Pulp's Mark Webber and Mark Bedford of Madness

Name: Pulp's Mark Webber and Mark Bedford of Madness
Start: 2025-10-09T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Brighton Palace Pier

Schedule

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Brighton Palace Pier | Brighton, EN

THURSDAY OCTOBER 9TH: INTERVIEWS WITH MARK WEBBER AND MARK BEDFORD (AND AUDIENCE Q&As)
Doors 18:45, starts 19:30, to finish at approx 22:30 (times may change slightly). At Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW. Book at www.the-space.uk
Sponsored by Mark Carr & Co., providers of financial services to people in the arts and entertainment. www.markcarr.co.uk
MARK WEBBER
Mark Webber is a guitarist, best known for being a member of the band Pulp since 1995. He played on four of their albums, from Different Class, released that same year, to their new LP More, out in June 2025. The first single from More was the acclaimed Spike Island. A number one album, Different Class, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1996 and featured singles such as Common People, Disco 2000 and Something Changed. Its follow-up, This Is Hardcore also topped the charts, but was a darker record. We Love Life, released in 2001 before the band took a long hiatus, was produced by Scott Walker.
Before joining Pulp, Mark ran the fanzines Cosmic Pig and Step Inside My Pepperpot, and was the president of the band’s fan club. He also helped with stage sets, light shows, and spent time as their tour manager. Away from music, he has presented screenings of avant-garde films at museums and festivals around the world. His recent book I'm With Pulp, Are You? is a visual history of the band that draws on materials from his extensive collection. Originally published in September 2024, a revised and expanded paperback will be issued in Summer 2025.
MARK BEDFORD
Mark Bedford, the bass guitarist for Madness, began playing the instrument in his early teens and joined the group in the late seventies. They went onto have thirty-one top 40 hit singles, including House of Fun, Baggy Trousers, Our House, It Must Be Love, My Girl and Michael Caine. They are still very active, releasing their twelfth album in November 2023, Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie, a number one, and performing live worldwide, They'll be touring the UK in December, including Brighton.
Mark co-wrote songs for Madness such as Return of the Los Palmas 7 and One Better Day. Aside from them, he has played bass with Birds of the Beehive and on Morrissey's second album, K*ll Uncle, and played double bass on Robert Wyatt's recording of Shipbuilding. Since 2011, he has been part of The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra. During a break from music, Mark attended the London School of Printing, then formed a prolific design company, Mar Mar Co. Every Monday, he hosts a podcast with Mark Anthony on Shoreditch Radio.