The Guilty Men
Venue: The Corn Hall
Date: Wednesday 5th November 2025
Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: £17.50
Run Time: approx. 90 minutes with an interval
The Guilty Men
The story starts in 1979, in Manchester,
England. Clive Gregson and Neil Cossar met through a mutual friend, John
Martin, the bassist in The Cheaters. Neil was the band’s guitarist.
Clive was the leader of Any Trouble. The Cheaters
had a PA, Any Trouble owned a van. It made sense to pool resources,
often with both bands on the same bill… happy days! Any Trouble signed
to Stiff Records, The Cheaters signed to Parlophone. Both bands released
several albums and played thousands of shows.
Both bands ran their course. Clive then went on to a successful
partnership with singer Christine Collister, released over 20 solo
albums, and spent 15 years in Nashville working as a session musician
and producer. Neil became a radio DJ, formed a Music PR
company and launched the online brand This Day in Music, before
becoming a music book publisher. Cut to 2021… lifelong friends Clive and
Neil are catching up over lunch and thought it might be fun to try and
write some songs together. Several weeks and quite
a few songs later, they decided to expand the enterprise to a full
blown band. Clive recruited keyboardist Jez Smith and bassist Craig
Fletcher from John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest and the lineup was
completed with the addition of legendary drummer, Paul
Burgess, who has played with 10cc since 1973. They named the band The
Guilty Men and headed into the recording studio. Cut to 2024… and The
Guilty Men’s debut album “Invisible Confetti” is ready to roll. 13 brand
new songs recorded in the old-fashioned way:
everybody playing live in the studio, intent on catching the moment.
Most of the songs were laid down in no more than 2 or 3 takes and with
four featured lead vocalists, the album covers a lot of musical bases.
“Invisible Confetti” rocks… with nods to Americana,
country, folk, pop, psychedelia…
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Accessibility
We
want to make your visit to The Corn Hall as enjoyable and comfortable
as possible, so we have provided you with detailed information regarding
accessibility in all areas of the theatre. If you have any questions,
or to register on our Access Scheme to enable accessible seating,
discounts and companion tickets, please do not hesitate to contact the
Box Office, between 10am and 4pm Monday to Saturday on 01379 652241 or
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We will soon be working with Nimbus Disability, a Social Enterprise that
has received international recognition for its Access Card Scheme. For
more info on how to book access tickets online, take a look here:
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We have a limit on how many wheelchair spaces we can safely accommodate
therefore these need to be reserved in advance.
* not including booking fee
