davey macmanus
Davey Macmanus
Even the trees know Karate - Christmas shows 2025
On this upcoming tour Macmanus will play the songs of The Crocketts, The Crimea and his new solo album - Even the trees know karate
11th December - Dublin - Supporting Ash
‘Really amazing to be supporting Ash - these guys have been friends since the nineties, together we toured Europe and USA many times. Mark has helped me so much over the last few years in terms of advice on my songwriting and production. I'm really looking forward to this show.’ - Davey
13th December - London - Headline SHow
Davey Macmanus + special guests - Christmas extravaganza featuring the legendary Gideon Conn and Neil Cousin 13/12/25
Continuing in the tradition of The Crocketts/The Crimea Christmas shows I’m proud to announce a show at Hampstead arts centre on December 13th, 2025 - tickets here
Davey Macmanus bio
NME and Melody maker single of the week with debut single ‘Will you still care” The Crocketts 1997
First ever tour with Shane Magowan
Modelling in Dear Deidre The Sun newspaper
Tour with Kid Rock, Ash, Stereophonics, Hundred Reasons
Duetting with Mary Hopkin
Dropped by V2 records
Work as Barman, Parkeeper, Sainsburys nights, road sweeper, binman
Signed by Warner Brothers at SXSW festival 2005
Tour with Billy Corgan, Snow patrol, Kings of Leon, Keane
Move to USA - Fail to make it big - Move back to UK
Top of the Pops - Lottery winners on acid - Number 21 Uk charts
China x 3
Dropped by Warner Brothers
Q magazine - Top five moments that changed music - For the first ever free album - Secrets of the Witching hour 2007 - Wallstreet journal - Front page
Release Square moon 2013 - Double album - leave music
Treated for eating disorder at Stepping stones Clinic Cape Town
Graduates as a Nurse in 2013
Volunteers In Ethiopia, Kenya and Diepsloot dubbed ‘the most dangerous place in the world’ by Ross Kemp
Works in A&E for 7 years
Loses Nursing license for drug addiction and stealing medication
Gets better
Becomes a choir conductor of three choirs and special need choir
Releases - The Bluster boy - Biography - 23/7/24
Releases - Even the trees know karate 13/9/2024
The Bluster Boy
On July 23rd 2024 ‘The Bluster Boy’ was published by Rotten Poetry. The book is a biographical collection of writings and poems which tell the story of Macmanus’s life
“I’ve just read this extraordinary work from cover to cover. What an extraordinary life……. raw, heartbreaking, beautiful, powerful, destructive, creative… utterly incredible!”
(Fiachna Ó Braonáin, 2025)
“The Bluster boy is so tender, so real, so sad and beautiful and torn apart”
(JT Leroy, 2025)
‘Death in the Wicklow mountains, getting signed and dropped by two major labels, having success, releasing the first ever free album, anorexia, self-harm, being sectioned, becoming a nurse, working in the most dangerous place in Africa, nursing for NHS and HSE whilst a heroin addict, losing his nursing license due to stealing medication, and then returning to music, boxing and getting better’
(Lia Hynes, Irish Independent, 2025)
“To this day I think he's one of the finest artists ever seen or worked with”.
(Kelly Jones, Rolling stone m,2024)
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DOWNLOAD the new record - Even the trees know karate - free
Buy the book - The Bluster boy
Join the Treasure hunt
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https://rottenpoetry.net/davey-macmanus/
The Bluster Boy
“I’ve just read this extraordinary work from cover to cover. What an extraordinary life……. raw, heartbreaking, beautiful, powerful, destructive, creative… utterly incredible!”
(Fiachna Ó Braonáin, 2025)
“The Bluster boy is so tender, so real, so sad and beautiful and torn apart”
(JT Leroy, 2025)
‘Death in the Wicklow mountains, getting signed and dropped by two major labels, having success, releasing the first ever free album, anorexia, self-harm, being sectioned, becoming a nurse, working in the most dangerous place in Africa, nursing for NHS and HSE whilst a heroin addict, losing his nursing license due to stealing medication, and then returning to music, boxing and getting better’
(Lia Hynes, Irish Independent, 2025)
“To this day I think he's one of the finest artists ever seen or worked with”.
(Kelly Jones, Rolling stone m,2024)
‘I could listen to this music forever and ever’
(John Peel 12/12/2002)
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DOWNLOAD the new record - Even the trees know karate - free
Buy the book - The Bluster boy
Join the Treasure hunt
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https://rottenpoetry.net/davey-macmanus/
