John Swale is a compere who has performed all over Europe from the main stages of Secret Garden Party to Paris’ Zenith Arena, from David Lynch’s private Club Silencio to London’s The Roundhouse.

He has been called ‘The best compere in the business’ by Johnny Corbett (Head of Media at Secret Garden Party) and ‘an erudite loudmouth, uncompromising compere and funny f****r’ (Tim Bricheno, Sisters of Mercy)

Swale is also a poet published by the Czech Magazine ‘Foes’, Public Menace, Up yours Magazine and the Spoken World London Anti Hate Anthology and played in bands at over 30 UK festivals.