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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/arts-bar-baltic-wowfest-irvine-w
 elsh-30-years-of-trainspotting/
SUMMARY:Elevator Studios: Arts Bar Baltic: WowFest: Irvine Welsh: 30 Years 
 of Trainspotting
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nIRVINE WELSH: 30 YEARS OF TRAINSPOTTING\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 \n\n\nIrvine Welsh returns to WoWFEST for a no-holds-barred celebration o
 f 30 years of Trainspotting and its cast of outcasts – Renton\, Spud\
 , Sick Boy and Begbie. Trainspotting quickly gained a cult following –
  which exploded across the world when Danny Boyle’s film of the same nam
 e hit the big screen. It left an inedible mark on popular culture and fict
 ion and still holds us in its grip today. Three decades on\, with over a m
 illion copies sold in the UK alone and translated into more than 30 langua
 ges\, join WoW to talk all things Trainspotting and more\, including Irv
 ine’s latest book\, The Long Knives.\n\nIrvine will be in conversation 
 with Peter Hooton\, frontman of the acclaimed Liverpool Band The Farm a
 nd co-founder of legendary fanzine The End.\n\nIrvine Welsh was born and
  raised in Edinburgh. His debut novel Trainspotting sold over one millio
 n copies in the UK and was adapted into an era-defining film. He has writt
 en thirteen further novels\, including Ecstasy\, Glue\, Porno\, Filth\, M
 arabou Stork Nightmares\, The Acid House\, If You Liked School\, You’ll 
 Love Work\, The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs\, Reheated Cabbage\, a
 nd Crime\, which has been turned into a TV series\, the number one bestse
 ller Dead Men’s Trousers\, four books of shorter fiction and numerous p
 lays and screenplays.\n\nPeter Hooton is the frontman of acclaimed Liverp
 ool band The Farm who scored a string of top 40 hits and a No 1 album Spar
 tacus in 1991\, co-founded legendary fanzine The End\, championed by the l
 ate DJ John Peel. In 2011 he started the Justice Tonight band with Mick Jo
 nes of The Clash/BAD to highlight the Hillsborough campaign for justice. I
 n 2016 he was appointed by the Mayor of Liverpool to chair a group that wi
 ll oversee The Beatles Legacy in Liverpool.\n\nFriday 10th May\, 8pm\nPhil
 harmonic Hall\, Sugnall St\, Liverpool L1 9BP\n£16\n\nTickets for this ev
 ent include a £1 venue restoration levy\, included in the ticket price. T
 his fee supports building investment at the Grade II-listed Liverpool Phil
 harmonic Hall.\nIrvine Welsh DJ Set: After-party at Arts Bar Baltic\nIrvi
 ne is hitting the decks for an exclusive after-party DJ set at Arts Bar Ba
 ltic! Irvine will be playing his favourite tunes all night long. \n \nIm
 portant note: The arts bar is a non-ticketed event which is also open to t
 he general public. Your ticket to the Irvine Welsh event in the Philharmon
 ic Music Room DOES NOT include or guarantee entry in the Arts Bar where 
 Irvine is doing the DJ set. \n \nWe hope to see you there.\n\nArts Bar B
 altic\, 27 Parliament St\, Liverpool L8 5RN\n\nFriday 10th May\, 11pm\nFre
 e Entry\n\n*These are difficult times. We know some people may struggle to
  afford full price tickets. If you would like to attend this event but can
 ’t afford to\, please contact info@writingonthewall.org.uk. All queries
  will be treated in confidence.\n\nIf you would like to purchase a gifted 
 ticket for someone who can’t afford it\, please buy directly from the ev
 ent page and we will offer your ticket out.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT DETAILS\nDa
 te: May 10\, 2024\nTime: 8:00 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n 	BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n
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