Jon Beavis: Last News

IDLES are a band who know how to get a message across, and there was one clear message to O2 Victoria Warehouse in Old Trafford - love each other.

LCD Soundsystem joined IDLES on stage to perform ‘Rottweiler’ together during their concert this past weekend.During their Re:SET show in Chicago on Sunday June 25, members of LCD Soundsystem including frontman James Murphy joined the Bristol band on stage providing backing for the last song of their set ‘Rottweiler’.“Okay, I want to make this very clear. We are forever humbled and very grateful to share a stage with LCD Soundsystem,” said IDLES frontman Joe Talbot to the crowd while introducing the final track.He continued: “I’m also humbled by the fact I get to sing an anti-fascist song to people with open minds and hearts. Thank you for welcoming us into your beautiful country.

IDLES‘ Jon Beavis has completed a 104km charity run in support of women’s organisations Rosa and Reclaim These Streets.The band’s drummer raised more than £5,500 and said the challenge was tough and thanked the “generous people” who donated.He took part in the run just weeks after Sarah Everard’s body was in found woodland in Kent.Beavis told BBC News: “When the news of Sarah Everard came up, I think it shocked a lot of guys I know because we’re almost blind to it.”Throughout April he often ran with female friends who shared their stories along the way.“It was a conversation that needed to be more in the limelight and doing it for this whole month kept it in that limelight,” he added.The last few weeks have shone a light on many shocking

IDLES‘ Jon Beavis has announced that he’s taking part in a charity run to support women’s organisations Rosa and Reclaim These Streets.Taking to social media this afternoon (March 28), the drummer said he will be running 100km to help fund grassroots women’s organisations following some of the events of recent weeks.“The last few weeks have shone a light on many shocking aspects of our society, and how women especially, have been living in fear and trepidation within their day-to-day lives,” Beavis wrote on IDLES’ official Facebook.“I have been listening, educating, and making myself accountable by thinking about the changes that I, and hopefully others, must make in order to be a part of the change moving forward.“Over the month of April,