Dave Johns: Last News

Sam Fender has shared his latest single ‘Remember My Name’ – listen below and check out the song’s video featuring I, Daniel Blake star Dave Johns.The song is the fourth to be lifted from his forthcoming album ‘People Watching’ which is out next Friday (February 21) via Polydor and is available to pre-order here. It follows previous singles ‘Arm’s Length’, ‘Wild Long Lie’ and the album’s title track.Fellow Geordie, the I, Daniel Blake star Dave Johns shares the video’s lead role with Philippa Briggs, depicting “the crushing inevitability of love, companionship and of eventual loss”.Fender said: “’Remember My Name’ is a love song dedicated to my late Grandparents – they were always so fiercely proud of our family so I wrote the song in honour of them, from the perspective of my Grandad who was looking after my Grandma when she was suffering from dementia.

Katcy Stephan Outplay Films‘ “Turtles,” directed by David Lambert, has landed U.S. distribution with Dark Star Pictures. The film, which stars Dave Johns, Olivier Gourmet and Brigitte Poupart, follows a long-married couple who are headed for divorce.

Dave Johns laid bare benefits system injustices in hit movie I, Daniel Blake – but now he is baring all as a lover in his 60s.

By Tom Grater