BANG SAID THE GUN rocked MEADOWLANDS big time… thank you to all the gunslingers who shook, rattled, danced, performed and whooped their way through the weekend… Best tent at the festival? – you bet it was!
Photos by ROB SLOETRY COVELL + WASI DANIJU

Thank you: CLAIR WHITEFIELD, PETER HAYHOE, KAT FRANCOIS, ROB AUTON, MARTIN GALTON, ANTIPOET, ANGRY SAM, PETE THE TEMP, KAREN HAYLEY, AF HARROLD, ISZI LAWRENCE, ELVIS MCGONAGALL, MEL JONES, FRANK SANAZI, DEANNA RODGER, PAUL CREE, TALIA RANDALL, HARRY BAKER, RICHARD TYRONE JONES, JOHN HEGLEY, TIM CLARE, CAPTAIN OF THE RANT, BYRON VINCENT, RICHARD MARSH, KATIE BONNA, JOE BROMEHEAD, LUKE WRIGHT, STUART HUDSON, KIAN MCEVOY, TOBY DE ANGELI, ZIA AHMED, SEAN MAHONEY, ALISON BRUMFITT, ANNA LE, DAN SIMPSON, AMY ACRE (MEADOWLANDS SLAM CHAMPION)… I think that is everyone… We love you all.

BANG SAID THE GUN WOULD LIKE TO THANK…
Niall Osullivan, Paul Birtill, Michael Horovitz, Joe Coelho, AF Harrold, Dzifa Benson, Zena Edwards, Jacob Sam La Rose, Attila The Stockbroker, Nathan Penlington, Abi Palmer, Polar Bear, Charlie Dark, shortMAN, Liz Bentley, Elvis McGonagall, Shane Solanki, Paul Lyalls, Aisling Fahey, Vic Lambrusco, Alan Wolfson, Paul Cree, Tim Wells, Hissing At Swans, Fran Landesman, Tongue In Chic, Wizard of Skill, Tim Clare, David J Vocal Pugilist, Gwyneth Herbert, Inua Ellams, Anti-Poet, Tim Turnbull, Sean Taylor, Rachel Pantechnicon, Sophie Cameron, Angry Sam, Chris ‘Ventriloquist’ Redmond, Salena Godden, Polar Bear, Roundhouse Poetry Collective, Byron Vincent, Molly Naylor, Penny ‘Hot Pink’ Ashton, Mark Niel, LA Salami, Pete The Temp, Joshua Idehen, Luke Wright, Jammie Sammy, John Hegley, Emilie Zoey Baker, Neil Bell, Meryl Jones, Cecilia Delatori, John Moloney, Captain of the Rant, Ian McMillan, Nathan Filer, Indigo Williams, Kate Tempest, Kayo Chingonyi, The Fugitives, Talia Randall, Ross Sutherland, Murray Lachlan Young, Steve Larkin, Matt Harvey, Karen Hayley, Leonhardt the Geo Poet, Wasi Daniju, Amy Acre, Sarah Hobbs, Clair Whitefield, Anna Le, Dan Simpson, Russell Clayton, Lucy Marshall, Gina Bates, Rosie Barnes, Sarah Redington, Laura Hally, Marty Cook, Donall Dempsey, Janice Windall, Katie Bonna, Peter Heyhoe, Richard Marsh, Charlotte Stubbs, Michelle Madsen, Mark ‘Mr T’ Thompson, Vanessa Kisuule, Curious, Mark Crook, Mark Chadior, all the gunslingers who performed on the BANG stage (you know who you are) and every single audience member who rattled and shook their way through 2010.

BANG SALUTE YOU ALLl!!!

Thanks Gunslingers for helping make another fantastic BANGing night!
And I think you will all agree – ELVIS is the KING!!!

coming soon to BANG SAID THE GUN TEEVEE

Here is our new Golden Gun and Tequila Shot World Champion L.A. Salami. Well done Adekunle – winner of our first Golden Gun Award!
See him perform this Thursday along side LIZ BENTLEY + shortMAN.
Or come along and try to win your own Golden Gun. More info here

Photo by the very lovely Ant Smith – see more of Ant’s pics here

and I’m the only Gunslinger blogging.

Here is Ant Smith’s take on Bang Said The Gun 2009. Thanks Ant – it is very lovely!

And while we are at it – here is one of Ant’s shots of our new Tequila Shot World Champ – Lucy Carrington.

Lucy sings Bang!

Starring the very lovely Paul Lyalls, performing from his new book ‘Catching The Cascade’. Here is the front cover.

John Hegley says Paul smiles too much but we at Bang think he doesn’t smile enough!

Also, the female version of Ivor Cutler, the marvellous Liz Bentley, will be along to make your poetic taste buds tingle and burst with delight

– so why not come join in the fun.

Plus – The World Famous ‘Tequila Shot Open Mic Spot.’
Starring ‘Stand In’ World Champion Dan ‘The Braces’ Hunt
And a super special treat – Martin Galton will be appearing LIVE from Africa!!!

When:
Thursday 26th November at 8.30pm

Where:
The Roebuck, Great Dover Street SE1
(nearest tube Borough / London Bridge)

How Much – £3 (we must be ripping our selves off!)

What a bargain. Affordable poetry for the masses.

If you haven’t been before, then here are some images of what you have missed taken by the very delightful Jacob Sam La Rose.

How lovely. See more of Jacob’s pics here – http://eye.jsamlarose.com