Editing Kingston upon Hull (section)

==Cultural references==
===Poetry===
Hull has attracted the attention of poets to the extent that Australian author [[Peter Porter (poet)|Peter Porter]] described it as "the most poetic city in England".<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/english/about-us.aspx
 |title       = Welcome to the Department of English
 |access-date  = 25 February 2013
 |publisher   = [[University of Hull]]
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130301080416/http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/english/about-us.aspx
 |archive-date = 1 March 2013
}}
</ref>

Philip Larkin set many of his poems in Hull, including "[[The Whitsun Weddings (poem)|The Whitsun Weddings]]", "Toads", and "Here".<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/larkin.htm
 |title = Philip Larkin
 |access-date = 13 January 2008
 |work = Poets' Graves: Serious about poets and poetry
 |publisher = Cameron Self
 |year = 2006}}
</ref> Scottish-born [[Douglas Dunn]]'s ''Terry Street'', a portrait of working-class Hull life, is one of the outstanding poetry collections of the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/arts/writingscotland/writers/douglas_dunn/works.shtml
 |title = The Writers – Douglas Dunn (1942– ) – Works
 |access-date = 9 November 2007
 |work = Writing Scotland
 |publisher = BBC
 |archive-date = 15 May 2009
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090515142015/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/arts/writingscotland/writers/douglas_dunn/works.shtml
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
Dunn forged close associations with such Hull poets as [[Peter Didsbury]] and [[Sean O'Brien (writer)|Sean O'Brien]]. The works of some of these writers appear in the 1982 Bloodaxe anthology ''A Rumoured City'', which Dunn edited.<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authC2D9C28A0cb241D669uKk169F46C 
 |last = Smith 
 |first = Jules 
 |title = Peter Didsbury 
 |year = 2005 
 |access-date = 13 January 2008
 |work = Contemporary writers 
 |publisher = [[British Council]] 
 |url-status = dead 
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070410080847/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authC2D9C28A0cb241D669uKk169F46C 
 |archive-date = 10 April 2007 }}
</ref> [[Andrew Motion]], past [[Poet Laureate]], lectured at the University of Hull between 1976 and 1981,<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth76 
 |last = Forbes 
 |first = Peter 
 |title = Andrew Motion 
 |year = 2002 
 |access-date = 13 January 2008
 |work = Contemporary writers 
 |publisher = [[British Council]] 
 |url-status = dead 
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071001130129/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth76 
 |archive-date = 1 October 2007 }}
</ref> and [[Roger McGough]] studied there. Both poets spoke at the Humber Mouth Festival in 2010.<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hull.ac.uk/arc/collection/literarymanuscripts/mcgough.html
 |title = Roger McGough (1937– )
 |year = 2008
 |access-date = 13 January 2008
 |work = Archives: Modern English literature and drama subject guide
 |publisher = [[University of Hull]]
 |archive-date = 30 October 2008
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081030025959/http://www.hull.ac.uk/arc/collection/literarymanuscripts/mcgough.html
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> Contemporary poets associated with Hull are [[Maggie Hannan]],<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/personpage.asp?author=Maggie+Hannan
 |title       = Maggie Hannan, author
 |year        = 2006
 |access-date  = 13 January 2008
 |publisher   = Bloodaxe Books
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071019051841/http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/personpage.asp?author=Maggie+Hannan
 |archive-date = 19 October 2007
}}
</ref> [[David Wheatley (poet)|David Wheatley]],<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.towerpoetry.org.uk/poetry-matters/march2007/wheatley.html 
 |title=Ups and Downs: Tim Kendall reviews Mocker by David Wheatley 
 |year=2006 
 |access-date=13 January 2008 |publisher=Tower Poetry 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108034959/http://www.towerpoetry.org.uk/poetry-matters/march2007/wheatley.html 
 |archive-date= 8 November 2007 |url-status=dead 
}}
</ref> and [[Caitriona O'Reilly]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/personpage.asp?author=Caitriona+O'Reilly
 |title       = Caitriona O'Reilly, author
 |year        = 2006
 |access-date  = 13 January 2008
 |publisher   = Bloodaxe Books
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071019073221/http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/personpage.asp?author=Caitriona+O%27Reilly
 |archive-date = 19 October 2007
}}
</ref>

