“I was in a position where I could maybe put a deposit on a house or I could do this crazy experiment. I chose to go all in on the music”: Meet the singer-songwriter who’s playing a gig every day in 2026 in an effort to make it

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The old adage is that if you work hard enough you will – eventually - make it. But a 26 year old singer songwriter is intent on testing that theory to destruction.

Derby-based musician Isaac Neilson is the fellow in question and at the time of writing he’s 235 gigs into a bonkers challenge that will see him play live every day in 2026. And almost bankrupt himself in the process.