about matt
Matt Backer was born in New Orleans in a log cabin he helped build. He has lived in Mexico, Venezuela, Belgium, the Caribbean, and Leamington Spa.
He is a waste of a good education, residing in London with his wife and children.
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Jan
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How can another year have passed so quickly? The start of 2012 sees me looking back at a mad second half of 2011.Following the end of the Festival Season, my old friend Julian Lennon finally put out his first album in 12 years "Everything Changes" (I can talk - yes, I'll put mine out!!) and got some positive feedback. The first single "Looking 4 Love" is a corker, and I was pleased to be involved in that, the album and the accompanying video. My touring commitments meant I couldn't help with the promotion as much as I'd have liked, but we got to do our first acoustic performance together in over a decade on the final episode of Bob Harris' BBC Radio 2 retrospective of "The Old Grey Whistle Test", which was a hoot. No rehearsal, just bang in. Old school. |
| October continued with various trips to Points East. Singapore with Bananarama and Belinda Carlisle, then home, then off to Australia with ABC. Then back to the UK in November in time to start a UK tour with Rumer, which culminated in an appearance at the Albert Hall late that month. The following night, I was still there, doing my second appearance with Julian in over a decade (the first with a band and in front of an audience) at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala, in the company of Tim Minchin, The Feeling, Joss Stone, Boy George, Pete Townshend and others. Mark King and Midge Ure lead the cracking house band. And the Albert Hall staff let me keep my gear there overnight! Off to German arenas with ABC at the start of December, and then I finished off with a gig at the Blues Kitchen in Camden which resulted in a lovely review in the London Evening Standard. My thanks to Joe Cushley, Jim Kimberley, Simon Edwards, Elisa Backer, Rob Hughes, and the legendary Martin Fry for helping out with that. What's in store for 2012? Watch this space! |
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