 The following year, Smith's growing reputation as a personality of the underground scene made him the host of a monthly event at his friend's record shop Deal Real on Great Marlborough Court, off Carnaby Street in the West End.The night was loosely named "Friday Night Live" and initially acted as a platform for aspiring young artists from the UK to perform at an open mic, hosted by Smith.In an interview from 2006, he stated he provided "light relief mixed with an authority necessary to marshal what was always a pretty raucous night".