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Murray Lachlan Young | |
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 Murray Lachlan Young, Glastonbury Festival, 2019 | |
| Born | 14 March 1969 United States |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | British |
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Murray Lachlan Young (born 14 March 1969) is a British poet, stand-up performer, broadcaster, playwright and screenwriter, and he is also a children's author who has worked extensively in schools. [1] He came to prominence during the Britpop era of the mid-1990s, when he became the only poet to sign a recording contract worth £1m. [2]
Young graduated from University of Salford. [3] In 1998, he married singer Zoë Pollock; they have two children. [4]
Live solo shows include:
Features:
Shorts:
In 2021, Murray Lachlan Young teamed up with Orbital's Paul Hartnoll for a lockdown inspired album called The Virus Diaries under the name Hartnoll & Young. [7] [8] [9] In June 2021, the pair released a single from the album called "Garden Centre (Push the Trolley)" [10] [11] as a follow-up to "I Need a Haircut".
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