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ποΈ 18 June 2025
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π The Socially Distant Sports Bar β Episode 269: LIONS SPECIAL
Elis James (Elis & John, Oh What A Time), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth), and Steff Garrero line up for a full-blooded deep dive into the glorious, chaotic, and occasionally heroic history of the British & Irish Lions.
To celebrate The British & Irish Lions Tour to Australia 2025 the whole episode is devoted to the Lions.
βLike a sports podcast, if the sport was selected on reputation and not form.β
ποΈ Weβre Going on Tour in 2026!
Yes, weβre hitting the road with a brand-new live show!
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π Tour Dates:
π¦ This Week β LIONS SPECIAL
π PART 1 (OUT WEDNESDAY)
π PART 2 (OUT FRIDAY)
π PART 3 β PATREON EXCLUSIVE
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π¦ Whether you're a die-hard fan or just love a retro Lions tour scrap, this weekβs ep is full of classics, chaos, and cult heroes β only on The Socially Distant Sports Bar.
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0:00.0 | Wonderry Plus is better than ever, with updates just for our UK listeners. |
0:03.9 | Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to episodes of the socially distanced sports bar early and ad-free. |
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0:17.3 | Hello, welcome to this week's socially distance sports bar with the Lions Tour starting. |
0:24.6 | This is a Lions special. |
0:27.3 | So expect plenty of rugby content within it. |
0:32.1 | Before we get going, I want to signpost you towards our live tour next year. We are going on tour in |
0:41.1 | 26 and we have tickets on sale that we want you to buy and we want you to come along. We want you |
0:47.6 | to have a really enjoyable evening. So if you are in and around the South Wales area, the southwest of England area, the best, easiest |
0:59.1 | gig for you guys to get to is the two gigs that we are doing in Cardiff and the New Theatre, |
1:05.9 | Friday the 20th of March, 26 and Saturday the 21st of March, 2026. |
1:12.0 | Cardiff's New Theatre, that is where we are live. |
1:14.7 | If you live elsewhere in England and London is better for you to get to, then I would head |
1:21.2 | to London's Hackney Empire on Tuesday the 7th of April or Wednesday the 8th of April because |
1:27.3 | we are doing two live shows |
1:29.4 | there. Maybe, yes, may not. I haven't sorted it out yet. Might do, might not. Don't know. But it will be |
1:35.4 | a very fun live experience either way. There is a final gig on the tour as well and it is in Ellis's |
1:42.6 | hometown of Carmarthen. It is at the Lyric |
1:45.1 | Theatre on Friday the 24th of April. So it's all in 2026. It is all going to be a lot of fun to do. |
1:55.8 | And you can find those dates and details of how you can get the tickets at distantpod.com slash live. |
2:04.4 | Enjoy this week's Lions Tour special of the socially distant sports bar. This is part one. Have fun. The |
2:20.3 | The I'm I'm I'm |
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