The Last Working Day Of The Month: Issue 219

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(MJ Hibbett & The Validators FACT, August 28th 2026)

Hello all, and welcome to this ROCKING edition of the newsletter - let's get started!

GIGS TO COME
Sunday 30 August 2026 - Found Festival, Buckingham
The festival debut for Hibbett & Christopher - tickets HERE: https://events.humanitix.com/found-festival?c=artist105

Wednesday 2 September 2026 - Swiss Cottage, Twyford (Hampshire)
Hibbett & Christopher supporting Lee Bains - tickets HERE: https://sc4m.co.uk/lee-bains-iii-swiss-cottage-september-7/

Thursday 1 October 2026 - The Actors, Brighton
Live Hibbett & Christopher session for Radio Blah Blah - show details HERE: https://totallyradio.com/shows/radio-blah-blah

Wednesday 7 October 2026 - The Bedford, London
Hibbett & Christopher with Anna Tabbush Trio, Interiors and Adrian Roye - tickets HERE: https://wegottickets.com/f/23670

Wednesday 14 October - The Alma, London
Doing a talk for Pints of Knowledge: 'Superhero storytelling: how it works, why it matters, and why Doctor Doom is better than Batman' - tickets will (soon) be HERE: https://linktr.ee/pintsofknowledge

Wednesday 21 October 2026 - The Grove, Nottingham
Hibbett & Christopher with Vom Vorton and Sarah Farrell - tickets HERE: https://www.gigantic.com/hibbett-christopher-tickets/nottingham-the-grove/2026-10-21-19-00

Check http://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/gigs/ for more information.

HIBBETT & CHRISTOPHER TOUR
As you can see from the above, there's an act called 'Hibbett & Christopher' out on tour over the next few months (with several more gigs to be announced soon too).

This is the new (shorter) name for 'MJ Hibbett and CJ Thorpe-Tracey' which we're going to be using from now on. There will be a proper announcement of all this in a few weeks, when we'll also unleash our first single, so please keep it to yourself for now!

DATA AND DOCTOR DOOM - THE PODCAST
All five episodes of 'Data and Doctor Doom' are out now, available wherever you get your podcasts. There's more information about the whole project, including links to relevant information for each one, HERE:
https://dataanddoctordoom.com/

I am highly aware that some people have been put off from listening due to not being hugely interested in statistics and/or Marvel Comics, but there are also jokes and songs and loads of other stuff too. Give it a go!

DATA AND DOCTOR DOOM - THE ALBUM
If, however, you really don't want to listen to me talking about comics and stats then the original cast recording album for 'Data and Doctor Doom' might be for you! It features all of the songs and none of the talking, and is available to stream wherever streaming is available, and also directly from ME via Bandcamp, HERE:
https://mjhibbett.bandcamp.com/

The Bandcamp version also has a bunch of extra tracks on it, including all of the instrumental tracks I created for the podcast!

AND FINALLY
The Kallio Computer Museum in Helsinki have included Rob Manuel's 'Hey Hey 16K' video in their 'I love 8-bit' exhibition, which appeared last week at the Central Library Saari in Oulu as part of their European Capital of Culture celebrations. You can see pictures of it in action, along with some links to the museum and other dates for the exhibition, HERE:
https://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/blog/showblog.php?blogid=4011


And that's the lot for this time - thanks for listening!

Cheers,

Mark

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