17th-century [[Metaphysical poetry|metaphysical]] poet and parliamentarian [[Andrew Marvell]] was born nearby, and grew up and received his education in the city.<ref>{{acad|id=MRVL633A|name=Marvell, Andrew}}</ref><ref name="ODNB6">{{cite ODNB
 |url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18242?docPos=2
 |title = Marvell, Andrew (1621–1678)
 |last = Kelliher
 |first = W. H.
 |date = September 2004
 |doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/18242
 |access-date = 17 January 2010}}{{Subscription required}}
</ref> There is a statue in his honour in the Market Square (Trinity Square), set against the backdrop of his alma mater [[Hull Grammar School]].<ref>{{cite news
 | url = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003600/19990517/009/0009
 | title = Statue moved back to Holy Trinity Church as part of city's facelift
 | date = 17 May 1999
 | work = Hull Daily Mail
 | page = 9
 | accessdate = 2 October 2024
 | via = British Newspaper Archive
 | url-access = subscription}}</ref>

===Music===
[[File:Hull City Hall - geograph.org.uk - 952519.jpg|thumb|[[Hull City Hall]], completed in 1909]]

====Classical====
In the field of classical music, Hull is home to Sinfonia UK Collective (formerly Hull Sinfonietta, founded in 2004), a national and international touring group that serves Hull and its surrounding regions in its role as Ensemble in Residence at University of Hull,<ref name="hull_sinf">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.sinfonia-uk-collective.org
 |title = Sinfonia UK Collective
 |access-date = 18 November 2015
 |publisher = Sinfonia UK Collective}}
</ref> and also the [[Hull Philharmonic Orchestra]], one of the oldest amateur orchestras in the country.<ref name="hull_phil">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hullphilharmonic.org/about.html
 |title = All about us
 |access-date = 25 February 2013
 |publisher = Hull Philharmonic Orchestra
 |year = 2007
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930212706/http://www.hullphilharmonic.org/about.html
 |archive-date = 30 September 2011}}
</ref> and formerly The Hull Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, established in 1952,<ref name="hpyo">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hpyo.co.uk/history.html
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040411153744/http://www.hpyo.co.uk/history.html
 |archive-date = 11 April 2004
 |title = A Brief History of the HPYO
 |access-date = 5 March 2009
 |publisher = Hull Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
 |year = 2006}}
</ref>
the Hull Choral Union, the Hull Bach Choir – which specialises in the performance of 17th- and 18th-century choral music – the Hull [[Male Voice Choir]], the Arterian Singers and two [[Gilbert & Sullivan]] Societies: the Dagger Lane Operatic Society and the Hull Savoyards are also based in Hull. There are two brass bands, the East Yorkshire Motor Services Band, who are the current [[North of England]] Area [[Brass Band]] Champions,<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/hullinprint/archive/november2002/force_28.php
 |title = Force 28
 |work = Hull in Print
 |publisher = Hull City Council
 |year = 2003
 |access-date = 21 February 2008
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070524064338/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/hullinprint/archive/november2002/force_28.php
 |archive-date = 24 May 2007
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.eymsbrassband.co.uk/
 |title = The East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band
 |access-date = 25 April 2008
 |publisher = EYMS Brass Band}}
</ref> and East Riding of Yorkshire Band who are the 2014 North of England Regional Champions within their section.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.eastridingofyorkshireband.co.uk/index.php
 |title       = East Riding of Yorkshire Band
 |access-date  = 21 February 2008
 |publisher   = East Riding of Yorkshire Band
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080304205608/http://www.eastridingofyorkshireband.co.uk/index.php
 |archive-date = 4 March 2008
}}
</ref>

Hull City Hall annually plays host to major British and European symphony Orchestras with its 'International Masters' orchestral concert season.<ref name="Hull City Hall">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/hullcityhall
 |title = Hull City Hall
 |access-date = 12 February 2010
 |publisher = Hull City Council
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100213100952/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/hullcityhall
 |archive-date = 13 February 2010
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> During the 2009–10 season visiting orchestras included the [[Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra|St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra]] and the [[Czech National Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/HOME/LEISURE%20AND%20CULTURE/ARTS%20AND%20ENTERTAINMENT/THEATRES/HULL_CITY_HALL/INTMASTERS09_10.PDF
 |title = International Master series brochure 2009–2010
 |access-date = 12 February 2010
 |publisher = Hull City Council
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100216202258/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/HOME/LEISURE%20AND%20CULTURE/ARTS%20AND%20ENTERTAINMENT/THEATRES/HULL_CITY_HALL/INTMASTERS09_10.PDF
 |archive-date = 16 February 2010
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> Internationally renowned touring pop, rock, and comedy acts also regularly play the City Hall.<ref name="Hull City Hall"/>

