McClure said: \u2018It was the first song I\u2019ve written in 20 years of making music that made me cry when I\u2019d finished it. I found it a very emotive experience, you know, like reflecting on my life.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n The band displayed the submissions at his first art exhibition at Fagan\u2019s Pub in Sheffield, including letters from well known celebrities like Spice Girl Mel C, MP Jeremy Corbyn and Footballer Joey Barton.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n \u2018I would like to tell you it\u2019s all going to be fun and trust me it is going to be a wild ride but fame is a beast. You and the girls will be adored but that\u2019s not the whole story, you won\u2019t be everyone’s cup of tea, there will be some jealousy, ridicule and criticism, that\u2019s ok, try not to take it to heart.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\nMelanie Chisolm’s (Mel C) Letter <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n The letters varied from celebrities to fans and featured names from an array of industries with some writing more humorous letters like the one by Jon\u2019s five year old son. <\/span>However, others reflected on their careers and the challenges that they\u2019ve faced since they were twenty-one.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n \u2018I love you but Stop. Just Stop. Your drive to push yourself beyond your own limits will pull you under sooner than you know if you don\u2019t learn to say stop and communicate how you feel and why.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\nElly Jackson’s (La Roux) Letter<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n McClure spoke about how he had sadly lost four friends to suicide. He felt that exercises like this are important to get people talking about their own mental health and checking in on their own headspace as he feels that’s just as vital as turning to others. <\/span><\/p>\n He said: \u2018I mean us musicians, we put our feelings on record all the time whereas Boxers, Sports stars and Journalists, aren’t as adept at doing that so this is a good way of getting people talking.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n \u2018You\u2019ve worked on a farm, gone to college for a term and declared it unsuitable, got another job, and are now a reporter for a local paper. I cannot believe you really want to be a journalist though, your character isn\u2019t to report events but to shape events\u2019<\/em><\/p>\nJeremy Corbyn’s Letter<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n McClure described his time in the music industry as a rollercoaster and felt that this song and collaboration allowed him to reflect on his mistakes and successes throughout his career. Fans at the exhibition could write their own letters or just read what others had written<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n A fan at the event, Oliver Ford, 20 said: \u2018It\u2019s really interesting as a young person to see different people\u2019s perspectives on life and how they’ve gone from when they were twenty-one to where<\/span> they<\/span> are now and how that\u2019s impacted them.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n Fagan\u2019s pub was chosen as the venue for this show as Mr McClure was a regular in the bar when he was younger along with many of Sheffield\u2019s popular musicians and he talked fondly about his connection to the location.<\/span><\/p>\n ‘A letter to my twenty one year old self’ is out now on most major streaming platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n \u2018Don\u2019t sweat all the bad stuff, it all comes right in the end.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\nPete Mckee’s Letter<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reverend and the Makers displays letters to peoples 21 year-old selves including big names like Mel C and Jeremy Corbyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":50048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-top-story-4"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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