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Automatic Shoes

Marc Bolan & T.Rex London Bop 2024

Sep 16, 2024

6:00 PM GMT+1
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★ ★ ★ ★ MARC'S LONDON BOP 2024! ★ ★ ★ ★ ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ We Love To Boogie On A Monday Night! ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ Calling all Boppers for The Bolan Bop of the year! A celebration of the life and music of Marc Bolan on his 47th Anniversary. DATE- Monday 16th September 2024. VENUE- The Claddagh Ring, 10, Church Road, Hendon, London, NW4 4EA. Featuring a Bolan/T.Rex Disco with our lovely Bop DJ Peter. The Bop starts at 6pm this year, ending at Midnight (Bop til you drop!). We are welcoming back fabulous Matthew Hughes (Automatic Shoes) who is singing a live set for us. We have use of the main ground floor bar/lounge area and large covered outdoor area. They serve a full range of drinks including real ale, and food will be available. Good wheelchair facilities - if you require an easy access seat reserved please let me know. Please note that this venue does not allow children at their events. 18 is the minimum age and anybody under 22 needs to have ID. A charity raffle in aid of The Marc Bolan Memorial Fund will be held on the night and any donations of prizes would be very welcome. Please email londonbop@yahoo.co.uk if you have anything to donate, post a photo on this event page, or bring them along to the Bop with you. Merchandise - if you would like to book a table to sell merchandise please email londonbop@yahoo.co.uk For pictures and venue info please see their website at www.claddagh-ring.co.uk TICKETS- Tickets are available to order now but will not be posted out until June (they won't be printed until then!). They are £15 each (advance) or £20 (pay at the door). Please allow 2 weeks for delivery. For ordering details, please email londonbop@yahoo.co.uk When sending for tickets please make your cheque/postal order payable to 'OMBFC' and enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope to have your tickets posted to you. PayPal is not available. Your envelope should be of at least postcard size (A6), and if you are ordering 5 tickets or more, or if your SAE is larger than 16.5cm x 24cm, please use a 'large' first or second class stamp on your SAE. If you would like your tickets to be sent to you by 'Signed For' or 'Special Delivery' services, please add on the appropriate cost to your cheque (see the Royal Mail website at http://www.royalmail.com/personal/sending-mail or ask at your post office) and tell me in your order which service you would prefer. I always get a Proof Of Posting and receipt for everything I post, and I am not responsible for tickets going missing in the post once I have sent them. Last tickets will be posted on Saturday 7th September. Overseas members please email londonbop@yahoo.co.uk I'm very sorry but I can't reserve tickets and I do not take tickets to the crem. Tickets are not refundable. BUSES- Take bus number 183 to Pinner, or the 240 to Edgeware, from Golders Green bus station. The same buses will take you back, as well as the night bus N5, to Golders Green bus station. For all bus times and stops, please check https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/ UNDERGROUND- The nearest station on the Northern Line is Hendon Central Station and there's a 15 minute walk from there to the venue. CAR/TAXI- It is an 8 or 9 minute drive from GG station. PARKING- There is free parking all around the venue after 4.30pm. ALL ENQUIRIES- londonbop@yahoo.co.uk Management reserve the right to refuse entry and to remove anyone causing trouble.
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Automatic Shoes Biography

Matthew Joseph Hughes, aka Automatic Shoes, is a singer/songwriter from Spokane, Washington. Since learning his first few chords in 2006, he has self-produced and released 18 solo albums, and 3 albums with his band Atari Ferrari, formed in 2016.

Born in 1989, Matthew grew up with a love of all things vintage and obscure. This had him digging for music outside of the mainstream in 90's America, finding a soft spot for early Bee Gees, Gordon Lightfoot, and then stumbling into & obsessing over Mott the Hoople, Sweet, Slade, and T.Rex.



Automatic Shoes, nicked from the T.Rex song Telegram Sam, was Matthew's first suggestion when a friend asked him what she should name her band. When she didn't want it, Matthew figured he better start making his own music. Matthew's first recordings were T.Rex covers, shared on MySpace and YouTube in late 2006. Since that time, he has recorded many interpretations of Marc Bolan's songs, and has performed at special T.Rex tribute events in New York City & London. In 2022, Easy Action Records released his album of Marc Bolan covers, In This Style, on vinyl, and they included two of his versions on their 2023 compilation, Elemental Child.

Classic Rock Magazine has called Automatic Shoes "a sparkling pocket of melodic instrospection," referring to Matthew as a "pop-rock maverick [...] one of those artists who deserves to be better known than he is."

Alongside Matthew's solo work, he fronts the rock band Atari Ferrari. In their local Spokane scene, they've won Best Local Band in the Inlander's Best Of 2023 poll, with Matthew voted Best Singer/Songwriter. They also took home Best Rock Band and Best Release for their album Rebel, from the beloved Spokane venue The Bartlett, in 2019.

Matthew is currently working on the next Automatic Shoes album, and plotting a return to London in September 2024.
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