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By nature, Duke Special (aka Belfast's Peter Wilson) is a curious person. He is curious about music, theatre, books, poetry, art, love, life, redemption, death and 78RPM records. All of this is evidenced by the variety of musical adventures throughout his career. He has released 17 albums and EPs, toured all over the world and has been involved in a diverse array of other projects, including writing the music for Deborah Warner’s critically acclaimed 2009 production of Mother Courage and Her Children at London’s National Theatre and being commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to write a series of original songs based on photographs for their exhibition of the photographers Stieglitz, Steichen and Strand.Performing live is still one of Duke Special’s main passions, and over the years he has played to captive audiences across the world. Whether he performs solo, as a duo, with a full band, a string quartet or an orchestra, a Duke Special show is always a unique experience. In 2023, to celebrate the release of his first EP 21 years ago, he embarked on a series of live shows - Adventures in Belfast, Adventures in Ireland and Adventures in the UK - showcasing songs from across his remarkable career, joined by long term collaborator and brother in arms, the tintinnabulator, Temperance Society Chip Bailey.
Duke is currently working on what will be his seventh theatre piece, a musical adaptation of The Velveteen Rabbit for Replay Theatre Company, which plays at The Lyric Theatre in Belfast from 14th – 30th March 2025.
His latest album, Blood for Ghosts was released on vinyl and as a book in November 2023 - new versions of songs discovered in the Princess Grace Irish Library, Monaco; songs that may have been forgotten or lost through time. https://www.dukespecial.com/bloodforghosts
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Hyde Park Book Club, Dotties Flowers, 27 Headingley Lane, Leeds, LS6 1BL, United Kingdom,Leeds
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