Unknown to him, he had actually developed dilated cardiomyopathy (heart failure) and a few weeks after the performance was admitted to hospital, where he nearly died.
[2] The experience provided the material for Jones's debut one-man show, Big Heart, which tries to raise awareness of his condition.
He has appeared, in various guises, at 400+ events including Latitude, Peterborough Festival and residencies at "Spoonful of Poison" (also frequent guest host).
In 2008 he ran a month of slams for the Hackney Empire and was in Liz Bentley's Fringe show Edinburgh-by-sea.
He won the fourth Poetry Idol contest at Shortfuse, and has hosted for them, the UK antifolk festivals and for Pete Doherty.