10/09/2025
Hey everyone. Thought it’s about time for another catch up.
It’s been a few months since I last posted, and I’ve performed more than 100 care home silent discos over the summer, spreading the silent disco love far and wide across Yorkshire. I’m still humbled by the reactions I see in people, the long lost voices finding long lost lyrics, the chair bound person who gets up for a little bop, the smiling, the eye contact, the memories recalled. Musical magic. I have a packed diary for the rest of 2025, with a mammoth 34 events already booked in for December. If you’re interested, my diary is open for 2026…
In other musical news I have had an absolutely amazing summer drumming with the rhythmical powerhouse that is the band Drum Machine. My debut live performance being at Bearded Theory festival in Derbyshire in May, where we opened up the dance tent, and later we performed to roughly 3000 people on the Meadow stage. This also led to performances with Drum Machine at The Beat-Herder Festival, where we opened the Main Stage, and played in the rain and the mud in The Ring. Then wrapped up the summer festivals with a weekend playing at Deer Shed Festival. Amazing fun. This weekend I am drumming with Drum Machine at The Rugby World Cup Quarter Final in Bristol, for Canada v Australia, and then England v Scotland. I’m also performing at the Semi-finals in Bristol next weekend, and then drumming at THE FINAL at Twickenham on 27th September! 82,000 crowd expected. A little nervous. Keep an eye out for me on the TV, I’ll be in a bright pink t-shirt drumming on the back row. Pete 🎧🥁
