Jon Macclure: Last News

Reverend & The Makers have committed to recording one acoustic song per day for fans for the entirety of 2024.The Sheffield band’s frontman Jon McClure announced the project on his X account yesterday (January 3), asking fans to sign up for free to receive the tracks each day.McClure wrote: “Stupidly set myself the task of sending you 1 acoustic song per day (ish) throughout 2024. It’s absolutely FREE.

Reverend & The Makers‘ Jon McClure, Line Of Duty star Vicky McClure and filmmaker Jonny Owen returns this weekend – with the stars behind it describing it as “harking back to an older tradition”.As venues struggle for income and face constant threats of closure, the idea of maximising their revenue has become ever more important. This means daytime events are starting to become important, so new club idea Day Fever is especially welcome.The brainchild of actor and filmmaker Jonny Owen, together with his wife – This Is England and Line Of Duty actor Vicky McClure, currently the lead in ITV thriller series Trigger Point – and their friend, Reverend & The Makers singer Jon McClure, Day Fever is a daytime disco celebrating the best chart music “from 1955 to the turn of the century.”After its first two events at Sheffield City Hall sold out instantly, Day Fever events have sold out in seven cities nationwide, including Jonny and Vicky’s respective hometowns of Merthyr Tydfil and Nottingham.“It breaks my heart to see so many venues closing or struggling,” Jonny told NME.

Reverend & The Makers have joined a campaign to save UK steel – describing it as being at the core of Sheffield’s heritage.The indie rock band, who formed in Sheffield, showed their support for the movement by pledging their support to Unite – a union which is campaigning for a just transition for the steel industry and a boost to jobs.Taking to social media, frontman Jon McClure called on his fans and the general public to join the campaign, and highlighted the ways in which the movement is particularly important for his Sheffield hometown.“I think we’ve got to do everything we can to safeguard the industry because it provides so many jobs and is also literally Sheffield’s heritage,” he said in a clip shared on X/Twitter. “It’s the thing Sheffield was founded upon and influences in so many ways the music that has come from the city.”In the footage, the singer is seen talking directly to the camera, encouraging support for the campaign.

Reverend & The Makers have shared the latest single from their upcoming album, and held an introspective exhibition featuring contributions from numerous famous faces.‘A Letter To My 21 Year Old Self’ is taken from the Sheffield band’s upcoming album ‘Heatwave In The Cold North’, which is due for release on April 28 via Distiller Music. Pre-order the album here.“‘A Letter to My 21 year old Self’ is most of my pals favourite song from the new record, it’s also the most personal one I’ve ever written,” said frontman Rev of the new track.“Put simply, I’ve made a hell of a lot of mistakes during my time as a musician.

Reverend & The Makers have returned with a new single called ‘Heatwave In The Cold North’ – check it out below.The new track is the band’s first new music in five years, and first taster of an upcoming seventh studio album.Frontman Jon McClure described ‘Heatwave In The Cold North’ as being about “lazing around on a sunny day with your lover getting stoned.“Imagine if Barry White lived in Sheffield and you’re getting there,” he added.Listen to ‘Heatwave In The Cold North’, the first new music from Reverend & The Makers since 2017’s ‘The Death Of A King’ album, below.Last year, the band’s Laura McClure responded to comments that her group is a “lad band”, pointing out that she’s often treated as lesser than her bandmates because of her gender.The keyboardist, trumpeter and vocalist has performed on all six of Reverend & The Makers’ studio albums – most recently ‘The Death Of A King’.In a statement posted to the band’s social media, McClure said: “I am tired of explaining I’ve been in the band from the beginning, tired of saying ‘no, we’re not a lad band’, tired of making people see girls don’t always have to be the lead singers, tired of girls not being recognised as members of the band even when they’ve been in the same band for 15 fucking years…Last Christmas, frontman Jon offered free virtual gigs to fans who will be alone on Christmas Day. “I don’t like the idea that people will be alone at this time of year,” McClure explained in the video.

Reverend & The Makers frontman Jon McClure is offering free virtual gigs to fans who will be alone on Christmas Day.The Sheffield musician announced the Zoom show on Twitter earlier this week (December 13) following the success of last year’s festive broadcast.“I don’t like the idea that people will be alone at this time of year,” McClure explained in the video. “Especially during a pandemic.”Fans can nominate themselves or someone else to be in the select online audience by replying to the post.

The Strokes‘ Julian Casablancas has admitted in a new social media post that he “always wanted to be in the Arctic Monkeys”.The frontman took to Instagram this morning (October 10) to share a photo of himself recreating the cover art of the Sheffield band’s debut album, ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’.Released in 2006, the album’s iconic cover image features a black and white photo of Chris McClure – brother of Reverend And The Makers’ Jon McClure – smoking a cigarette.Casablancas’ recreation of the famous artwork sees a similar close-up shot of him smoking, while the title tag in the left corner has been replaced with The Strokes’ logo.“lolll – i always wanted to be in the Arctic Monkeys,” the singer captioned his post.

Arctic Monkeys’ debut album as the record hits its 15th anniversary.‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ featured a photo of McClure smoking as its album cover.McClure, who is the brother of Reverend And The Makers’ Jon McClure, has joined fans marking the album’s 15th anniversary on social media.“15 years,” he tweeted earlier today (January 23). “What a record.

Reverend & The Makers has offered to do some private one-on-one Zoom performances for fans who need cheering up.The musician made the offer via Twitter earlier tonight (January 4) following Boris Johnson’s announcement that a new nationwide lockdown in England will come into force immediately.The new lockdown – the third since the pandemic took hold last March – will see a number of stricter measures introduced. Among them is the revival of the “stay at home, protect the NHS, and save lives” message.People may only leave their homes to shop for essentials, to exercise, to go to work “if you absolutely cannot work from home”, to seek medical assistance or to get a COVID test, or to escape domestic abuse.“Right who needs some cheering up??”

Reverend & The Makers has offered to perform private one-on-one shows for fans who will be spending Christmas Day on their own due to new coronavirus restrictions.The musician first made the offer via Twitter on Saturday (December 19) following Boris Johnson’s decision to scrap relaxation of coronavirus rules for Christmas and introduce Tier 4.The government’s new restrictions have forced millions to alter or abandon their Christmas plans, leaving many isolated over the festive season.“Are any Rev fans genuinely gonna be alone on Xmas day?” McClure asked on Twitter.Are any Rev fans genuinely gonna be alone on Xmas day?Might zoom ya n play ya a song if soGenuine people only plz.

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