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2007

19 February Bill Drummond Flyposting Flyposting sites, Liverpool, UK
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50 I Challenge You posters flyposted around Liverpool.
19 February Bill Drummond Launching The River Mersey, Liverpool, UK

The attempted launch of 50 paper boats on the River Mersey. The boats were made from 50 folded I Challenge You posters. Only 27 of the boats were succesfuly launched.
20 February– 9 September Bill Drummond Exhibition (group show) Centre Of The Creative Universe: Liverpool and the avant-garde. Tate Liverpool, UK
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20 February 19:00 The17 Performance Analogue Catalogue, Mossley, UK
World wide premier of the score WELCOME
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24 February - 24 March How To Be An Artist Exhibition (group show) Micromentalists Butchers Shop Dogmatic, Chicago, USA

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10 March 16:00 Bill Drummond Response Asparagus: exhibition by Pil and Galia Kollectiv The Showroom, London, UK
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18 March 19:45 Bill Drummond Performance Tribute to Robert Anton Wilson, Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London, UK
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21 March 20:00 The17 Performance One Year Gallery, Luton, UK
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07 May 20:00 Bill Drummond Recording Plumstead, London, UK
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9 May – 30 June Bill Drummond Exhibition (group show) Harry Smith Anthology Remixed, alt.gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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11 May The17 Publication World Wide
Syd Is Dead. Pamphlet. Edition of 1,000.
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11 May 17:30 The17 Publication Syd Barrett – Madcap’s Last Laugh. Barbican Hall, London, UK
PURCHASE?
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23 May 15:00 The17 Performance for Critique Work For Work, Royal College of Art, London, UK
www.workforwork.org
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24 May 13:30 The17 Performance Fine Art Department, University of Northampton, UK
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25 May 19:00 The17 Performance Public Works Group, London, UK
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25 May 19:00 The17 Performance

Taken 18:37
05 June The17 5 – 8 June
05 June 19:00 Bill Drummond Opening Liverpool Community College Student Show The Bridewell Studios, Liverpool, UK
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07 June 10:00 The17 Performance Ben Meabost, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
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14 June The17 Book Publication Worldwide

Purchase?
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14 June The17 Publication UK
Scores 18 – 76 is a small book by members of The17 with text by Bill Drummond. Edition of 500 only. BUY?
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17 June – Ongoing The17 Painting Anywhere
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17 - 24 June The17 Exhibition Meltdown, Spirit Level, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
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18 June 11:00 The17 Performance Meltdown, Lillian Baylis School, Kennington Lane, London, UK
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19 June 10:55 The17 Performance Meltdown, Woodmansterne Primary, London, UK
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20 June 11:00 The17 Performance Meltdown, Clapham Manor Community Primary School, Belmont Rd, London, UK
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21 June 10:30 The17 Performance Meltdown, Archbishop Sumner CE Primary, Reedworth St, London, UK
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21 June 18:30 Bill Drummond Debate The Big Debate, School of The Arts, University of Northampton, UK
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22 June 11:00 The17 Performance Meltdown, Ashmole Primary School, Ashmole St, London, UK
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23 June 15:00 The17 Performance Meltdown, Violet Room on the Spirit Level, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
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23 June 15:00 The17 Performance Meltdown, Violet Room on the Spirit Level, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK

Photograph: Tracey Moberly
03 July 12:37 The17 Listening High Force Waterfall, River Tees, UK
The roar of High Force after a month of heavy rain.
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03 July 14:00 The17 Recording Wearhead Primary School, Wearhead, County Durham, UK
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03 July 14:00 The17 Recording Wearhead Primary School, Wearhead, County Durham, UK
LISTEN to the scores read by the pupils who wrote them
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04 July 10:00 The17 Recording Broadway Juniors, Springwell Road, Sunderland, UK
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04 July 10:00 The17 Recording Broadway Junior School, Sunderland, UK
LISTEN to the scores read by the pupils who wrote them
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27 July Open Manifesto Launch World Wide Web
Russian and English language version of site
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02 August My Death Launch World Wide Web
Chinese, Arabic, English and Spanish language version of site.
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8 August 12:00 – 24:00 The Curfew Tower Election/Exhibition/Event Curfew Tower, Cushendall, N. Ireland
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25 August 11:55 The17 Listening Dinant, Belgium
The bells of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
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30 August 18:00 Bill Drummond Performance/Lecture Late at Tate, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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31 August 16:00 – 24:00 Bill Drummond Walk Chapter One of the final volume of the Bad Wisdom Trilogy. Blackpool,UK
Amazon
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19 September The17 Presentation BBC Scotland, Glasgow, UK
BBC Radio Scotland will be observing No Music Day 2007. This presentation was given to the producers, presenters and other employees of BBC Radio Scotland who will be involved with the programmes that will be on air throughout No Music Day 2007, It was given in the atrium of the new BBC Scotland building.
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20 September The17 Performance Q Gallery, Derby, UK
The members of The17 taking part in this performance were all employees of QUAD . These employees will be involved in the realisation of a major city wide performance of SCORE 317 in June/July 2007
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01 October The17 Publication World Wide
The Open Window. Pamphlet. Edition of 2,000.
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01 October 18:00 Bill Drummond Charity event War Child, The Hospital, Covent Garden, London, UK
Warchild | Visions of Dylan
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08 October The17 Drive From London to Gretna Green and back via Leeds and Liverpool, UK

To put up No Music Day sign (412cm X 54cm) on the Scotland Welcomes You sign at the Scottish border by Gretna Green.
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18 October Bill Drummond Photograph portrait session London, UK.

Photograph taken by Tracey Moberly
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22 October NO MUSIC DAY Photograph Beachy Head, UK

Potograph taken by Tracey Moberly at Beachy Head, UK.
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27 October 13:30 Bill Drummond Debate Battle of Ideas, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London, UK
Bill Drummond is one of the panel members for Turn That Racket Off, which is one of the dozens of debates that are taking place as part of the Battle of Ideas weekend, 27 - 28 October. Battle of Ideas is produced by the Institute for Ideas.
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12 November The17 Performance Seventeen Gallery, 17 Kingsland Road, London, UK
12 November 19:00 The17 Performance Seventeen Gallery, 17 Kingsland Road, London, UK
19 November The17 Performance Seventeen Gallery, 17 Kingsland Road, London, UK
19 November 19:00 The17 Performance Seventeen Gallery, 17 Kingsland Road, London, UK
21 November NO MUSIC DAY Observance World Wide

Year three of a five year plan.
Photo taken on 9 October 2007 at Scottish border at Gretna Green. Photograph taken by John Hirst.

Photo taken on 9 October 2007 at Scottish border at Gretna Green.
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21 November NO MUSIC DAY Radio Broadcast Scotland and the World Wide Web

BBC Radio Scotland hosted No Music Day 2007. They are the national station for Scotland with a listnership of over 4,000,000. For the 24 hours of No Music Day 2007 the station played no music. This not only included the music that would have been played on the scheduled music programmes but all the station idents and jingles. Many listeners complained and made it known that they would be spending the day listening to rival stations for the day. Other listeners asked if they could have a no music day once a week.
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26 November The17 Performance Seventeen Gallery, 17 Kingsland Road, London, UK.
26 November 19:00 The17 Performance Seventeen Gallery, 17 Kingsland Road, London, UK.
03 December The17 Performance Seventeen Gallery, 17 Kingsland Road, London, UK.
03 December 19:00 The17 Performance Seventeen Gallery, 17 Kingsland Road, London, UK.
20 December Daffodils Giving Beanfield Estate, Corby, UK.

The giving away of 40 bunches of daffodils to total strangers.