Most Popular Ska & Punk in London
Thu 11 Jul - Sat 7 Dec 2024
Wed 30 Oct - Fri 1 Nov 2024
Otoboke Beaver
Wednesday 3 July 2024
Japanese punk rock band Otoboke Beaver (おとぼけビ～バ～) perform a fast-paced and aggressive style of punk-rock, with frequent changes in rhythm and tempo, accompanied by gang vocals. ...
The Skatalites
Saturday 6 July 2024
More than a band, the Skatalites are an institution, an aggregation of top-notch musicians who didn't merely define the sound of Jamaica, but were the sound of Jamaica in the 1950s and '60s. Frequently credited as the originators of ska - t...
Movements
Sunday 7 July 2024
Movements have constantly reinvented themselves since forming in 2015 and the California post-hardcore quartet take their sound to expansive and sometimes unexpected places. Fusing post-hardcore and punk influences with a healthy dose of po...
Spanish Love Songs
Monday 8 July 2024
Los Angeles based punk band Spanish Love Songs are self-described as "grouchrockers" making "music for fans of boxed wine, divorce, and crushing self-doubt", tapping into the emotions we all seem to feel but harbour. ...
Hot Mulligan
Wednesday 10 July 2024
Michigan's youthful and relentless Hot Mulligan write songs for people to sing as loud as possible, combining elements of emotional rock and fierce pop-punk riffs. Their music is the cathartic outcry for growth from a generation of forward-...
Electric Six
Thursday 11 July 2024
Detroit's fun-loving alternative garage rock collective Electric Six celebrate 20 years of their UK Top 10 debut album "Fire" in 2003. The high-octane collection, mixing garage rock, disco, punk, new wave, and metal into cleverly dumb, in-y...
The Vapors
Friday 12 July 2024
The Vapors are a UK New Wave band formed in the late 70s in Surrey. Discovered by The Jam Bass player Bruce Foxton playing in a local pub The Vapors were invited to tour with The Jam on the Setting Sons tour in 1979. Foxton along with Paul ...
Alkaline Trio
Tuesday 16 - Friday 26 July 2024
With multiple world tours and numerous chart successes under their belts, Chicago's high-energy melodic cult rockers Alkaline Trio have cemented their legacy as one of dark punk's greatest forces. They have scored UK Top 40 singles with "Me...
John Otway
Sunday 21 July 2024
From the age of 9, the cult Buckinghamshire folk punkster knew he wanted to be a pop star. But even at that young age, having listened to his sister's Beatles and Stones records, he knew he would never be able to do what they do. However, w...
The Blockheads
Saturday 3 August 2024
Performing a large selection of their classic songs spanning over 5 decades. Formed in 1977 to promote Ian Dury's album New Boots and Panties on the first Stiff Records tour of the UK. The Blockheads are now fronted by one of Ian's best fri...
PJ Harvey
Sunday 18 August 2024
UK chart-topping Dorset punk blues rocker and poet Polly Jean Harvey builds a sonic universe somehow located in a space between life's opposites, and between recent history and the ancient past. Scattered with biblical imagery and reference...
Rise Against
Wednesday 21 August 2024
The chart-topping, critically acclaimed Chicago band offer a gritty combination of hardcore punk and melodic hardcore which continues to defy the status quo of modern rock, scoring four UK Top 40 albums in the process. They are also known f...
Nirvana Tribute
Saturday 7 September 2024
Nirvana Tribute is the world renowned No.1 international touring tribute that has toured more than a dozen countries including the US, Europe and Asia. They have been featured in magazines & on television & radio across the globe. Regarded ...
Stand Atlantic
Friday 20 September 2024
After early incarnations under other names, pop-punk outfit Stand Atlantic formed in 2014 with a desire to be inventive, take risks and push boundaries. Hailing from Sydney, their music features the dynamic vocal talents of Bonnie Fraser ba...
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Tuesday 24 September 2024
Michael Franti is a musician, humanitarian, filmmaker, and activist who is recognized as a pioneering force in the music industry. He believes that there is a great battle taking place in the world today between cynicism and optimism, so he...
The Selecter
Friday 27 September 2024
Get on down to see The Selecter - Celebrate the Bullet at Band On The Wall, Manchester, on 17th November 2022...
