After Dinner Speakers: Phill Jupitus, Hootie & The Blowfish, Penny Hughes

Having risen up through the alternative comedy ranks as Porky The Poet, Phill worked extensively with Billy Bragg in the heyday of the late eighties' Red Wedge movement, and even directed videos for Bragg and Kirsty MacColl. As fans of Never Mind The Buzzcocks will know, Phill has a deep and abiding love for music whilst still acknowledging its excesses and occasional absurdities. His love of classic ska and bluebeat, as well as great rhythm and blues was apparent to anyone who tuned in to his GLR shows. His respect and admiration for the likes of Madness and Ian Dury turned into fully-fledged collaborations, with Phill touring with The Nutty Boys, and also performing Reasons To Be Cheerful with The Blockheads to a packed sell-out crowd at London's Brixton Academy in 2000. A well-rounded entertainer in every sense, Phill Jupitus has the capacity to enthral an audience.