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Thu
17
May
TWENTY TWENTY + Room 94 + FutureProof
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream.
Twenty Twenty are a 3 piece pop/rock band based in London, Cambridge and Essex UK. They are made up of lead vocalist/guitarist Sam Halliday, brother and bassist/vocalist Jack Halliday, and drummer/vocalist Sonny Watson-Lang. The band have supported acts such as The Wanted, The Saturdays, Scouting For Girls and Selen...
Fri
18
May
SIR PAUL THE TRIBUTE (TRIBUTE TO PAUL MCCARTNEY)
7:30pm | £5adv | All Ages* | Monthly Tribute, Covers.
Covering a musical career spanning well over 50 years, the show includes all the Beatles classics you'd expect along with epic tracks from Wings and the solo years!
Sat
19
May
UK SUBS + Demob + The Richard Heads
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages | Punk/Hardcore.
Formed in 1976, as the UK Subversives, in London, United Kingdom the original line up consisted of Harper, Nicky Garrett (guitar), Pete Davies (drums) and Paul Slack (bass), although the line-up of the band changed frequently. Their style combined the energy of punk and the rock and roll edge of the then thriving pu...
Sun
20
May
12 BAND INDIE/ALT ROCK ALL DAYER
1:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Local Talent.
Flags (10.30-11.15) Forgery Lit (9.45-10.15) Jim Johnston (9.00-9.30) The Stingrays (8.15-8.45) Goodnight Lois (7.30-8.00) At The Heart Of It All (6.45-7.15) The Travis Waltons (6.00-6.45) The Racket (5.15-5.45) Worldly Savages (4.30-5.00) Who Shot Sherlock (3.45-4.15)&nb...
Mon
21
May
THE HANDSOME FAMILY + Tiny Ruins + Goan Dogs
7:30pm | £12adv | All Ages* | Folk/Acoustic.
The Handsome Family write songs that are full of an awed sense of emotion in the face of nature's mysterious beauty. Taking place under bowed branches and deep within winding corn mazes, The Handsome Family's 2009 release, "Honey Moon" is an album of transcendence, of touching the divine, if only for a moment, throu...
Tue
22
May
ED SHEERAN + Luke Concannon (Nizlopi) + First Thought + Katie Sky
7:30pm | Go to www.one25blog.com for ticket info | Pop/Mainstream.
Ed Sheeran has confirmed he will play an exclusive Bristol gig in May in support of a charity for vulnerable women.Ed, who shot to fame when his debut single 'The A Team' went straight to number 3 in the UK chart last summer, is offering tickets to anyone who raises £125 or more for Charity One25 - a Bristol-b...
Wed
23
May
SET YOUR GOALS + Make Do And Mend + Spycatcher + Hildamay
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Rock/Metal.
Set Your Goals are a San Francisco, California based pop punk band with hardcore influences and dueling vocalists formed in 2004. The band name comes from melodic hardcore band CIV’s first album, Set Your Goals. Set Your Goals released their first EP, Set Your Goals, on Straight On Records in May 20...
Thu
24
May
DELTA STIKS + Area 51 + The Quality + Dear Kitty
7:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Local Talent.
Local showcase. Band links above.
Fri
25
May
WHOLE LOTTA LED + In Extremis
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Monthly Tribute.
Unlike the majority of bands on the tribute circuit, Whole Lotta Led are a sound-a-like as opposed to a look-a-like tribute band. They believe that the music comes first and wearing wigs and costumes can distract from what they are trying to achieve - which is to play some of the best music ever written. ...
Sat
26
May
JOSHUA (JASHWHA) MOSES AND THE R.A.S BAND + Dan Ratchet
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Ska/Reggae.
+ Papa Roots Sound System In the early 1980s, Joshua Moses was one of Bristol's most popular live performers. He took his brand of Roots Reggae on tour across the UK and Europe but like many others, changes in taste and the loss of venues saw Joshua virtually retire from live shows.Now with the release of hi...
Sun
27
May
FOCUS + Serious Blues
7:30pm | £16.50adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream.