The Dangerous Summer
Sunday 29 September 2024
Maryland pop punksters The Dangerous Summer signed their first record deal as high school seniors and quickly established themselves among the alt-rock world's elite. The band writes hooks that serve as soundtracks for important life moment...
Mudhoney
Wednesday 2 October 2024
Having emerged in 1989 and become a mainstay of the American alternative scene, Mudhoney may not have achieved the household name status enjoyed by a handful of their contemporaries but the band maintained a strong following, and the admira...
KULT
Saturday 5 October 2024
Over the last four decades, Polish rock band, Kult, led be singer and songwriter Kazik Staszewski, have become one of the most popular acts from the scene; fusing their roots in punk and new wave, to inspiration from psychedelic rock, jazz ...
SNAYX
Tuesday 8 October 2024
The British punk rock trio hailing from the South East, are renowned for ferocious live sets and visceral, hard-hitting bass riffs. ...
Joe Jackson
Thursday 17 - Friday 18 October 2024
With his Two Rounds of Racket 2024 tour, Joe Jackson makes an unprecedented two-part performance. First, he performs songs from his solo catalogue, and then Mr. Joe Jackson presents the music of Max Champion, featuring a nine-piece band. Jo...
Tom Robinson
Thursday 17 October 2024
Musician and broadcaster Tom Robinson presents an evening of songs and stories spanning five decades of adventures in the music industry. Tom's musical journey began in 1974 when his first band was discovered by Ray Davies, and included a B...
The Skints
Thursday 17 October 2024
An eclectic and spirited London four-piece, the Skints deliver a versatile amalgamation of reggae, ska-punk, dub, grime, hip-hop, soul, and dancehall that's as feel-good and soul-stirring as it is hard-hitting and politically charged on the...
The Pistols + Ramonas + Buzzkocks (Punk Tribute Bands)
Friday 18 October 2024
Get ready for an explosive night of punk with The Pistols, The Ramonas and Buzzkocks. The Pistols are the definitive Sex Pistols tribute band performing all of the original material from one of the most influential punk bands of our time. ...
Skating Polly
Saturday 19 October 2024
Fusing elements of '90s-inspired alt-rock and riot grrrl with classic D.I.Y. punk and indie pop, savvy Oklahoma siblings Kelli and Kurtis Mayo, with step-sister Peyton Bighorse found national exposure in the early 2010s, earning both critic...
Shelf Lives
Wednesday 23 October 2024
Pairing hardcore punk's brief bursts of energy with electroclash's minimal and sleazy sonics, Canadian-British post-punk Shelf Lives raise themes of societal collapse and hyper-consumerism with a warped smile. The London-based band - made ...
Molchat Doma
Thursday 24 October 2024
In their short time as a band, Belarusian trio Молчат Дома ("Houses Are Silent"), have gone from whispered-about unknowns, to enigmatic underground icons, to legitimate viral sensations with hundreds of thousands of TikTok videos ...
Bodega
Thursday 24 October 2024
With widescreen multi-tracked guitars and a giant sounding rhythm section complementing sharp songwriting and yearning vocal melodies, the Brooklyn art-punk incendiaries attempt to interrogate the external factors that make them who they ar...
BODEGA
Thursday 24 October 2024
With widescreen multi-tracked guitars and a giant sounding rhythm section complementing sharp songwriting and yearning vocal melodies, the Brooklyn art-punk incendiaries attempt to interrogate the external factors that make them who they ar...
Beartooth
Saturday 26 October 2024
A pure distillation of rage - weaponizing a deceptively radio-ready bombast to deliver stone cold truth missives, each packed like a bomb with noisy rock chaos - Ohio hardcore band Beartooth revel in the darker underbelly of traditional me...
The Libertines
Wednesday 30 October - Friday 1 November 2024
Volatile rock 'n' roll revivalists fronted by the mercurial Pete Doherty. A plethora of 'The' bands dominated the magazine covers and airwaves of the '00s. The Strokes flew the skinny tie flag for NYC, The White Stripes held the bluesy encl...
Sum 41
Thursday 31 October 2024
Aiming to go out on a high with their final UK & EU tour, Canadian skate punk rockers Sum 41 say their final goodbyes in 2024. Sum 41 never fit in. They didn't try to either. Instead, they came out of the gate swinging with a signature styl...
