At age 17 Richard Jobson was the front man for the Scottish Punk band The Skids, who had a string of hits in a 2 year period from 1979 to 1981, the biggest being the top 10 hit ‘Into The Valley’. The band was formed by Jobson and his friend Stuart Adamson who went onto create Big Country. Jobson went on to become part of the critically successful The Armoury Show before moving onto a long period of making spoken word poetry recordings for the Belgian label Crepescule including an adaptati...

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The Ballad of Etiquette

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10:30 On A Summer Night/An Afternoon In Company

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Some of the Interesting Things You’ll See on a Long-Distance Flight

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Upcoming Richard Jobson gigs

21 June 2025 Richard Jobson  Bellahouston Park Glasgow UK
27 June 2025 Richard Jobson  Stone Valley Festival Midlands 2025 Nottingham UK
04 July 2025 Richard Jobson  St Nicholas Park Coventry UK
01 August 2025 Richard Jobson  Back Doune the Rabbit Hole 2025 Glasgow UK
08 August 2025 Richard Jobson  Stone Valley Festival (North) 2025 Sunderland UK
09 August 2025 Richard Jobson  Birdwell Venue Sheffield UK
20 September 2025 Richard Jobson  Ratinger Hof Düsseldorf Germany
26 September 2025 Richard Jobson  The Adrian Flux Waterfront Norwich UK
26 September 2025 Richard Jobson  Undercover Festival (South Essex) 2025 Chelmsford UK
03 October 2025 Richard Jobson  100 Club London UK
10 October 2025 Richard Jobson  The Grove Newcastle Upon Tyne UK
18 October 2025 Richard Jobson  Brudenell Social Club Leeds UK
05 November 2025 Richard Jobson  Limelight 2 Belfast UK
06 November 2025 Richard Jobson  Whelans Dublin Ireland
07 November 2025 Richard Jobson  Cyprus Avenue Cork Ireland
08 November 2025 Richard Jobson  Dolans Warehouse Limerick Ireland
05 December 2025 Richard Jobson  The Venue Dumfries UK
06 December 2025 Richard Jobson  The Lemon Tree Aberdeen UK
31 January 2026 Richard Jobson  Chalk Brighton UK
01 February 2026 Richard Jobson  The Hat Factory Milton Keynes UK
28 March 2026 Richard Jobson  O2 Ritz Manchester Manchester UK
24 April 2026 Richard Jobson  Barrowland Glasgow UK
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