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Born Philip Monk on 14th December 1963 in Wigan, Lancashire. The middle child of three boys Phil was brought up in Ince, Wigan. Then in October 1974, at the age
of 10 his family moved north to Sunderland, Tyne & Wear.
After leaving Monkwearmouth comprehensive school, Phil began a five year apprenticeship as a printer. On completing this he decided on a change of career, as a
DJ. After scraping together enough money to purchase a mobile disco system he hit the road doing weddings, birthdays and whatever work he could find. Starlight
Express Mobile Disco was born!
Probably because of poor opposition Phil enjoyed much success very quickly, he found he was very much in demand. Only 9 months into his DJ career he had landed
a residency at the First Leisure nightclub, Bentleys. ..With a capacity of 1200 it was Sunderland's largest nightclub and consequently gave Phil a higher
profile. A number of First Leisure venues up and down the country followed over the next few years.
In 1993 Phil decided to move further a field. After a short spell in Tenerife he thought it would be fun to work the summer season in Benidorm on Spain's Costa
Blanca. Phil was situated in the heart of Benidorm's nightlife at The Hippodrome nightclub. Much fun was had by all and when the season was over Phil returned
to England to continue his career.
With the exception of a short spell in Grand Canaria Phil has spent the bulk of the 90's working for the Idol's Fun Pub chain in Whitley Bay, Newcastle,
Sunderland, South Shields & Manchester. It was whilst working here that Phil stumbled on chance opportunity to create the character WEE PHILLIE, a rude, crude
and very blue 'shock-jock'. Wee Phillie was a phenomenal success and in 1998 was asked to perform his show in the party capital of the world, Blackpool. As word
spread The Flagship Bar on a Sunday lunchtime became the in place to be seen. At the end of 2010 Phil completed his 13th season in Blackpool. He has decided not
to go back to Blackpool in 2011 and is enjoying a break after so many consecutive years doing the show. Blackpool will always have a special place in his heart
and he hopes to return there again one day. If he really misses it, it could be sooner rather than later!
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On a weekend (Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday nights) you can.now find Phil working from 9pm in Cosy Joe.s, in The Groat Market, a minutes walk from
Newcastle's famous Bigg Market. Please don.t expect to see the rude, crude side of Wee Phillie this is a place with a fun party atmosphere (though Phil is a
little bit cheeky at times!). You can hear all your favourites from years gone by to the latest chart hits, it's all about having a good time and wave your
knickers in the air (if you wear them!). Cosy Joe's also has 'Partypods' your very own karaoke booths to sing the night away if you wish.
In 2001 Phil became the star of Party Nights, a 'fly-on-the-wall' documentary for Tyne Tees Television. There is a link to this on the home page if you would
like to see it.
Over the last 6 years Wee Phillie has worked in Spain's party capital Magalluf, appearing at The Green Parrot, The Red Lion and The world famous BCM. Whilst out
there Phil along with 'his best mate from Middlesbrough' DJ Gotti recorded the party tune 'Bang On The Drum' which was huge on the island of Majorca but no-one
else in the world seemed to buy a copy .apart from in Portugal where the lads received a royalty cheque totalling 57., needless to say, they didn't retire! The
home page has a link to the song for you to view.
The biggest and happiest event to happen to Wee Phillie was when on 08-08-08 in Gretna Green, he married his gorgeous girlfriend Karen. After knowing each other
for years, a chance meeting brought them together. It may have taken Phil 4 attempts but finally he's grown up, got his life in order and is truly happy with
Karen. Phil said "She is the only person who properly understands the job I do. The type of show I perform can be difficult for a spouse to accept but Karen is
fully supportive of me and what I do, something that hasn't happened in past relationships". Karen can often be see at many of the gigs Phil performs. If you
see her, pop over and say hello, she'd love that!
Just watch this space and stay tuned to the website to keep you up to date with all what's going on and to find the latest venues.
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