The Blockheads were always more than Ian Dury’s backing band but they have struggled to get their due recognition since his sad demise nine years ago. They have toured with a number of guest vocalists ...

Free Seed Films have launched a Kickstarter campaign to make a definitive documentary on the legendary backing band of Ian Dury; The Blockheads. The team are hoping to raise £50,000 in order to ...

The Blockheads are heading to East Lancashire on May 29 to headline the Darwen Live Festival. We spoke to founder member Chaz Jankel. IF you were asked to book the ideal band to headline an open air ...

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Ian Dury's former band The Blockheads have announced a new studio album and tour. Staring Down The Barrel will be released on April 6 and is the band's second record since Dury passed away from cancer ...

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THERE are 'Reasons to be Cheerful' as Ian Dury's Blockheads play Southampton's 1865 club on Friday. This legendary outfit has grown in stature from the early days of the Stiff tour in 1977, right up ...

THERE aren't many bands that can claim to have written a bonafide Essex national anthem. Ian Dury and the Blockheads managed it with Billericay Dickie, a song about a likely lad's various ...