Heres a quick update on the June 6th event going down in East London.
The warehouse after party is being relocated, the new venue is yet to be confirmed. Watch this space for the new info.
The day graffiti event is going ahead as planned in the same space.

When Paul Weller decided to scrap the existing artwork for The Style Council’s Confessions of a Pop Group album and replace it with photographs taken by a young Lawrence Watson, it was the break that would propel Lawrence’s career in music photography. A career that has seen him travel the world photographing the biggest names in music and has just been documented in his new book The World is Yours, released in June.

In the early 80s as hip hop took off, Lawrence went over to the US and captured legendary artists Run DMC. Eric B and Rakim and Public Enemy in their prime. Continuing to work with Paul Weller throughout his solo career, creating iconic album cover images and still working as his tour photographer, Lawrence has gone on to photograph everyone from Morrissey and Oasis to David Bowie and Isaac Hayes.

These photographs can now be viewed in one place for the first time in The World is Yours, a retrospective of Lawrence’s iconic images. Launched in conjunction with Adidas as part of their 60th anniversary, throughout the book, it’s clear there’s a love of the 3-Stripes amongst the artists, from LL Cool J and perhaps most famously Run DMC during those early days of hip-hop to Ian Brown and The Gallaghers.

Former NME colleague and Loaded founder James Brown said: “Lawrence was often the first photographer to capture the raw energy that’s so exciting in the early stages of their careers. He captures people before they become blasé.” He continued: “As a music photographer you can ask for no better recommendation than having the sharpest guys around ask you to work with them again and again.”

Writer, Sean O’Hagan, who also worked with Lawrence on the NME added: “You can sense how Lawrence works – quietly, unobtrusively, intently – from his portraits. You can sense the trust he engenders in people he has grown to know over the years. He kept on doing it, and he kept on getting better. He has that eye for the crucial moment.”

It’s certainly been an exciting journey for Lawrence and one that you can now see documented for yourself in this retrospective, and as he says himself: “It has never felt like work, always a joy.”

The World Is Yours, £25
Sales/Information about ‘The World is Yours’ and Lawrence Watson please contact Angelo Carnielo on Tel: +44 (0)207 739 6002 or email at angelo@maverikagency.com

Media Open Day: 1-6pm
Launch Party: 8pm until late
Friday 29 May 2009

Exhibition space donated by Londonewcastle, a design-led property developer whose sole specialisation is creating high quality, bespoke developments across Central London. www.londonewcastle.co.uk

Press information please contact

Keith Wildman: keith@pagetbaker.com
Lisa Baker: lisa@pagetbaker.com
PagetBaker PR
39 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3PH
Tel: 020 7323 69 63
www.pagetbaker.com

One for the Diaries: Sunday 24th May, 7 til Late, The Legion, EC1V 9NQ (MAP)

The Three Threads Presents Strange Brew, featuring The Mighty Low and very good friends Treecreeper, Wundertone Record’s Stephen Hedley from Vancouver, Canada. Not to mention East London’s “Sunlight Service Group” as well as Dj’s Crago from East London’s, Cornish Psych-Folksters “Men-An-Tol” and Mr. Piers “2Cool4U” Rueb spinning tunes…

So come on down, have a beer of two, sit back, enjoy and welcome in the spring with us.

The Spine Magazine 10th Anniversary Tour has been postponed until Tuesday 19th May.
Deviation will not be held at Fabric this evening.
Same time and place just next Tuesday.

Hope you all enjoyed the Spine 10^th anniversary tour, launch party with Benji B. You can keep up to date with its progression right here, view pictures of this and the forth coming events. Keep em peeled…

Pictures by Jeff Metal