November was a mad month of racing up and down motorways for We Shall Overcome, and alternating priorities as I switched between solo gigs and Lithium Joe.

In the end though, we did good.

We launched the CD of ‘Answer Machine/See You When I Get There’, the first actual format Lithium Joe have released since 2001….

The brand new children’s book by meself and comrade-in-crayons Kevin Pearson was launched by Unison to mark Trans Awareness Week….

We launched a new t-shirt ahead of the arrival of the forthcoming album ‘Sledgehammer Songs’…..

And we launched the #WSO2024 range with the fantastic new logo by Nevz….

I played Bradford, Nottingham, Sheffield, Middlesbrough and Chesterfield for WSO, raising thousands for the frontline ahead of another tough winter, and shared stages with some of my favourite friends and comrades for the cause…..

It was the afternoon gig at DeJa Vu in Chesterfield organised by the fantastic Gabrielle Moran which summed up the lot.

And the month came to its crescendo with two Lithium Joe gigs at The Station and The Adelphi, raising well over a £1000 for Hull Unity Shop, Hull Help For Refugees, and Pauline Town. We loved every second, and can’t wait to get out there again.

The Twenty From Twenty compilation CD marking two decades of Joe Solo is available to pre-order now, and copies will ship late January. And soon after, my brand new album ‘Sledgehammer Songs’ will be dropping, and I can’t wait for you to hear it.

Apart from that, it was a quiet month.

See you out there x