March 2008, Benn released the single "Happy Birthday War", to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War, with an accompanying video. The release of his sixth album, Sing Like an Angel, coincided with his autumn 2008 tour of the same name. The title track, featuring Rick Wakeman on piano, was released as a single on iTunes on 1 September 2008. A video was produced to accompany the single. In October 2009, Benn released his seventh album, Where Next?. His seventh studio album, Breaking Strings, was released in March 2012. It features "I'm Proud of the BBC", "I Love My Phone", "The Library" and "Song for Europe". Mitch Benn uses and endorses Line 6 guitars and amplification. His current on-stage rig consists of a Variax 700 (replacing the Variax 500 as seen on the cover of Crimes Against Music) played through a PodxtLive. Awards In 1995 Mitch Benn won the Best New Comedian competition at the Glastonbury Festival, and has played there every year since. In May 2007 he won BBC Radio Merseyside's "Scouseology" award for his work on radio. In October 2007 he was awarded "Personality of the Year" at the final Cult TV convention In January 2008, Benn was listed among the "Scouserati", a list of 365 culturally significant Liverpudlians published by the Liverpool Echo to commemorate the beginning of Liverpool's tenure as the European Capital of Culture. Weight loss Having always struggled with obesity (a previous slimming attempt in 2008 having been covered in his blog), Benn began the Lighter Life very low calorie diet programme in January 2011; according to his Twitter account, by the end of June 2011 he had lost over 10 stone (140 lb/64 kg). Discography Albums The Unnecessary Mitch Benn (1998) Radio Face (2002) Too Late To Cancel (2004) Crimes Against Music (2005) The Official Edinburgh Bootleg 2007 (2007) Sing Like An Angel (2008) Where Next? (2009) Breaking Strings (2012) Singles "Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now" (2005) (#250 UK Singles Chart) "Happy Birthday War" (2008) "I'm Proud of the BBC" (2010) References External links The video for the single "Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now" REVIEW : Terra's World by Mitch Benn on Upcoming4.me 1970 births Living people Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Anglo-Scots English male comedians English comedy musicians English people of Scottish descent Musicians from Liverpool Comedians from Liverpool People educated at Liverpool Blue Coat School 20th-century English comedians 21st-century