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BRISTOL join us for a jam packed weekend of celebrating MARK's crucial work from this Friday July 25th - Sunday July 27th at the amazing settings of Rockaway Park with fellow outsiders, musicians, film and exhibition! The event is Free, but we ask for a minimum donation of £5 to go to the incredible work of @HBHomeless Here is a schedule of this amazing event: Friday 25 July Exhibition opening hours: 3pm - 6pm Screening: ON OFF Documentary 6pm – 7:10pm Music: 7:10 – 11pm (In no particular order) PINCH / DJ MILO aka DJ NATURE / SMITH & MIGHTY Saturday 26 July Exhibition opening hours:12-6pm Music: 6-11pm (in no particular order) DJ KRUST / TESSA POLLITT (The Slits) DJ set / GARETH SAGER (The Pop Group) Live / JANINE RAINFORTH (Maximum Joy) DJ set/ STASH MAGNETIC Live / RASTU & OM SHANTI Live Sunday 27 July Exhibition opening hours: 12-6pm Screening: ON OFF documentary: 4pm Rockaway Park do an amazing Sunday roast, please sign up for it on their website rockawaypark.co.uk/rockaway-cafe @ThePopGroup / @stewysstencils / @GarethSager / @maximumjoyreal1 / @BristolLive / @BBCBristol / @bristol247 / @BristolCable / @DJKRUST

Mark's album 'The Fateful Symmetry' is out this Friday July 11th on @MuteUK "As commnanding as he ever was as frontman of @ThePopGroup" @thewiremagazine "The Fateful Symmetry finds this political / music-making radical at his most approachable and refelctive" 4/5 @MOJOmagazine Pre-order your copy of the album here: mute.ffm.to/mark-stewart-t…

Ahead of Mark's 'TASTE IS A FORM OF PERSONAL CENSORHSIP' events in London & Bristol, watch him talk about pranksterism / cut ups / art / dub at the @peterbyproxy & Lee 'Scratch' Perry collab exhibition some years ago... Watch the full interview: tinyurl.com/mr3k8u2d Mark's

Incredible life size stencil of Mark has appeared, created by artist @stewysstencils in Bristol harbourside where @ThePopGroup rehearsed back in 2019 some feet away from where the picture of Mark was taken against the #banksy! @MuteUK @ThePopGroup @HBHomeless @BristolPostEnts

New track 'Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime (Bébe Durmiendo Cumbia Bootleg)’ from Mark's new album 'The Fateful Symmetry' is shared by @MuteUK. Watch video created by BombArt collaborator Peter Harris here: youtube.com/watch?v=iiLFFA… Mixed by @onusound orignator Adrian Sherwood, the rework of Korgi's 1980 hit, is steeped in Mark's tranformative cut up techinques. “I grew up doing montages; I did this collage of Ronald Reagan's head on this gay porno cowboy. In fact, I've never really grown up at all. I'm still trying to put round things into square holes.” - Mark Stewart In conjunction with the release, two events have been announced. London: EXHIBITION at Farsight Gallery 4 Flitcroft Street WC2H 8DJ from 16 -18 July (16 July from 6-9pm, 17 - 18 July from 12-6pm – free entry). Sign up for tickets for the Private View on 16 July here: …wartLondonExhibition.eventbrite.co.uk Bristol: Weekender at Rockaway Park, Eastcourt Rd, Temple Cloud, Bristol BS39 5BUT from 25 - 27 July. EXHIBITION / MUSIC / FILM Artists & Musicians taking part are Milo Johnson [aka DJ Nature], Smith & Mighty, Pinch, Janine Rainforth of Maximum Joy, Tessa Pollitt of The Slits, Andy 'Beezer' Beese, BombArt collaborator Peter Harris, screening of ON I OFF Documentary, with more tbc. The event will be on a donation basis, with proceeds going to @HBHomeless, whose flagship project converts shipping containers to a secure accommodation for those sleeping rough.

mark stewart @MuteUK ANNOUNCE MARK'S LATEST SINGLE ‘NEON GIRL’ FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM, THE FATEFUL SYMMETRY, OUT 11th July. Feat backing vocals by longtime affiliate Gina Birch (The Raincoats) and co-produced by Youth. Mark’s eloquent, singular lyricism is as prescient as always, and evermore poignant now: “His arms were too short to box with God (sorry the irony’s lost on me)”. WATCH VIDEO for 'NEON GIRL': youtube.com/watch?v=e-Jnoj… 'Neon Girl' video was created by Mark's BOMBART collaborator Peter Harris & Hugo Glendinning. Photo: Chiara Meattelli & Dominic Lee

"Mark is with us Forever" - Love to all from Hilda (Mark's mum) Photo of Mark at Dismaland by @freakartists