SCOTT LAVENE - Cars, Buses, Bedsits and Shops Tour / + support JONATHAN MASON
Schedule
Sat, 29 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
The Barrel House Ballroom | Totnes, EN
We are so chuffed to be welcoming back the wonderful human being that is SCOTT LAVENE!!Scott is as English as pork pies and pasties, dunked biscuits in Yorkshire tea. Last year’s album Disneyland in Dagenham was full of Essex, East End poetry, and classic English post punk. Following extensive touring including many sold-out shows, Scott is back with another album entitled, Cars, Buses, Bedsits and Shops out 22nd August on Nothing Fancy. An album bursting with more dark humour, snapshots of squalor and cheek, and Scott’s unique love songs. Lavene has also announced a 22 date tour around the UK as well as festival appearances at this year’s Glastonbury, End of the Road, Lakefest and Boia festivals.
"Tragi-comic Custard and Debbie and Lavene’s stock-in-trade, mixing Baxter-Dury like roughshod poetry with Robyn Hitchcock’s surrealist flair. Flute-looped Little Bird reveals a more delicate balladeer.” MOJO
“Disneyland In Dagenham is endearing as a whole, glorious in parts, hilarious in others, and in its darkest corners, heartbreaking. Lavene’s singular voice and relatable concerns infuse the album with an honesty and kindness that’s rare, and leave the listener glowing with both admiration and empathy.” Under The Radar
“It’s world-class. All killer, no filler. An instant classic. Every song is a 10 out of 10.” Dangerous Minds
"Once upon a time, he’d have found a home on Stiff Records, alongside Ian Dury and Wreckless Eric, even Jona Lewie, and he’d have become a national treasure: he really is a very good writer, with an eye for the telling detail" Spectator
“Scott Lavene is a funny, droll, melancholic, eccentric, prolific, loveable musician, and his songs may just be the tonic you need.” The Book of Man
“Bonkers sing-alongs about eating custard, weird reimaginings of geezer-down the pub anecdotes, nostalgic vignettes, and even the occasional love song in disguise. Sometimes spoken, sometimes sung, he retains hooks, even when surveying the most curious terrain.” Artsdesk
“Songs filled with wit and wisdom, about everyday people and uncelebrated places, tears in your eye stuff from a laugh or a little cry.” Backseat Mafia
“Lavene's attention to detail in both musical composition and storyline elevates Disneyland in Dagenham to new heights, providing listeners with a rich and fulfilling audio experience.” Scene Music Media
+ support
JONATHAN MASON
Jonathan is a drama teacher, actor and poet, ponderer, play-facilitator, workshop-enabler, sky-gazer, father-of-three, husband-of-one, second-to-none, eco-warrior, Totnes-denizen of twenty years and all round, generally warm, human being (averaging 37℃). “My performance poetry is informed by my acting experience, but rooted in my love of language and lust for life; it can be whimsical, political, personal and profound, but it is always positive and powerful"
