Yungblud? He’s a right ‘glassy’ act!

Yungblud came to Milton Keynes last month, with the singer bringing his inaugural Bludfest to the National Bowl on a hot August afternoon.

A day of live wire sets by artists including Lil Yachty, Soft Play and The Damned culminated in an immense headline show from Yungblud himself, who played before an avid audience of fans. It made for fabulous viewing.

Speaking ahead of the gig, the man at the helm said he wanted Bludfest to be, ‘a place where being different is celebrated.’
And so it came to be – and it wasn’t just one of the most diverse bills staged at the Bowl, it was also one of the most accepting.
But after such a spectacle on one of the country’s most famous stages, what to do next?

Yungblud and his crew and guests knew the place to be – and held their after show at The Craufurd Arms in Wolverton.

Upon arrival, Yungblud was greeted by a vision of himself, delivered by master artist and illustrator, Chiba Creative honcho Luke McDonnell.
“Yungblud had asked me to create some bespoke stained glass artwork for the after show,” Luke told Pulse Music’s Sammy Jones, admitting he had some initial concerns about committing to the visual.

“The walls in the venue are firmly reserved for our late, great heroes,” said Luke, who has delivered wow-some windows of departed musicians including Motörhead great, Lemmy, and Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

“I sat down and watched the interview he did with Louis Theroux and I realised that Yungblud, aka Dominic Harrison, was a stand-up guy, so I started drawing his portrait.”

Luke popped along to meet Dom, who was thrilled with the art: “He was very complimentary about it – and he has so much energy! He has since done a number of posts about it and the last one featured what he’d been up to in the last week – it was nice to be tagged alongside The Offspring and Frank Carter.

“It looks like Dom and I may work together again in the future too, which is exciting.”

The images at The Craufurd Arms are admired far and wide: “It brings tourism from around the world, and I send signed prints around the world, week-in, week-out,” Luke said, “I’ve just posted one to Ginger from The Wildhearts and Benji from Skindred ordered two prints.’
As for that aforementioned collaboration between two such amazing creatives? It couldn’t fail but be anything other than spectacular, could it?
Yungblud has had praise heaped on him for his music and his positive attitude, but now, thanks to Luke, he is officially a ‘glassy’ act, too!