Wolf 'better off' since label split

Patrick Wolf has claimed that his music career is more secure since he parted ways with Universal last year.

The singer, who raised £100,000 through the website Bandstock to fund his recent album The Bachelor, insisted that the gamble has paid off.

"People took a big leap of faith and I ended up with more than the marketing budget on a major," he told The Times. "And I've got no one coming in and telling me, 'Patrick, this is the market right now, La Roux are at No 4; can you do something a bit more like Erasure?'

"I'm not having the conversations I did two years ago and which drove me mad. It's why I've still got a BlackBerry this month, because I used to just throw it at people."

Wolf recently announced details of a one-off live show in London on November 15.