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Gig Review: Fyfe Dangerfield and Hector Gannet

Golden Grenades Collective Presents: Fyfe Dangerfield and Hector Gannet

The Globe, Newcastle, Saturday 12th July 2025

On Valentine’s Day in 2020, Red Sixty Seven was published; a book collecting 67 love letters to the 67 birds on the UK Red List of most vulnerable species, each beautifully illustrated by a different artist. To celebrate the release I had planned a day of walks, talks and music in April of that year, starting with a visit to the Tyne Kittiwakes and culminating in a gig by Fyfe Dangerfield, writer of a heartfelt paean to the Dotterel. We all know what happened next, and by the end of February I had already cancelled the event as the world braced itself for the impact of the pandemic.

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