With their unique progressive rock Focus manifested themselves at the start of the seventies as the most successful and the most appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. The band were fronted by the much admired duo of Thijs van Leer on the Hammond organ/flute and Jan Akkerman on the guitar. Their hit pot...
Tue
29
May
AURA NOIR + Salute + Vyral
7:30pm | £12adv | All Ages* | Rock/Metal.
The ugliest band in the world is back! Featuring members of Immortal, Ex-Mayhem, Virus and Ava Inferi, Aura Noir has announced their latest masterpiece “Out to Die” released on March 23rd in Europe and March 27th in North America. The record is more intense and aggressive than ever, with an increasingly ...
Wed
30
May
WILLIAM CONTROL + Fearless Vampire Killers + Obscure Pleasures + Ashestoangels
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
Thu
31
May
ECHOLOUNGE + Zero Signal + The Dead Betas + Wave n400
7:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Local Talent.
Local showcase night. Band links above.
Fri
01
Jun
MARKY RAMONE'S BLITZKRIEG + Very Special Guests
7:30pm | £17adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
Marky Ramone is best known for the 15 years he spent drumming for the Ramones but before the Ramones he had also been a member of two other legendary New York Bands, Wayne County and the Backstreet Boys and Richard Hell and the Voidoids.Marky played with an array of influential musicians dating back to his high scho...
Sat
02
Jun
DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL
2:00pm | £20adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
Dot To Dot are pleased to announce the following acts for 2012... THE DRUMS // PULLED APART BY HORSES WILLY MASON // WAVVES DOG IS DEAD // WILLIS EARL BEAL HOORAY FOR EARTH // LUCY ROSE // POND Admiral Fallow // Bastille // Beth Jeans Houghton // Bondax // Broken Hands // Clock Opera // Deaf Club // Dirty G...
Sun
03
Jun
BAD MANNERS + Max Splodge + The Pukes + The Richardson Maneuver
6:30pm | £18adv | All Ages* | Ska/Reggae.
After a sold out show in December last year Buster & Co return to The Fleece once again!
Mon
04
Jun
BANK HOLIDAY 12 BAND INDIE/ALT-ROCK ALL DAYER
1:30pm | £5adv | All Ages* | Local Talent.
The Chase (10.30 - 11.15) 6Fears7 (9.45 - 10.30) Muff Said (9.00 - 9.45) The Migraines (8.15 - 8.45) Gotcha (7.30 - 8.00) Standing By Statues (6.45 - 7.15) Joe's Attic (6.00 - 6.30) The Refusal (5.15 - 5.45) Electric Midnight (4.30 - 5.00) Paper Horse (3.45 - 4.15) T...
Tue
05
Jun
T.N.G. BANK HOLIDAY ALL-DAYER
2:00pm | £5adv | All Ages* | Local Talent.
Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday All Dayer: Third Kind Axial View Speed Pistol Transmission Exiled Buzz_PMG & Limitz Neil Vincent Ritchie James / Louis Osborne * Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult and leave by midnight
Wed
06
Jun
GANDALF MURPHY & THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS
7:30pm | £12.50adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative, Folk/Acoustic.
Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams have been called "the hillbilly Pink Floyd," which is an apt description, particularly if you throw in elements of Incredible String Band, Neil Young, The Band, Dylan, and maybe even some Frank Zappa as well. Upon returning recently from the U.K. this fall wh...
Thu
07
Jun
TERA MELOS + The Naturals + Flights + Russian Blue
7:30pm | £7.50adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
Tera Melos is a band from Sacramento, California, that incorporates many styles of rock, jazz,ambient electronics and unconventional song structure. They are currently a three-piece, consisting of a guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist, bassist, and a drummer. Tera Melos play a brand of music characterized by quickly alte...
Fri
08
Jun
GAZ BROOKFIELD ALBUM LAUNCH + Oxygen Thief + Wolfhound + Ryan Curtis + Sam Eason
7:30pm | £5adv | All Ages* | Folk/Acoustic, Local Talent.
