Herbie Hopkins is a songwriter from Leeds. Renowned improviser and drummer, Mark Sanders, described his work as ‘adventurous and daring’.
His new single, ‘What Am I Doing Here? (lie)’, is about anatomy, nocturnal landscapes, and personal catharsis.
Recorded by Chris Sharkey (engineer), accompanied by Matthew Bourne (piano) and Harry Souter (guitar, percussion); ‘What Am I Doing Here? (lie)’ combines vivid songwriting, haunting improvisation, and raw found-sound-samples.
“Shimmering with an evocative, hand-made quality, ‘What Am I Doing Here? (lie)’ is sparklingly immediate and uniquely expressive.”
“After a year of innovative live performances across England; Herbie, Chris, Matthew, and Harry, have made a song of rare imagination! ‘What Am I Doing Here? (lie)’ is fantastic!”
New Single, ‘What Am I Doing Here? (lie)’, will be released March 21st, 2025.
New Album, ‘Alex’, will be released April 25thth, 2025.
Herbie Hopkins (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/herbie.hopkins/
Matthew Bourne (website): https://www.matthewbourne.com/
ADVANCE TICKETS
To reflect people’s varied circumstances, we are offering three different levels of tickets:
Standard ticket: £10 – this is what we would ask most people who have regular earned income to pay
Supported ticket: £5 – if you would struggle to find £10 to pay for a night out, then you’re welcome to purchase a supported ticket
Pay It Forward: £15 – maybe you have a little extra money this month? If so, we’d invite you to consider paying the “Pay It Forward” rate. Your extra payment will help to support future events, including free community events.
We use GoCardless to process payments on this website. Rather than using a credit or debit card, GoCardless will ask you to authorise payment from your bank account. This is a one off payment, and we will not store your bank account details. This approach involves much lower transaction fees, so we are able to pay artists and workshop facilitators more generously.
ON THE DOOR
Standard ticket: £12 – this is what we would ask most people who have regular earned income to pay
Supported ticket: £6 – if you would struggle to find £10 to pay for a night out, then you’re welcome to purchase a supported ticket
Pay It Forward: £17– maybe you have a little extra money this month? If so, we’d invite you to consider paying the “Pay It Forward” rate. Your extra payment will help to support future events, including free community events.
Open Source Arts
Open Source Arts
Unit 1A, Aire Place Mills, 143 Kirkstall Road
Leeds
LS3 1JL
United Kingdom
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53.801855, -1.571485
Date
Tickets
Concession £5
Standard £10
Pay It Forward £15
Access
This event will be inside and upstairs
How to get to the venue
Address: Unit 1A Aire Place Mills, 143 Kirkstall Rd, LS3 1JL
We’re making our venue more accessible with what3words. Find us at: ///struck.events.ridge
We are located on Kirkstall road in Leeds – a short distance from the centre of the city – directly opposite ITV television studios in the Aire Place Mills complex, along with Aire Place Studios. We are the first left in the yard.
We encourage everybody to walk, cycle, or take the bus (33 and 33A or leeds bradford airport bus 757, please ask the driver for the stop outside Yorkshire Television or Radio Aire). For those who must drive, there is a carpark directly across Kirkstall Road, outside Yorkshire Television.
There is space inside and outside the building to leave your bike, we have a bike shed.
Venue Accessibility
There are two gender neutral toilets on the ground floor, one is an accessible toilet.
The ground floor is wheelchair accessible, however the floor is slightly uneven. The area upstairs is accessed via stairs and is not currently wheelchair accessible.
There are baby changing facilities in the ground floor accessible toilet, and you are welcome to breastfeed at OSA.
Hearing induction loops available for hearing aid users.
If you have any accessibility questions or requirements please let us know in advance if possible, and we will do our best to help
