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In the summer of 2008 Robb was one of the organisers and mediators of the 2008 Tony Wilson Experience - an event in Manchester city centre to celebrate the life of Tony Wilson.
In the summer of 2008 Robb was appointed visiting fellow of popular culture at Salford University.
Robb has done several live 'In Conversation' events with cultural figures including Howard Marks, Crass, Kerry McCarthy, Don Letts, Geoff Travis, Alan McGee, Billy Bragg, Peter Hook, and others.
From 2008 onwards Robb participated in the Un-Convention music conference. visiting several countries from Uganda to Brazil and instigating projects and mentoring young musicians worldwide.
Robb has actively campaigned to resolve visa problems for British musicians travelling to the USA. The campaign is starting to win a few concessions after key meetings at the American Embassy. In 2011 he was the compère for the Justice Tonight tour round Europe which saw Mick Jones play a whole set of Clash songs for the first time since he was in the band thirty years previously as a benefit for the Justice for the Hillsborough 96 campaign.
In 2012 he wrote a 200 000 word overhaul of his best selling Stone Roses book. His music culture website Louder Than War has become one of the most influential music blogs breaking many of the key stories of the year. He is also working on a new punk book and a book about the Justice Tonight tour.
In 2012 Robb launched a new record label called Louder Than War Records releasing up and coming bands. He has also chaired committees in the Houses of Parliament about Pussy Riot as well as music and cultural panels worldwide. Robb has also done many more in conversations with key music and cultural figures in a series of highly successful and popular events. he has also been a regular contributor to BBC Breakfast, Channel 4 news and News At 10 on music and cultural issues.
2013 sees a planned spoken word tour of the USA in support of his successful 'Punk Rock An Oral History' book and a new album from Goldblade called 'The terror Of Modern Life'.
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