Punk legend TV Smith will be taking to the stage at Korks Wine Bar in Otley tomorrow as part of the venue’s True Troubadours season.

The former Adverts lead singer will be backed by a number of his fans who are flying over from Germany for the gig and will be celebrating the performance in style with a dedicated beer, entitled Earthbound, brewed by the Elland Brewery!

TV Smith rose to prominence in 1977 in the first wave of British punk rock as singer and songwriter with the Adverts who toured with The Damned and Iggy Pop.

The band eventually split in 1979 and TV went on to tour and record with TV Smith’s Explorers who achieved a hit with the single Tomahawk Cruise.

When the band split, he spent a period away from the live circuit, writing and recording songs but returned again in the late 1980s playing sporadic gigs with his band Cheap before becoming a solo artist in 1992.

The nineties saw TV gigging relentlessly throughout Europe, as well as releasing two further solo albums, 1995’s Immortal Rich – which came out in the US on fan Henry Rollins’ label – and 1999’s Generation Y.

In 2001 German superstars Die Toten Hosen performed as TV’s backing band to record Useless, an album of re-recordings of classic TV Smith songs which became his biggest selling album since The Adverts.

In 2002, an internet-only acoustic anti-war single Not In My Name released during the build-up to the Iraq invasion received popular acclaim and since then he has continued to prove himself as one of the UK’s finest and most consistent songwriters with the release of Not A Bad Day (2003), and Misinformation Overload (2006).

He tours the world, bringing his epic solo show to ever-increasing audiences and plays more than 100 gigs a year. He has recently performed in the USA, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Korks Manager Chris Payne commented: “ TV Smith is a true showman and there will be a big crowd in town to see him!

lTickets to see TV Smith are on sale priced at £5 from Korks on 01943 462020.