In September 2013 a five-year partnership with the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] was announced by the City Council.<ref>{{cite news
 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-24212042
 |title = Hull announces partnership with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
 |date = 23 September 2013
 |work = BBC News
 |publisher = BBC
 |access-date = 24 September 2013}}</ref>

====Rock, pop and folk====
[[File:The Beautiful South - geograph.org.uk - 218341.jpg|Grafton Street, birthplace of the [[Housemartins]] and [[the Beautiful South]]|thumb]]
On the popular music scene, in the 1960s, [[Mick Ronson]] of the Hull band ''Rats'' worked closely with [[David Bowie]] and was heavily involved in production of the album ''[[The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reid |first1=Laura |title=Estate kid to superstar |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=22 September 2022 |page=11|issn=0963-1496}}</ref> Ronson later went on to record with [[Lou Reed]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Morrissey]] and [[the Wildhearts]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wexler |first1=Bruce |title=The history of rock in fifty guitars |date=2016 |publisher=History Press |location=Stroud |isbn=9780750969888 |page=108}}</ref> There is a Mick Ronson Memorial Stage in [[Queen's Gardens, Hull|Queen's Gardens]] in Hull.<ref name="ronson_stage">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,655685&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |title = Queens Gardens
 |access-date = 25 February 2013
 |publisher = Hull City Council
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130530080014/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,655685&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |archive-date = 30 May 2013
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> The 1960s were also notable for the revival of English folk music, of which the Hull-based quartet, [[the Watersons]] were prominent exponents. [[The Who]] performed and recorded a concert, at the Hull City Hall, on 15 February 1970.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/humberside/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9190000/9190474.stm|title=The Who: Finally live in Hull|date=15 November 2010|access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref>

In the 1980s, Hull groups such as the [[Red Guitars]], [[the Housemartins]] and [[Everything but the Girl]] found mainstream success, followed by [[Kingmaker]] in the 1990s.<ref name="80s_bands">{{cite web|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/music/raw_talent/vote/gods_of_rock/artists.shtml
 |title = Gods of Rock
 |date = August–September 2004
 |access-date = 16 July 2013
 |work = Where I live: Humber
 |publisher = BBC
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061029133835/http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/music/raw_talent/vote/gods_of_rock/artists.shtml
 |archive-date = 29 October 2006}}
</ref> [[Paul Heaton]], former member of [[the Housemartins]] went on to front [[the Beautiful South]].<ref name="heaton">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2007/11/06/paulheaton_feature.shtml
 |title = Paul Heaton Returns To Hull
 |access-date = 25 April 2008
 |work = BBC Humber
 |date = 6 November 2007
 |last = Noone
 |first = Katy}}
</ref> Another former member of the Housemartins, Norman Cook, now performs as [[Fatboy Slim]].<ref name="cook">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/norman-cook.html
 |title       = Norman Cook Biography (Fatboy Slim)
 |year        = 2007
 |access-date  = 28 November 2009
 |work        = The Biography Channel: Music
 |publisher   = A&E Television Networks
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20091213162043/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/norman-cook.html
 |archive-date = 13 December 2009
}}
</ref> In 1982, Hull-born Paul Anthony Cook, Stuart Matthewman and Paul Spencer Denman formed the group [[Sade (band)|Sade]]. In 1984, the singer [[Sade Adu|Helen Adu]] signed to CBS Records and the group released the album ''Diamond Life''. The album had sales of four&nbsp;million copies.<ref name="sade">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.musicdish.com/mag/bio.php3?author=17
 |title = Paul Cooke (Associate Writer)
 |year = 2007
 |access-date = 1 December 2007
 |publisher = MusicDish LLC
 |archive-date = 14 November 2006
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061114070046/http://www.musicdish.com/mag/bio.php3?author=17
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref>

