Luke Friend

RENT. ROGER. AM I DREAMING?! ✨🤙🏼 - tix here : rent-themusical.co.uk/venues/

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.

LETS F***ING GO! I can’t believe it.

Spent last night and some of today at the theatre @QueensBstaple watching - RENT The Musical @JackReitman and @LukeFriendMusic you were both amazing. As were so many other cast members. And thank you to Angel (Kyle Richardson) for having a chat with me in M&S Foodhall ! 😁

@lukeyliz Oooooo jealous! It’s one of my favourite shows ever so I’m over the moon I’m having the chance to do it!

@LukeFriendMusic I saw this once off Broadway when I visited New York for the first time. I think it was in 1999? It will be good to see you back on stage again. Congratulations 🙌🏼

RENT. ROGER. AM I DREAMING?! ✨🤙🏼 - tix here : rent-themusical.co.uk/venues/

Thank you to everyone on the @imeverywomanUK workshop, beautiful humans and huge talents. 💜🤙🏼 Huge shoutout to @OliviaBellMgt for being my constant and to @RackyPlews for always believing in me.

Trains just don’t work anymore do they?

Now that, felt GOOD. @LUFC #LUFC #MOT

@iamcoxhead Love this!

Fuck it, I’m bringing my blog back. I just listened to ‘Heavy Heavy’ by Young Fathers for the first time (shocking I know) on my way home from work, and it made me realise how I hate what I’ve become. I used to do a Top 100 (!!!) list of my favourite albums of the year, and now I barely even listen to 10 in a year. I don’t dig for new music like I used to… I don’t go on Bandcamp, YouTube or Soundcloud, and fall in love with a random edit that has less than 200 plays. I, like many other people, draw for familiar playlists of older music. Or listen to the 2 minute streaming edit of a new song on Spotify and then don’t listen to it ever again, even if I like it. My whole reason for wanting to work in music, was because I loved new music. I loved looking for it, discovering it, writing about it, and sharing it with people. I loved supporting upcoming, or underground artists who didn’t have a voice like others do. And I was actually pretty good at it. I also read an amazing piece by Derrick Gee (see excerpt on slide 3) last week, where he really made me think about how important it is to still have curators in this world, where most things are played and supported because there’s an agenda with the label, the artist, or a certain platform. Music should be about sharing it because you love it. Anyway… I might do some stuff on TikTok eventually, and will most probably share some bits on here, but for now… I’m just going to write about new music on my blog as regularly as I can. Not many people may read it in 2023, but that’s okay, it feels really good for my soul Thanks to Young Fathers and Derrick for the inspiration. Support the good stuff & do what makes you happy x thehouseofcoxhead.com

If you’re needing a father/daughter wedding dance song. Very proud of writing this with a couple of brilliant chaps - listen.scot/cbbni 🫶🏼✍🏼

I don’t get it. What on earth was that? @LUFC 🤷🏻

5 years since a best friend left us too soon. Never gets any easier. The one thing I’ve taken away from it all, live life as you would and knowing they would look down on you, knowing how utterly proud they are. I struggle everyday but I live for me and him. Now and forever.

@georgie_grier Sending loads of love, been there many a time playing music to a pretty empty bar, it’s all a journey, you got this.

There was one person in my audience today when I performed my one woman play, ‘Sunsets’ at #edfringe. It’s fine, isn’t it? It’s fine…? 🥹

People using umbrellas like lethal weapons out here.

UK TRAVEL IS SO SHITE.

@ubereats_uk I’ve already sent a formal complaint through the ‘help’ service on the app just now explaining what’s happened. But I never actually officially received my order today is the short of it. And this was a place that I’m a regular customer. Genuinely feel robbed!

@deanjohnsonuk @tamannemorgan Was waiting for this 🤣

@LukeFriendMusic @tamannemorgan She really said “it’s been a year, this might take time”.

I’ve never had a Souvlaki wrap until now, and I don’t know why I left it so long 🤤

@deanjohnsonuk @tamannemorgan IT TOOK YOU A YEAR.

@tamannemorgan @LukeFriendMusic 😂😂

That new chipotle mayo from maccies is butters and we all know it.

@Martin911 Awwww love and miss you mate, and yes, I still love a beer/whisky or three 🤣

For Sunday I have a special #MartinsMarvelsofMay it is a chap who I really need to have a beer with.. We had many a beer in the past and he is genuinely one of the nicest guys I've worked with. Glad to say he is doing well and has a lot on right now, so welcome @LukeFriendMusic