My album, Born in the UK celebrates being British, and in my eye, there's nothing more British than a portion of fish and chips, which is why I released my first single off it wrapped in newspaper with a wooden chip fork inside. I've lived in Chorlton in Manchester for the past 10 years and have a decent chippy nearby on Beech Road, before that I'd head to Chows in Bolton.

I'm playing 3 gigs later this month in chippies round the country - my fans are used to me playing in some weird venues, but I'd put money onbeing the first person to be playing a 'fish and chip shop mini tour'.

There's a chip shop up for sale near me that has optics and beer taps – if they stuck a stage for gigs out the back I might be interested in putting an offer in - a 'one-stop shop', you wouldn't need to go anywhere else ...

· Badly Drawn Boy plays Toffs, London (Feb 15), Magnet, Bristol (Feb 17) and Smith's, Grimsby (Feb 21). To win a ticket text the name of the shop to 61155.