Since embarking on his solo career in 2006 he has been fortunate enough to have played with artists such as Newton Faulkner, Frank Turner, Nik Kershaw, Nigel Clark (Dodgy), Mark Morris (Bluetones), Pete Doherty, Ben Marwood, Jim Lockey, Jake Morley, Dave McPherson (InMe) and many more. His songs are instantly a...
Sat
09
Jun
THEY WILL ROCK YOU (Queen Tribute) + Base 11 + Mothership
7:30pm | £8adv | All Ages* | Monthly Tribute.
Queen Tribute Band
Sun
10
Jun
MASSIVE 20 ACT ACOUSTIC ALL-DAYER
12:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Local Talent.
Future Plans 10.30 Nine Lights 10.00 Hannah MacLeod 9.30 Declan Galpin 9.00 Ange Marshall 8.30 Joe Probert 8.00 Rabbit City 7.30 Connor Knapp 7.00 Louise Willott 6.30 Benita Johnson 6.00 JJ Cinnerman 5.30 Ben Cooling 5.00 Leigh Hosken 4.30 Henry Green ...
Tue
12
Jun
LA SERA (Katy Goodman from The Vivian Girls) + Cassette Culture + Velcro Hooks + Figaro
7:30pm | £7adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
Katy Goodman’s faultless way with Technicolor pop melodies blazes through La Sera’s second album ['Sees The Light']. As refreshing and intoxicating as a Bloody Mary in the California sunshine... NMELa Sera’s Sees The Light follows 2011’s masterful self-titled debut with ten new tracks of pepp...
Thu
14
Jun
RUDE TIGER + Talk In Code + Ben Pang + Area 53
7:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Local Talent.
Q magazine described Rude Tiger as "like Inme on amphetamines - big guitars and percussion lead by the irrepressible Jas Morris, Devon three-piece Rude Tiger, who have supported the likes of Feeder and Reef specialise in stadium-ready melodic rock anthems"
Fri
15
Jun
THE RINKY DINKS Euro 2012 Football Special
7:00pm | £8adv | All Ages* | Covers.
Euro 2012 group match England v Sweden on the giant screen with commentry through the best sound system in Bristol followed by The Rinky Dinks!!!
Sat
16
Jun
FIGHTING WITH WIRE
5:00pm | £7adv | All Ages* | Rock/Metal, Indie/Alternative.
+ Cars On Fire + Neo Ritmo + Evacuees + Zero Pilot + Black Elephant + Oh, Captive Fighting With Wire are a 3-piece rock band from Derry, Northern Ireland. They released their debut album ‘Man Vs Monster’ through Smalltown America Records in 2008 to widespread critical acclaim. The band are known for t...
Sun
17
Jun
BRISTOL PUNX PICNIC
5:30pm | £20adv Weekend Ticket | All Ages | Punk/Hardcore.
SUNDAY 17TH JUNEThe Fleece, St. Thomas StreetBS1 6JJInner TerrestrialsSurfin' TurnipsSpannerEastfieldThe SurgeonsBlack Star Dub CollectiveThis Ends HereDoors 5:30PM£8 on the doorEARLY BIRD WEEKEND TICKETS ARE NOW ALL GONE!!WEEKEND TICKETS ARE NOW £20ADV!
Mon
18
Jun
WILL TUN & THE WASTERS + Manners + Adam & Elvis + Ninook
7:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Local Talent.
Local showcase night. Band links above.
Wed
20
Jun
THE VIEW + Special Guests
8:00pm | £14adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
The View issue their fourth album, entitled “Cheeky For A Reason” on July 2nd. The album is the band’s fourth after the Mercury-nominated #1 debut ‘Hats Off To The Buskers’, the Top 10 follow-up ‘Which Bitch’ and 2011’s Top 20 ‘Bread & Circuses’, and is...
Fri
22
Jun
MARMALADE SKY + The Universal + This Modern Youth + The Theme
7:30pm | £5adv | All Ages* | Local Talent.
Five piece British rock'n'roll band from Bristol, UK. Classic British indie punk Rock'n'Roll music that's gonna make people believe all over again. A new voice for a lost generation.Every era something will come along to bring it all back and wake people up! Lucky for us, and everyone else, that honour has been laid...
