Nick Cope

{{Short description|English musician}}

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| instrument = Guitar, vocals

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Nick Cope (born 8 December{{Cite tweet |last=Cope |first=Nick |author-link=Nick Cope |user=nickcope4 |number=1290572377751982080 |date=4 August 2020 |title=It's the same day as Jim Morrison and Nicki Manaj ! |access-date=10 April 2025 |link= |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706075528/https://twitter.com/nickcope4/status/1290572377751982080 |archive-date=6 July 2022 |quote= |ref=}}) is an English musician running regular music sessions in Oxfordshire for young children and their families. Cope also performs at schools and theatres and music festivals in the UK and overseas. He presents a programme on CBeebies called Nick Cope's Popcast.{{Cite web|url=http://nickcope.co.uk|title=nick cope - Home|website=nickcope.co.uk|access-date=2017-11-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14945089.Singer_Nick_Cope_entertains_families_at_concerts_in_Oxford/|title=Singer Nick Cope entertains families at concerts in Oxford|website=Oxford Mail|date=3 December 2016 |language=en|access-date=2017-11-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/15592235.Calne_Music_and_Arts_Festival_shows_a_contrast_of_styles/|title=Calne Music and Arts Festival shows a contrast of styles|website=The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald|date=12 October 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-11-09}}{{cite web |last1=Fowler |first1=Helen |title=Interview: Nick Cope – 'It's not all about poo' |url=https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/82579-interview-nick-cope-its-not-all-about-poo/ |website=Edinburgh Festival |accessdate=9 November 2017 |date=26 July 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2017/07/edinburgh-festival-fringe-2017-nick-copes-family-songbook/|title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Nick Cope's Family Songbook |website=The Edinburgh Reporter |date=16 July 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14922584.Nick_Cope_is_back_with_some_dinosaurs_of_rock_n_roll___/|title=Nick Cope is back with some dinosaurs of rock n roll...|website=Oxford Mail|date=23 November 2016 |language=en|access-date=2017-11-09}}

Cope was previously the lead singer in the rock band the Candyskins.

Discography

  • What Colour Is Your T-Shirt (2009)
  • My Socks (2011)
  • Why Is the Sky Blue? (2012)
  • The Pirate's Breakfast (2014)
  • A Round of Applause for the Dinosaurs (2016)
  • Have You Heard About Hugh? (2018)

Television

Since April 2020, Cope has starred in a CBeebies programme called Nick Cope's Popcast.{{Cite news|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18288633.oxford-musician-nick-cope-lands-cbeebies-show/|title=Former Oxford rock star lands his own CBeebies show|newspaper=Oxford Mail|accessdate=9 August 2020}}

Personal life

Cope's parents, Kenneth Cope and Renny Lister, were both actors and his sister is actress Martha Cope.{{cn|date=April 2025}} He lives in Oxford with his partner Amanda, with whom he has three children.{{primary-inline|date=April 2024}}

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