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Dave Rowntree: No One You Know: Early Blur Photos Book Tour

📅 Sunday 28 June 2026 🕚 7:00pm 📍 Colchester Arts Centre
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This is the rescheduled date – tickets for the original March date are automatically valid for this new one. Please note new door and start times! All Tickets £15. 6.30pm, starts 7pm. A discussion around Dave's new book No One You Know.  Dave Rowntree, politician, lawyer and, drummer for Blur in a fascinating & intriguing conversation re his new book "No One You Know" – a photographic book covering Blur's formative years. Dave Rowntree is best known as the drummer for the band Blur. He is also a political activist for the Labour Party, a solicitor, an animator and writes music for film and TV.  Born to musical parents in Colchester, he studied percussion at Landermere Music School on weekends. Dave played in various bands with childhood friend Graham Coxon, before hooking up with Damon Albarn and later Alex James forming the band Seymour, which later became Blur.  Until recently Dave was a DJ on XFM where he debuted tracks on the radio by artists such as Rat Boy, Pretty Vicious, The Big Moon and Aurora. He is also the cofounder of The Featured Artists Coalition, as well as Star Boot Sale a charitable project where musicians and other artists donate their possessions to raise money for refugees.

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Venue: Colchester Arts Centre, Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF.

Event type: Literature.

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