Sat
23
Jun
SOUL DESTROYERS
8:00pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Covers.
The Soul Destroyers Huge Soul Band: Fourteen people, lots of action, lots of fun to a soundtrack of those great Classic Soul tunes.
Sun
24
Jun
12 BAND ROCK/METAL ALL DAYER
1:30pm | £5adv | All Ages* | Local Talent.
Syren City (10.30 - 11.15) Rough Cut (9.45 - 10.15) Intensive Square (9.00 - 9.45) Mad Hatter 2.0 (8.15 - 8.45) Black Iris (7.30 - 8.00) Cast To Flames (6.45 - 7.15) Bad Tequila (6.00 - 6.30) Iridium (5.15 - 5.45) Immersed Earth (4.30 - 5.00) The Ashun (3.45 - 4.15) ...
Tue
26
Jun
HANK 3 + Hellbilly + Attention Deficit Domination + 3 Bar Ranch
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Folk/Acoustic.
The career of Shelton Hank Williams III (aka Hank3) has doubled as a sort of crusade in which he breaks all the rules of country music while somehow managing to honor its traditions at the same time. As he put it back in ’06, “Everybody calls themselves outlaws and all that stuff, but that’s what&r...
Wed
27
Jun
BROUGHT INTO BEING + The Jessie Hardy Band + Glass Dog + Heroine/Hero
7:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Local Talent.
Local Showcase Night. Band links above
Fri
29
Jun
LYDIA LUNCH'S BIG SEXY NOISE
7:30pm | £12.50adv | All Ages* | Rock/Metal.
Formed in 2008 and features James Johnston Terry Edwards and Ian White collectively known as Gallon Drunk & the uncompromising Lydia Lunch who has collaborated with an encyclopedia of musical originators most recently Alan Vega and Omar Rodriguez Lopez of Mars Volta.BIG SEXY NOISE creates primal, hard-hitti...
Sun
01
Jul
12 BAND HARDCORE/METALCORE ALL DAYER
1:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Local Talent.
Depths (10.30 - 11.15) And They Wrote (9.45 - 10.15) Cybus (9.00 - 9.45) Avenge The Heartache (8.15 - 8.45) Black Sanctuary (7.30 - 8.00) MediK (6.45 - 7.15) Enervate (6.00 - 6.30) Gelgothen (5.15 - 5.45) Moments Before Oblivion (4....
Wed
04
Jul
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
7:30pm | £22.50adv | All Ages | Indie/Alternative.
If you sit and talk to many of the alternative rock artists dominating today’s music, you’ll find that many of them pay homage to the The Psychedelic Furs. Led by front man and songwriter Richard Butler, the Furs won over fans and critics alike by combining poetic lyrics, innovative rhythms and melodies ...
Sat
07
Jul
BRISTOL LADYFEST
5:00pm | £20adv | All Ages | Local Talent.
Bristol Ladyfest is a cultural festival running on 7th and 8th July, with a pre-party on 6th July. It’s designed to showcase women in the community who contribute a valid and significant amount of work to the art and entertainment industries. Profits from the event will be split between four charities, al...
Tue
10
Jul
WOODEN SHJIPS + Scarlet Rascal And The Trainwreck
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Electronica/Dance, Indie/Alternative.
San Francisco's enigmatically named Wooden Shjips play a minimal, droning kind of garage band-influenced psychedelia with a noticeable '60s Krautrock influence. Almost unintelligible vocals slip beneath the waves of throbbing minimal rhythms while fuzz tone guitar and shrieking organ freak-outs jump to the fore...
Sat
14
Jul
BON JOVI EXPERIENCE
7:30pm | £12adv | All Ages* | Monthly Tribute.
The Bon Jovi Experience are the worlds first and finest tribute to the great Bon Jovi and features Jon Bon Jovi clone frontman Tony (Jon By Jovi), accompanying him are 2 other ex By Jovi members, namely Chris (Tico) drums and Steve C (Hugh) bass, having left the now defunked By Jovi. With Edd, (Richie...
Sun
15
Jul
12 BAND INDIE/ALT ROCK ALL-DAYER
7:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Local Talent.
