Jon McClure

Jon McClure is the lead singer and frontman of Reverend and The Makers. Jon McClure was born in the Sheffield and He gained a first class honours degree in history and politics at the University of Sheffield.

Reverend and The Makers were at the forefront of a resurgent Sheffield scene, along with friends and collaborators like Arctic Monkeys. McClure and the band set up their Reverend Soundsystem club nights and co-curated the acclaimed Tramlines festival in Sheffield. They spoke on panels and played intimate shows for Instigate Debate, a rolling youth, music and ideas forum they’d helped found with Carl Barat and activist Mark Donne. Reverend And The Makers will release their fourth album, entitled ‘Thirty Two’, on 24th February 2014. Jon has borrowed a camper van to play thirty-two house gigs in the run up to the release. He puts out a tweet to say he’s getting in the van. Fans pour in with their pre-order numbers or ticket stubs and he messages one back to say he’s on the way.