The pioneering [[Industrial music|industrial]] band [[Throbbing Gristle]] formed in Hull; [[Genesis P-Orridge]] (Neil Megson) attended Hull University between 1968 and 1969, where he met [[Cosey Fanni Tutti]] (Christine Newby), who was born in the city, and first became part of the Hull performance art group [[COUM Transmissions]] in 1970.<ref>{{cite book
 |last1 = P-Orridge
 |first1 = Genesis
 |author-link = Genesis P-Orridge
 |last2 = Abrahamsson
 |first2 = Carl
 |last3 = Rushkoff
 |first3 = Douglas
 |title = Painful but Fabulous: The life and Art of Genesis P-Orridge
 |publisher = Soft Skull Press
 |year = 2002
 |isbn = 978-1-887128-88-9}}
</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.coseyfannitutti.com/
 |title = Cosey fanni tutti
 |publisher = COSEY FANNI TUTTI
 |access-date = 12 June 2010}}
</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |title = Cosey Fanni Tutti & Genesis P-Orridge in 1976: Media frenzy, Prostitution-style
 |work = Art Design Café
 |publisher = Art Design Publicity
 |year = 2009–2010
 |url = http://www.artdesigncafe.com/Cosey-Fanni-Tutti-Genesis-P-Orridge-John-A-Walker-Art-and-Outrage-ADP-1-3-2009
 |access-date = 23 January 2010
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100110000847/http://www.artdesigncafe.com/Cosey-Fanni-Tutti-Genesis-P-Orridge-John-A-Walker-Art-and-Outrage-ADP-1-3-2009
 |archive-date = 10 January 2010
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref>

The record label [[Pork Recordings]] started in Hull in the mid-1990s, and has released music by [[Fila Brazillia]].<ref>{{cite web
 |title = Label List
 |publisher = Kudos Records
 |year = 2006
 |url = http://www.kudosrecords.co.uk/index.php?page=detail&product=KUDCD023
 |access-date = 19 February 2008 }}</ref>

[[The New Adelphi Club|The New Adelphi]] is a popular local venue for alternative live music in the city, and has achieved notability outside Hull, having hosted such bands as [[the Stone Roses]], [[Radiohead]], [[Green Day]], and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] in its history,<ref name="adelphi">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hullvibe.co.uk/venue/21/Adelphi.php
 |title = Hull Vibe: Adelphi
 |year = 2008
 |access-date = 26 February 2013
 |work = Hull Vibe
 |publisher = Mail News & Media
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081204101748/http://www.hullvibe.co.uk/venue/21/Adelphi.php
 |archive-date = 4 December 2008}}
</ref> while the Springhead caters to a variety of bands and has been recognised nationally as a 'Live Music Pub of the Year'.<ref name="springhead">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.springheadpub.co.uk/aboutus.htm
 |title = The Springhead Music Venue Achievements
 |year = 2007
 |access-date = 15 January 2010
 |work = The Springhead
 |archive-date = 26 July 2007
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070726181103/http://www.springheadpub.co.uk/aboutus.htm}}
</ref>

In the 2000s, Hull [[indie rock]] band [[the Paddingtons]] saw mainstream success with two UK Top 40 singles in 2005,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 978-1-904994-10-7
| page= 414
| title-link= British Hit Singles & Albums
}}</ref> later reforming in 2014 and performing at the Humber Street Sesh.<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.withguitars.com/paddingtons-reform-festival/
| title = The Paddingtons reform for festival
| last = Gambino
| first = Jamie
| date = 21 June 2014
| work = With Guitars
| accessdate = 14 October 2024}}</ref> <!--with notable bands such as Sulu Babylon and [[Street Parade]].{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}-->

In the 1990s, the duo [[Scarlet (British band)|Scarlet]] from Hull had two Top 40 hits with "[[Independent Love Song]]" and "I Wanna Be Free (To Be With Him)" in 1995.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 2">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 978-1-904994-10-7
| page= 484
| title-link= British Hit Singles & Albums
}}</ref>

The Humber Street Sesh night has released four DIY compilations featuring the cream of Hull's live music scene, and there are currently a few labels emerging in the city, including Purple Worm Records based at [[Hull College]], with bands such as The Blackbirds showing a promising future.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.thisisull.com/music07/news/931491633_purpleworm.html
 |title        = Hull Local Music News – Purple Worm Records in Hull
 |publisher    = thisisull.com
 |date         = 23 May 2007
 |accessdate   = 5 March 2009
 |last         = Dee
 |first        = Michelle
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080705172924/http://www.thisisull.com/music07/news/931491633_purpleworm.html
 |archive-date  = 5 July 2008
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref>

{{See also|Bands and musicians from Yorkshire and North East England}}