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Hometown
Salford, England, United Kingdom
Genre
rock
Upcoming
15 shows
About
John Cooper Clarke is an English performance poet from Salford, known as the 'Bard of Salford' for the rapid-fire verse he first made his name with during the late-1970s punk era. Poems such as 'Evidently Chickentown' and 'I Wanna Be Yours' have kept him a touring fixture for decades.
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John Cooper Clarke was born on 25 January 1949.
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John Cooper Clarke is 77 — born on 25 January 1949, and turns 78 on 25 January 2027.
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