KLF Welcome to the Dark Ages

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After a 23 year absence Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond aka The KLF, The JAMs, K Foundation etc. returned with a three day event in Liverpool called Welcome to the Dark Ages. The 400 of us with tickets reflected on the past (why did they burn a million quid?), explored the present (we were all given pages of their new book to look after. I am custodian of page 281) and were introduced to the future (the KLF are now funeral directors).

It was an amazing spectacle to be involved in. It was also one that will take a while to sink in. So, rather than write about it in detail I am simply sharing the media I captured during the event - video and photographs. At some point I will write a post about it on my blog. I've also added links to press articles and web pages about the event.

I could see that lots of people were recording things over the three days. I think we should collate it and make a film to document the event. Maybe after a suitable break to allow reflection? If you like the idea please get in touch.

Videos Vol 1 (My Videos)

Videos Vol 2 (Other Participants)

Photographs

The Relics

Public Flickr Group

Press Coverage

22nd August 2017

• Greetings from Liverpool, where one of the world's greatest ever bands have sort of reformed (Pop Justice)
• The return of the KLF: pop's greatest provocateurs take on a post-truth world (The Guardian)

23rd August 2017

• The KLF in Liverpool: Ice Cream vans at midnight and strange stamps (Getintothis)
• The KLF: Pop's saboteurs return after 23 years (BBC)
• The JAMs In Liverpool, Day One (The Quietus)
• KLF Khronicals #6: The Ice Kream Van Kometh (PlanetSlop)

24th August 2017

• Tattoos, gravediggers and traffic cones: the KLF take Liverpool (The Guardian)
• The KLF in Liverpool: why did The K Foundation burn a million quid? (Getintothis)
• The KLF in Liverpool: Day 2 – Tangerine NiteMare, Ringo Starr's childhood home and Carl Jung (GetIntoThis)
• The JAMs In Liverpool, Day Two (The Quietus)
• KLF Khronicals #7: The K Foundation Burned A Million Quid Because… (PlanetSlop)

25th August 2017

• KLF Khronicals #8: The Day Of The Book (PlanetSlop)

26th August 2017

• The KLF in Liverpool: Day 3 – Badger Kull, the funeral procession and the Graduation Ball (Getintothis)
• KLF Welcome to the Dark Ages review – what time is chaos? (The Guardian)
• Watch Jarvis Cocker cover The KLF at the band's own Liverpool festival (NME)*
• Watch Jarvis Cocker Cover the KLF's "Justified & Ancient" at Their London (sic) Festival (Pitchfork)*
• Watch Jarvis Cocker perform "Justified & Ancient" at The KLF's three-day Liverpool festival (Brooklyn Vegan)*
• The JAMs In Liverpool, Day Three (The Quietus)
• KLF Khronicals #9: Graduation, The Rites Of Mumufication, Toxteth Day Of The Dead (PlanetSlop)

27th August 2017

• The KLF in Liverpool: A reflection on Welcome to the Dark Ages (Getintothis)*
• Welcome to the Dark Ages: The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The Mersey, and Ten Dead Perch (Caught by the River)
• KLF Khronicals #10: MuMufication and The People's Pyramid (PlanetSlop)

More

• The Fab 400: What Did John Higgs See At KLF's Liverpool event (Mondo 2000)
• The KLF are back – but are they any closer to answering that burning million pound question? (The Conversation)
• The KLF's Welcome To The Dark Ages – all the weirdness from their Liverpool launch event (NME)*
• Channel 4 Coverage (Video)
• BBC Coverage (Video)
• Welcome To The Dark Ages: The JAMs Return (Super Weird Substance)

* Featuring my video of Justified and Ancient

Web Links

Official

• MuMuFication (The Undertakers to The Underworld)
• Welcome To The Dark Ages | Bido Lito! (Event/Ticket Website)
• Dead Perch Merch (L-13)

Participants

• Participant Google Map
• KLF Khronicals
• http://www.welcometothedarkages.com
• https://welcometothedarkagespage130.com
• http://2019warisover.com
• Ramblings of a Stone Age Queen
• DJ Food

Badger Kull

• Badger Kull Band Website
• Badger Kull Central YouTube
• Real Badger Kull Facebook
• @BadgerKull
• @RealBadgerKull

Social Media

• The 400: DON'T BE AFRAID Facebook Group
• KLF Facebook Group
• @klf_updates
• @KLF_Online

Books

• 2023: A Trilogy (Amazon)
• The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds (Amazon)
• Bill Brummond 45 (Amazon)
• Turn Up The Strobe (Amazon)

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