Barbican Announces Two Henry Rollins Dates In January 2016

The Barbican announces two Henry Rollins dates as part of his Charmingly Obstinate UK Tour in January 2016 – his first UK "talking shows" since his memorable Long March tour of 2012.

Rollins has forged his own distinct career path, with the intensity of his punk rock roots with Black Flag and Rollins Band matched by the uncompromising attitude that has permeated through his spoken word performances and journalism.

If Henry Rollins could be reduced to a single word, that word would undoubtedly be "workaholic". When he's not traveling, Rollins prefers a to keep a relentless schedule full of work, with gigs as an actor, author, DJ, voice-over artist and TV show host to name a few of the roles that keep his schedule full.

Henry currently hosts a weekly radio show on LA's renowned NPR affiliate KCRW, in addition to writing weekly columns for the LA Weekly and Rolling Stone Australia. In 2013, after previously anchoring shows for IFC and National Geographic, Henry joined the History Channel's H2 network as host of the TV show 10 Things You Don't Know About. In 2014, Henry received the prestigiousRay Bradbury Creativity Award in recognition for his lifelong contribution to the arts, his passion for social activism, as well as his intense passion for the importance of maintaining books and libraries.

Henry Rollins
Thursday 14 & Saturday 16 January 2016 / Barbican Hall / 7.30pm
Tickets: £17.50 – 25 plus booking fee

Notes To Editors
Barbican Box Office: 0845 120 7550
www.barbican.org.uk

Press Information
For any further information, images or to arrange interviews, please contact the Barbican's music media relations team:

Sabine Kindel, Media Relations Manager
t - +44 (0)20 7382 7090
e – sabine.kindel@barbican.org.uk

Eleonora Claps, Senior Media Relations Officer
t - +44 (0)20 7382 6199
e – eleonora.claps@barbican.org.uk

Eleanor Nimmo, Media Relations Officer
t - +44 (0)20 7382 6196
e – eleanor.nimmo@barbican.org.uk

Sagar Shah, Media Relations Assistant
t - +44 (0)20 7382 6138
e – sagar.shah@barbican.org.uk

About the Barbican
A world-class arts and learning organisation, the Barbican pushes the boundaries of all major art forms including dance, film, music, theatre and visual arts. Its creative learning programme further underpins everything it does. Over 1.5 million people pass through the Barbican's doors annually, hundreds of artists and performers are featured, and more than 300 staff work onsite. The architecturally renowned centre opened in 1982 and comprises the Barbican Hall, the Barbican Theatre, the Pit, Cinemas One, Two and Three, Barbican Art Gallery, a second gallery The Curve, foyers and public spaces, a library, Lakeside Terrace, a glasshouse conservatory, conference facilities and three restaurants. The City of London Corporation is the founder and principal funder of the Barbican Centre.