Nine Lights (10.30-11.15) Point To the Sun (9.45-10.15) Goodnight Lois (9.00-9.30) The Red Moccasins (8.15-8.45) 23 Days Break (7.30-8.00) Scout Killers (6.45-7.15) Killer Ducks (6.00-6.45) Moscow Magazine (5.15-5.45) The Greasy Slicks (4.30-5.00) Kerverter Cartzo (3.45-4...
Mon
16
Jul
THE LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS + The Dirt Daubers
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Rock/Metal.
Picture it: the rustic grind of rural America. The cacophonous crunch and wheeze of motor-driven rock songs accompany the sound of corroded farm implements awakened to service once again. The soundtrack of a time when strip malls will choke with ivy and the vestiges of overdevelopment will be razed and plowed up for...
Wed
18
Jul
THE TOASTERS + Special Guests
7:30pm | £8adv | All Ages* | Ska/Reggae.
The Toasters, are "Ska Pioneers" (Billboard magazine) and boldly go where no ska band has gone before. Having been compared to the Ramones, due to their longevity and adherence to core principles, the Toasters are held to be one of most influential ska bands out there. Their lean, mean ska machine has galvanized aud...
Sat
21
Jul
SCROOBIUS PIP + Support
7:00pm | £11adv | All Ages* | Hip-Hop/R&B, Indie/Alternative.
Distinctively attired in trucker cap, charity shop suit and THAT beard, Scroobius Pip is a leading light and unmistakable face of the UK's spoken word scene. Having jacked in the role of punk-bass-player for a marginally more stable career in poetry, Scroobius Pip has been proffering his everyman polemics s...
Sat
04
Aug
RAMMLIED (Rammstein Tribute)
7:30pm | £8adv | All Ages* | Monthly Tribute.
RAMMLIED were formed in the South West in 2009. Martin (Vox), Doug (Guitar), Kamil (Guitar), Das Oktopus (Drums), Lee (Bass) and Steve (Keys/Synths) are dedicated to providing the most authentic Rammstein tribute experience possible.RAMMLIED strive for total accuracy in terms of Rammstein’s sound and have adop...
Sun
05
Aug
PIANOS BECOME THE TEETH + BALANCE & COMPOSURE
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
Pianos Become The Teeth Pianos Become The Teeth has a melodic yet uncompromising sound that brings to mind such diverse and influential bands as Thursday, Envy and City of Caterpillar. Brimming with sincerity and brandishing an experimental ambiance, the band is pushing beyond the boundaries of a stale genre. Mix...
Mon
06
Aug
VOODOO GLOW SKULLS + Slagerij
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Ska/Reggae.
Voodoo Glow Skulls:In their sixteen years of existence, the Voodoo Glow Skulls have an impressive list of achievements. Seven albums, one million records sold, appearances in exotic locations like Brazil and Japan as well as the creation of a record store, record label, recording studio and a music venue attests to ...
Tue
07
Aug
EYEHATEGOD + Ramesses + Dopefight
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Rock/Metal.
A Francis Mace PresentationEyehategod (also known as EHG) is an American rock band from New Orleans, founded by Jimmy Bower and a different line up in 1988. Soon after the group formed, Mike IX Williams became the 2nd vocalist and Joe LaCaze became the 2nd drummer, followed by Brian Patton on guitar. The band solidi...
Wed
08
Aug
THE CREEPSHOW + The Peacocks + Pussycat & The Dirty Johnsons
7:30pm | £12adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore, Rock/Metal.
Formed in the dirty back alleys and dive bars of Toronto, Ontario in 2005, THE CREEPSHOW has redefined the saying “No Rest For The Wicked”. Since their inception, the band has brought their genre-defying blend of country-tinged, psycho punk rock n’ roll to over 25 countries worldwide with plans to ...
Thu
09
Aug
AGNOSTIC FRONT + The Mongoloids + Take Offense
7:30pm | £12.50adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
New York hardcore punk (NYHC) and crossover thrash band. Formed by Vinnie Stigma and Roger Miret in 1982, they soon added Ray Barbieri and Adam Moochie to form the original line-up. Their debut, United Blood EP, was released in 1983 on an independent label. It is widely regarded as pure hardcore punk and lyrically c...
