Editing Bill Bailey (section)

===Music===
[[File:Bill-Bailey.jpg|right|thumb|Bailey in concert, 2007]]
Bailey plays numerous musical instruments, and incorporates music into his comedy. He has [[perfect pitch]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-11-19|title=Bill Bailey: 'Strictly's been extraordinary! I've even surprised myself'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/nov/19/bill-bailey-strictly-come-dancing-interview|access-date=2020-11-19|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> His stand-up routines often feature music 
from genres such as jazz, rock (most notably [[progressive rock|prog rock]] from the early 1970s), [[Drum and bass|drum'n'bass]], classical, and even [[theme song]]s, usually for comic value. Favourite instruments include the keyboard, guitar, [[theremin]], [[kazoo]] and [[Bongo drum|bongos]]. He also mentioned in an interview that he has achieved Grade 6 [[Clarinet]]. He was part of punk band Beergut 100,<ref name="scots">{{cite web|url=http://living.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1484&id=1247052006|title=Looking back at a week of Fringe madness|access-date=2 January 2007|work=The Scotsman|location=UK|year=2006|author=Simon Neville}}</ref> which he founded in 1995 with comedy writer Jim Miller and also featured [[Martin Trenaman]] and Phil Whelans, with [[Kevin Eldon]] as lead singer.<ref name="eldon">{{cite web|url=http://www.notbbc.co.uk/features/15/kevin_eldon_interview.html|title=Kevin Eldon Interview|access-date=2 January 2007|publisher=notbbc.co.uk|year=2006|author=Natbat}}</ref> The band performed at the [[2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe]].<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh2006/story/0,,1826826,00.html|title=The essential guide to Edinburgh|access-date=2 January 2007|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=28 July 2006}}</ref> His musical routines include performing "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" in a minor key and performing the [[Hokey cokey|Hokey Cokey]] in the style of the electronic band Kraftwerk.<ref name=":0" />

In February 2007, Bailey appeared twice with the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]] and [[Anne Dudley]] in a show entitled ''Cosmic Shindig''. Performed in the [[Watford Colosseum#Watford Colosseum|Colosseum]] in [[Watford]] on 24 February and in the [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]] on 26 February, the show contained orchestrally accompanied versions of many of Bailey's previously performed songs, an exploration of the instruments of the orchestra and a number of new pieces of music. The Queen Elizabeth Hall performance was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 3]] on 16 March 2007 as a part of [[Comic Relief]] 2007.

Bailey had planned to put himself forward as Britain's [[Eurovision Song Contest|Eurovision]] entry in 2008, as a result of several fan petitions encouraging him to do so.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eurovision|url=http://www.billbailey.co.uk/latestnews/2007/07/eurovision/|publisher=Bill Bailey|access-date=8 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026090514/http://www.billbailey.co.uk/latestnews/2007/07/eurovision/|archive-date=26 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In October 2008, he performed ''Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra'' at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] with the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]], conducted by [[Anne Dudley]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/oct/17/comedy|access-date=20 October 2008|first=Brian|last=Logan|date=17 October 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081018113223/http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/oct/17/comedy| archive-date= 18 October 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

In November 2009, he was a guest on ''[[Private Passions]]'', the biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3.<ref>{{cite web|author=2 days left|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/privatepassions/|title=BBC Radio 3|publisher=BBC|access-date=26 August 2011}}</ref>

In July 2011, Bailey performed at the [[Sonisphere Festival]] in [[Knebworth]], headlining the Saturn Stage.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bhamra|first=Satvir|url=http://amplified.tv/2011/03/28/bill-bailey-to-headline-sonisphere/|title=Bill Bailey to headline Sonisphere|publisher=Amplified.tv|access-date=26 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302063226/http://amplified.tv/2011/03/28/bill-bailey-to-headline-sonisphere/|archive-date=2 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He released an album, ''In Metal'', using songs played at Sonisphere, later that year.

In June 2014, The Music House for Children announced Bailey would become their patron alongside [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]] in celebration of their 20th anniversary.