Murray Lachlan Young

Young graduated from University of Salford.{{cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-news/murray-lachlan-young-tour-manchester-11851600|title=Murray Lachlan Young on giving two fingers to the zeitgeist|date=7 September 2016|work=Manchester Evening News|access-date=22 October 2024}} In 1998, he married singer Zoë Pollock; they have two children.

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Live solo shows include:

• UK solo headline tours (2014 & 2016)
• Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts (1996–present, except 2015)
• MTV Music Awards, US (1997)
• T in the Park Festival (1998 & 2001)
• Port Elliot Festival (2005–present)
• Latitude Festival (2006, ’13 & ’15)
• Goodlife Festival (2013, ’14 & ’15)
• Brighton Festival (2014)
• The Wilderness Festival (2014)
• 6 Music Festival (2014–present)
• Festival No 6 (2015–present)
• Poet in residence at The Union Club, Soho, London (1997–present)
• Poet in residence at The Arts Club, Mayfair, London (2014–16)

• Vice & Verse (1997)
• Casual Sex and Other Verse (1997)
• How Freakin' Zeitgeist Are You? (2017)
• The Nine Dead Williams (2014)
• The Mystery of the Raddlesham Mumps (2018) {{Cite web |title=Scotland Street Press {{!}} Bookstore {{!}} Mystery of the Raddlesham Mumps |url=https://www.scotlandstreetpress.com/product/mystery-of-the-raddlesham-mumps |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=www.scotlandstreetpress.com |language=en}}

;Stage

• A Captive Audience (1992)
• The Fabulous Twister Brothers (1993)
• Modern Cautionary Tales for Children (2005)
• The Incomers (2013)
• Rehab (2016)

;Film

Features:

• Under Milk Wood (co-written, 2015)
• God’s Work (in development)
• The Mystery of the Raddlesham Mumps
• Summerset (writing)

Shorts:

• Desideratum (1992)
• Little Sucker Thumb (adapted, 1993)
• Plunkett and McClean (Gallows poem, 1997)
• Annie McClue (2011)
• The Story of Martin (animation, in production)
• Lycra Dad (in production)

;Dance

• Enjoy Your Stay (2010)
• Taste (2015)

;Audio recordings

• Live at Ronnie Scotts (1995)
• The Lost Album (1995)
• Simply Everyone’s Taking Cocaine (1997)
• Vice & Verse (1997)
• Casual Sex (1998)
• Murray Lachlan Young - Live (2011)
• The Alien Balladeer (2013)

;Radio

• Poet in residence, The Breakfast Show, LBC (1996)
• Poet in residence, BBC 6 Music (2011–present day) {{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/radio-review-the-alien-balladeer-the-naked-truth-about-poetry-and-cheap-food-8468273.html|title=Radio review: The Alien Balladeer - The naked truth about poetry and cheap food|date=27 January 2013|work=The Independent|access-date=23 October 2024}}
• Poet in residence, Saturday Live, BBC Radio 4 (2006–14)
• Regular contributor to Loose Ends, BBC Radio 4 (1995–present day)
• Regular contributor to Kaleidescope, BBC Radio 4 (1995)
• Regular contributor to The Arts Show, BBC Radio 2 (2014–present day)
• Regular contributor to BBC Radio 5 Live, including special commissions for Test Match Special, Cheltenham Gold Cup and City v United (2012–15)
• Scotland meet Murray Lachlan Young, BBC Radio 4 (2013)
• Alien Balladeer, BBC Radio 4 series (2014)
• The Symphony of Medinah, Narrator, BBC Radio 5 Live (2014)
• Cern, BBC World Service (2015)

;Television

• Murray Lachlan Young, MTV USA, series (1996)
• Vice Versa, BBC 2 television special (1997)
• Regular contributor, The Wright Stuff, Channel (2014–present)
• Contributor, Newsnight, BBC 2, (2014)

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.xsnoize.com/orbitals-paul-hartnoll-and-controversial-poet-and-performance-artist-murray-lachlan-young-announce-lockdown-inspired-album-the-virus-diaries/|title=Orbital's PAUL HARTNOLL and controversial poet and performance artist MURRAY LACHLAN YOUNG announce lockdown inspired album 'The Virus Diaries' | XS Noize | Online Music Magazine|website=www.xsnoize.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.orbitalofficial.com/2021/05/27/hartnoll-young-the-virus-diaries-album/|title=Hartnoll & Young - The Virus Diaries - OUT NOW - News|date=27 May 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.murraylachlanyoung.co.uk/|title=Murray Lachlan Young|website=www.murraylachlanyoung.co.uk}} In June 2021, the pair released a single from the album called "Garden Centre (Push the Trolley)"{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000xbsk|title=BBC Radio 6 Music - Chris Hawkins, Manchester International Festival: Festival Square|website=BBC}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.xsnoize.com/orbitals-paul-hartnoll-poet-murray-lachlan-young-release-new-single-garden-centre/|title=Orbital’s Paul Hartnoll & Poet Murray Lachlan Young release new single ‘Garden Centre’ | XS Noize | Online Music Magazine|website=www.xsnoize.com}} as a follow-up to "I Need a Haircut".

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• [http://www.murraylachlanyoung.co.uk/ Official website]
• [https://www.15questions.net/interview/fifteen-questions-literature-interview-murray-lachlan-young/page-1/ Fifteen Questions Literature Interview with Murray Lachlan Young]
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