Tony Barrell (journalist)

Tony Barrell
Tony Barrell in July 2015
Born	Crawley, West Sussex, England
Residence	London, England
Occupation	Journalist
Years active	1993–present

Tony Barrell is a British journalist, known for his humour and his exploration of the unusual and the unexplained. He is the author of the 2015 book Born To Drum: The Truth About The World's Greatest Drummers. Barrell has also written many major features for the Sunday Times, and has contributed to The Times, The Idler, and Cornucopia magazine, among other publications. He has frequently written about celebrities, as well as people with fringe interests and beliefs such as cult members, alien abductees and battle re-enactors. He was born in Crawley in West Sussex.

Barrell has interviewed actors such as Gillian Anderson and Johnny Depp, comedians such as Vic Reeves, Paul Whitehouse, Matt Lucas and David Walliams, artists such as Sir Peter Blake,Marc Quinn,Keith Tyson and Rolf Harris, and musicians and bands such as Jimmy Page,Dido, Joan Baez, Ronnie Wood,Andy Summers,Donovan, Anastacia,Celine Dion, Mike Oldfield,Sandie Shaw, Garbage,Dixie Chicks, the Finn Brothers, The Beautiful South, Alisha’s Attic, Phil Manzanera, and Goldfrapp.