Please Please You presents
Rowan & Friends
Friday 7th February, 7.30pm
Tickets are £10 (+ b/f) in advance and available from See Tickets.

*This is a standing show*

Rowan Evans was born in Coventry. Since then, he moved to York and formed his band: Rowan and Friends. Their monthly sessions – crammed into the corner of the Golden Ball pub – quickly gained a cult status. They were often chaotic, sometimes sweaty, yet always cathartic.

This February, they are taking to the stage of The Crescent Community Venue for their first show of 2025. With a brand-new lineup and brand-new songs, this is a great time to see Rowan and Friends test the waters before their coming year of shows and releases.

Rowan’s songs are distillations of his varied interests into verse-chorus structures. Some of these interests include: old country love songs, streets in York, seaside resort entertainers and God. Some of his influences include Richard Dawson, The Mountain Goats, Mark Leidner, Christina Rosetti, Adrian Chiles and Freddie Mercury.

His band is formed of long-time collaborators Ollie Howland, Adam Holmes, and Tom Gabbatiss, as well as new members Tom Burgess and Dan Lucas. They are all stalwarts of the York music scene, having played with scene favourites Bull, Perspex, and The Howl and The Hum, as well as being part of mediaeval improv groups and a Ween tribute band.

Last year Rowan and Friends released their debut full-length album: Rock N Roll Super Powers. Hard of Hearing magazine said that it “burns [with] that intense belief in the power of music, a power it retains regardless of whether it is being profound or silly or something else.” They also have an EP (Five Golden Greats), two singles (“Hammer, Jigsaw Screwdriver” & “Scrapheap Man”), and a micro-album (a song) to their name.

Please Please You presents
Rowan & Friends
Friday 7th February, 7.30pm
Tickets are £10 (+ b/f) in advance and available from See Tickets.