I love U The Byker Romeo graffiti bomber tagging artist returns to Newcastle and explains all. peep®

‘I LOVE U‘ – The Byker Romeo graffiti bomber in Newcastle upon Tyne talks to peep newcastle. The Byker Romeo hit the headlines of Newcastle Tyne Tees television and The Chronicle newspaper when he manipulated the lettering of ‘CARPETS’ on Dallas Carpets roof to say – ‘I LOVE U‘. The Byker Romeo also tagged the Spillers wharf and The Cluny Bar in Newcastle’s Ouseburn, Lime Street area of Newcastle

Dallas Carpets Roof – I LOVE U

This guerrilla marketing project created such an air of mystery that he was named ‘The Byker Romeo‘ as more and more graffiti tags and graffiti writings started to appear all around Newcastle’s city.

It was a chance meeting at ( RAP TIME ) a Hip Hop convention within the heart of Newcastle upon tyne when peep kind of met ‘The Byker Romeo’. He was actually with a bunch of friends sitting on a wall. They asked about the event, but he never actually spoke to me. We spoke about three weeks later, via a mutual friend.

Not You, You’re Alright. .

peep decided to interview the Byker Romeo as it had never been done before. We thought he would probably have a lot to say about culture as a broader context. We found The Byker Romeo to be extremely articulate and very switched on about todays media and the manipulated messages they promote. Further explaining “FU** The Media” with their crack head addiction for the story. It was at this point he also explained that ” your alright tho” and went on to say he loves what peep are doing for the North East under -represented artists.

The Byker Romeo has more guerrilla marketing tactics planned for the future and was reluctant to actually say where or when he has this planned. The only thing he disclosed, was that it was going to be big ! and he would let us know…


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