At the Langham Hotel to accept our Mercury nomination. Total surprise but a huge pleasure. And no, I’ve checked, there isn’t another photo where I’m holding the statuette less suggestively. Sorry
Mat Osman
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Suede bassist. Author - The Ghost Theatre out now via Bloomsbury. Producer/composer. Didz at Quietus for musical stuff, Victoria Hobbs at AM Heath for books
And a new tune for the expanded Antidepressants youtu.be/5NfN8l1LktI
Suede - Emotionally Unavailable (Lyric Video)
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Big afternoon. Finally, an explanation for why the wonderful @rodgeglass.bsky.social has been following us around for the last couple of years… www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/As-One...
As One
The official, intimate and candid biography charting the second act of Suede during their remarkable second act.This year will mark thirty-three ye...
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Really interesting (I think). Los Campesinos break down their US tour accounts www.reddit.com/r/indieheads...
From the indieheads community on Reddit: Los Campesinos! break down the cost of touring in 2026 (and why tickets cost so much)
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Very cool. Isco on Real Betis’s socials. My new favourite Spanish side, obvs
This hotel offers both ‘Daily Nuts’ and ‘Nighttime Nuts’ but it’s 6pm so I’m not sure which is appropriate. Might wait an hour. #huangzhou #riderwatch
Final book edits are Zeno’s Arrow made flesh Day 1. Did fully half of everything outstanding. Great progress Day 2. Half the remainder done. Storming along Day 3. Got another half done Day 4. Another half down. Not long now Day 5….. Day 6….. hang on a minute…
We’re playing Porto’s Super Bock Arena tonight, our first be-peacocked venue since Stockholm’s Grona Lund in 2016 (peacock picture included for identification)
Thank you Copenhagen. You’ve always felt like a second home to Suede but last week’s gig was a truly special one. Tusind tak.
Trying to book a restaurant in Paris for my day off and huge respect to French restaurant websites. Menus? Not a chance. Online booking? Of course not. And a bonus mark to the ‘change language’ button which simply shrugs at you and simply redelivers every single page in French. Paris, never change
Fabulous shot by Matti Hirvonen from Helsinki’s Ice Hall, shortly before I ascended to heaven…
Is there any song where more people get the lyrics wrong than Sister Sledge’s He’s The Greatest Dancer? I think not… #Iwonderwhy
Touring in 2026: only realising you’ve played a venue before when its Wi-Fi connects automatically
Having the fabulous Feast Catering on the road with us means fewer random backstage snacks but Helsinki Ice Hall doesn’t disappoint. Day One #riderwatch
Very niche bass player problem: after two weeks of touring my fingers are so calloused that touchscreens don’t work any more
Huh. K-Pop newbie in which Suede vinyl is a signifier of edginess. So 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_RY...
ILLIT (아일릿) 'NOT CUTE ANYMORE’ Official MV
YouTube video by HYBE LABELS
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In my corner of the bass-playing universe there was life pre- and post-Mani. He brought a liquid, melodic funkiness that EVERYONE copied. And when I finally met him he was exactly how you imagined him: joyful, generous, unstarry (& more of a star because of it) and wickedly funny. A life well lived
The Stanley Donwood/Thom Yorke/Radiohead exhibition at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum is fantastic. Lots of detail on the working process, sketches and trial runs, and the finished work looks beautiful at scale. Inspiring stuff
If you get a chance to see the Patti Smith 50th anniversary of Horses show just go. Absolutely magical night: no light show, no backdrop, no stacks of amps, just five phenomenal musicians and one of the greatest records of all time
And then talking to ML Rio about her fantastic new rock ‘n’ roll road trip novel, Hot Wax www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
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