BBC 6 Music Festival By Day: Punk, poetry and spoken word
27 February 2015
The BBC Radio 6Music Festival 2015 featured three days of live music and conversation with more than 50 bands and artists appearing on Tyneside from 20-22 February. A full day of spoken word, comedy, and film took place at the Star and Shadow venue on Saturday 21st. BBC Arts filmed the event and here we present some of the highlights, including poets John Cooper Clarke, Murray Lachlan Young and an uncompromising performance from controversial duo Sleaford Mods.
Star and Shadow showcase at BBC 6 Music Festival 2015
Highlights of the poetry, spoken word, punk and comedy performances on 21 February.
Sleaford Mods at BBC 6 Music Festival 2015
A taste of the uncompromising duo's "minimalist punk-hop rants for the working class".
Murray Lachlan Young at BBC 6 Music Festival 2015
The poet performs plus discusses, and demonstrates, the perils of on-stage memory lapses.
6 of the best from the rest of the fest
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BBC Radio 6 Music Festival
Catch up with all the videos and photos from the 20-22 Feb event in Tyneside.
