Andy Macleod has worked as a new music promoter in London for over twenty years, putting on live shows, managing bands and releasing records through his two music companies Radio Fandango and Pointy Records. During that time, he’s had fun promoting new indie bands at early and pivotal stages of their careers. Acts include the Arctic Monkeys, the Killers, Coldplay, Death Cab For Cutie, Keane, Fontaines DC, the Clientele, Ultrasound, Tiny Too, Flotation Toy Warning and hundreds of others. Before that, he was in an indie-pop band called the Pointy Birds, managed by a bloke called Ricky Gervais, but not sure whatever happened to him. 

Over the years, he has secretly stockpiled a few writing and recording projects that now might be ready to see the light of day. The first is a memoir called Anoint My Head – How I failed to make it as a Britpop indie Rockstar. It was published at the end of 2020 and incredibly went to number one in the Amazon Music Book charts and received lots of fab reviews which you can read here. It took him six years to write but was in gestation for almost 50. The book was also adapted into a one-man show which he performed at Edinburgh Fringe 2022 as a 24-show run. The experience was too much fun – shows sold out, audiences laughed, critics wrote nice things, and he returned to London a complete diva. You can watch some footage here. 

Andy’s influences/inspiration/heroes include PG Wodehouse, Jacques Tati, Bruce Robinson, Spinal Tap, the Clientele, Stephen King, Rob Reiner, Laurel and Hardy, Bill Forsyth, Jerome K. Jerome, Radiohead, Nabakov, Phoenix Nights, The Office, AA Milne, Billy Connolly, Madness, Dennis Potter, ABC, Monty Python, The Smiths, Kenny Dalglish, Eric Wark, Talk Talk, Diary Of A Nobody, Steve Martin, Dexies, Mike Leigh, Rik Mayall, Gregory’s Girl, Abba, George Orwell, Jim Kerr, Wham, Daphne Du Maurier, Ricky G, Dave Macleod and many, many more.

Andy is also a cold-water swimming enthusiast/bore, a Spurs fan and a dad. He lives in London with his wife, son and daughter, plus a cat called Muriel. He wants a dog. 

To get in touch, email: andypointy@gmail.com.