Soft Play (Formerly Slaves)
Thursday 31 October 2024
Better known as Slaves until 2023, when they changed their name due to their original name's unwanted connotations, Tunbridge Wells punk rock duo Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent have scored three UK Top 10 albums since forming in 2012. ...
Dream Wife
Thursday 31 October 2024
Since forming in 2015 as a college art school project, Dream Wife - a name chosen as commentary on society's objectification of women - have become one of the foremost up-and-coming bands out of the U.K. They have garnered praise for their ...
UB40
Friday 1 November 2024
Formed in 1978, UB40 and named themselves after the unemployment benefit form. Their debut album, Signing Off, was released in 1980 and is considered by many to be one of the greatest reggae albums ever released by a British band. That coll...
Bob Vylan
Thursday 7 - Friday 8 November 2024
Bob Vylan are a two-piece band that mix punk, rock, grime, and rap amongst other genres, to create a unique style of poetical political music that speaks openly on a wide range of topics. After releasing their critically acclaimed album 'We...
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Friday 8 - Saturday 9 November 2024
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1983 by vocalist Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and guitarist-vocalist Blixa Bargeld. They were formed after the break-up of the Birthday Party and...
Paul Weller
Friday 8 - Saturday 9 November 2024
Few people have had as great an influence on the British music scene as Paul Weller. As frontman of The Jam, Weller spearheaded the Mod revival in the late '70s and early '80s, scoring a string of hits, including Going Underground and A ...
Adam Ant
Saturday 9 November 2024
Pop icon Adam Ant returns with his UK Antics tour, with a set list that promises to get everyone on their feet. Performing his classic chart-topping singles and personal favourites, audiences will be thrilled with the return of live musi...
Wednesday 13
Saturday 9 November 2024
Theatrical horror punk alter-ego of Murderdolls frontman Joseph Poole Wednesday 13 is the stage name of Joseph Poole, frontman of Murderdolls, the theatrical metal outfit that also includes members of Static-X and Slipknot. Starting off in ...
Amyl and the Sniffers
Wednesday 13 - Friday 15 November 2024
Punk animals Amyl and The Sniffers have risen up from the sticky carpets of Melbourne's underground music scene to storm the world stage. Renowned for their chaotic, ball-tearing live show, Dec Martens (guitar), Bryce Wilson (drums) and Gus...
Jimmy Eat World
Friday 15 November 2024
Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Mesa, Arizona. The band is composed of lead vocalist and lead guitarist Jim Adkins, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch, and drummer Zach Lind. They...
Punk Rock Factory
Friday 15 November 2024
High energy, punk rock powerhouses Punk Rock Factory make easy work of their special brand of punk covers - including a UK no.48 album consisting entirely of Disney classics - gaining an online following of over a million fans across the m...
Yellowcard
Sunday 17 November 2024
Florida pop punk rockers Yellowcard are recognised for having a distinct sound in its genre, primarily due to the prominent use of a violin in their songs, and are best known for their 2003 single "Ocean Avenue", which went double platinum ...
The Dualers
Saturday 23 November 2024
The Dualers are a 9-piece Jamaican Rhythm & Blues band from South-East London. They first hit the headlines when the single Kiss on the Lips stormed in to the UK top 30 despite no industry or professional backing, they progressed to playing...
Transmission - The Sound of Joy Division
Saturday 23 November 2024
Devoted to recreating the atmosphere of a live Joy Division gig, Transmission emulate the sound of one of the most inventive, evocative and influential groups of their era. Joy Division were formed in Manchester during the late 1970s and d...
Transmission - The Sound of Joy Division
Saturday 23 November 2024
Devoted to recreating the atmosphere of a live Joy Division gig, Transmission emulate the sound of one of the most inventive, evocative and influential groups of their era. Joy Division were formed in Manchester during the late 1970s and d...
Alien Ant Farm + CKY
Sunday 24 November 2024
Almost a decade on from their last album and 25 years as a band, California's Alien Ant Farm announce a co-headline UK tour alongside fellow American rock band CKY. With over 5 million albums sold worldwide, Alien Ant Farm are perhaps best ...
Metz
Friday 29 November 2024
The widely-adored and delightfully noisy Canadian 3-piece punk band have cemented their reputation as one of the planet's most exhilarating live acts and trusted providers of a cornucopia of pop-inflected noise punk, bombastic outsider rock...
