Julian Cope for summer Dublin soiree

The Archdruid has also penned a new book, Japrocksampler: How The Post-War Japanese Blew Their Minds On Rock ‘N’ Roll, which is published by Bloomsbury on September 3.
Reveals a spokesperson: “It explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values and the wild rock and roll renegades of the 1960s and 70s, telling the tale of six seminal groups of artists in Japanese post-war culture, from itinerant art-house poets to violent refusenik rock groups with a penchant for plane hijacking.”