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History of a life in music

Kevin Armstrong


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15th July 2026
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A one- man show describing a life as a sideman at the pinnacle of music with Bowie, Iggy Pop, Morrissey and dozens more. Anecdotes, personal archive footage and pictures, as well as songs from a 50 year career as guitarist to the stars, make for a highly entertaining and engrossing evening.

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About Kevin Armstrong

Kevin Armstrong has played guitar for some of the biggest names in music from the mid 1980s to the present day. From David Bowie to Morrissey, Thomas Dolby to Prefab Sprout, from Sinead O'Connor to Iggy Pop, his range of experience as a musician has brought him into contact with some of the most interesting and diverse talents on the planet. His fifty-year career as a music producer and guitar player to the stars shows no sign of slowing down. Kevin played for David Bowie at Live Aid in 1985. As well as albums and tours with Iggy Pop and the soundtrack for Absolute Beginners and Labyrinth, He was a ‘fifth member’ of Tin Machine and collaborated with Bowie on the Outside album. He co-wrote songs with Morrissey in the early post-Smiths phase. Kevin has continued to tour and record with a huge variety of famous, as well as up-and-coming artists and produces critically acclaimed solo work. His book and highly entertaining one man show Absolute Beginner, give an insight into how to survive in the fickle music world, and tell stories and sing songs from half a century as a professional musician, writer, producer and bandleader. He continues to tour and collaborate with a wide range of world-renowned musicians.


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