's £2 to join at wharfchambers.org.

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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 wanderings October-November 2022

I’m super excited to say we have a whole bunch of wormboys gigs coming up! We’ll be playing Sheffield and Bristol this weekend, then Dundee, Wakefield, and Leeds in coming weeks.

You can buy tickets for all our gigs from our Linktree.

Since the dreaded rona is back on the rise, please take care of yourself and others if you’re coming to see us – I’d encourage you to wear a mask, and definitely test beforehand.

wormboys tour poster, listing gigs on 7 October at Dina in Sheffield, 8 October at the Exchange in Bristol, 15 October at Rad Apples in Dundee, 3 November at the Establishment in Wakefield, and 18 November at Wharf Chambers in Leeds.
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wormboys gigs in Leeds: Aug and Nov 2022

We have a couple of super awesome upcoming support slots in Leeds!

30 August 2022 – Hyde Park Book Club
Doors 7pm, tickets £10
Supporting the epic Oceanator

18 November 2022 – Wharf Chambers
Doors 7:30pm, tickets £9
Playing with Lande Hekt and Shane

I will, as ever, be bouncing around with a bass. If you live in or near Leeds, you should totally come and see us. If not, watch this space – we have a few other gigs coming up around around the UK, and some new music on the way…

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Gigs in March and April

I’m playing some super cool gigs with my two bands over the next couple of months! You should totally come and see us play.

85063535_2769728823121741_5866758282172956672_nSunday 8th March
Tin Music and Arts, Coventry

I’ll be shouting at Boudica Festival’s International Women’s Day event with the noise rock/punk experience Dispute Settlement Mechanism.

We’ll be sharing a stage with Human Resources, Paradise of the Titans, Jen Haigh, Nyotaa, and the Yap Collective.

Muncie Girls poster
Sunday 29th March
Gullivers, Manchester

I’ll be playing bass in fuzzy pop rockers wormboys at this super cool gig where we are supporting Muncie Girls!

We’ll also be playing alongside the awesome Perkie and Bleach Body.

 

Wednesday 22nd April
Wharf Chambers, Leeds

Another exciting wormboys gig – we will be supporting DIY supergroup Somnia on their UK tour.

 

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Interview on Acadames podcast

webfront8Earlier this year I took part in an interview for Acadames, a super-cool podcast “that explores whether being a woman in academia is a dream, game, or scam”. The episode is now available! I really enjoyed speaking with Whitney  Robinson about my work, and hope you will enjoy our conversation just as much.

Today Whitney speaks with Dr. Ruth Pearce, a social researcher and feminist scholar based at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Ruth discusses her current work with the Trans Pregnancy project, why gender equity schemes are so important in academia, and offers tips for resiliency when facing online harassment and political backlash. Along the way, she shares stories of her life as a trans woman, how academic institutions in the UK differ from those in the US, and the similarities between organizing a concert and organizing a conference.

Click here to listen.