John Cooper Clarke, the bard of Salford, is hitting old London town again next week with a show at the Palladium, a venue that still holds huge allure for the national treasure that is Mr Clarke.
“I’ve done larger shows, arenas, festivals, Glastonbury I've done a few times, but numbers of bums on seats is not everything.,” he tells the Standard on the phone from Essex, “The Palladium has been surpassed long ago in terms of audience capacity, but not in terms of kudos and class.
