Greetings! John Shuttleworth here! I'm a versatile singer/organist from Sheffield in South Yorkshire, and I'm married to Mary, a dinnerlady at a local primary school. Welcome to my "new look" website which has been revamped at very little expense, as you can see from this crumpled paper, not to mention the tatty tongue and groove in the background, oof !

Following my mammoth UK tour of 2025 - ‘Raise the Oof’, I have decided to take a bit of time off from performing live at local drop-in centres and hospices. This decision has angered my next-door neighbour and sole agent, Ken Worthington (he came last on ‘New Faces’ in 1973 - don’t you remember?) so by way of placating Ken, I’ve decided to allow a screening tour of my first feature film “It’s Nice Up North’ this Autumn. It was originally released in 2006, snd was filmed by the internationally renowned photographer Martin Parr. Martin sadly passed away last year, so this 20th Anniversary tour is also a tribute to the great man.

Although I won’t be attending in person, fret ye not. Being the star of the film you will obviously see quite a lot of me - unless you fall asleep during the film, in which case I’ll be highly offended, so please don’t! Incidentally, a nice ‘fellow’ called Graham will be travelling with the film and conducting a Q&A after the screening, so I do hope you can make it along to see ‘It’s Nice Up North’. For a full list of dates.. CLICK HERE

"A note of caution": if you're here because you're looking for an architect, or a yacht builder, or doing some family history research, well, I'm sorry, you've made a grave error, and I would ask you to log out immediately. Then again, as you've read this far, why not tarry a little longer and explore!

Tata for now,

John Shuttleworth