Mon
13
Aug
VINTAGE TROUBLE + Dirty Casino DJ's
7:30pm | £12adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative, Pop/Mainstream.
Vintage Trouble formed in 2010 out of the ashes of a few other bands, and not by chance, Ty Taylor (vocal) and Nalle Colt (guitar) teamed up with drummer Richard Danielson and bassist Rick Barrio Dill. They entered The Bomb Shelter Studio, recorded an album's worth of material in three days, which was intended ...
Wed
15
Aug
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY - Only UK Headline Show!
7:30pm | £12adv | All Ages* | Rock/Metal.
In the summer of 2010, the founding members of the pioneering underground metal band Corrosion of Conformity—bassist/vocalist Mike Dean, drummer/vocalist Reed Mullin and guitarist Woody Weatherman—gathered at Weatherman’s farm in the Virginia hill and began jamming together as a three piece for the...
Tue
28
Aug
KARMA TO BURN + Desert Storm
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Rock/Metal.
Forged deep in subterranean West Virginia in 1994 by two careless and angry young men, William Mecum and Richard Mullins, Karma To Burn initially gnashed its teeth at the conventional wisdom you need a whining, posing douche-bag at a microphone stand to play rock and roll. They were of a mind to create a power trio ...
Sat
01
Sep
SECRET AFFAIR
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream.
Secret Affair, consisting of Ian Page (vocals, trumpet, piano, organ), David Cairns (guitar, backing vocals), Dennis Smith (bass, backing vocals), and Seb Shelton (drums), formed in 1978. Taking their inspiration from the Jam, the group was quickly seen as one of the shining stars of the mod revival movement of the ...
Thu
06
Sep
WALK OFF THE EARTH
7:30pm | £12adv | All Ages* | Rock/Metal.
Walk Off The Earth is an unconventional, multi-talented five-piece musical phenomena that is currently taking the world by storm. Based in Burlington, Ontario (just outside of Toronto), their brilliant 5-people-playing-one-guitar interpretation of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" recently exploded on Youtube g...
Fri
14
Sep
PENETRATION + Special Guests
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
Formed in late 1976, Penetration from Durham, England may have a suitably outrageous name for a punk band, but their music took them far from conventional "no future" concerns. Vocalist Pauline Murray and bass player Robert Blamire wrote songs that did not need to be hidden behind three-chord bluster and, along with...
Sat
15
Sep
Mon
17
Sep
THE PINEAPPLE THIEF + Special Guests
7:30pm | £12.50adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
The last few years have seen The Pineapple Thief truly emerge onto a higher stage... bigger and better tours, triumphant festival slots, recording at Peter Gabriel’s Real World studios, artwork designed by Storm Thorgerson and new management all give the sense of act who are destined for greater things. Muc...
Thu
20
Sep
ANDY MCKEE + Preston Reed + Jon Gomm
7:30pm | £17.50adv | All Ages | Folk/Acoustic, Indie/Alternative.
An instrumentalist with dazzling technique on the acoustic guitar, Andy McKee is an artist on a meteoric rise in the live event performance marketplace.Though Andy is one of the most seen and heard musicians on the web with tens and tens (and tens and tens) of millions of gross impressions on Youtube and Myspace in ...
Fri
21
Sep
THE METEORS + Special Guests
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
The Meteors are a psychobilly band from the United Kingdom, who are often credited with giving the genre its distinctive sound. Although the origins of psychobilly are debatable, the Meteors consider themselves the first and only psychobilly band. Fans of the band are known to use the slogan “Only the Meteors ...
Mon
24
Sep
SMOKE FAIRIES
7:30pm | £8Adv | All Ages* | Folk/Acoustic, Indie/Alternative.
Since their 2010 debut album – “Through Low Light And Trees” - Smoke Fairies’ Jessica Davies and Katherine Blamire have been on an epic journey, both physically and spiritually. Touring Britain, Europe and America; in tour buses, ramshackle vans and even driving themselves 3000 miles across t...
Fri
28
Sep
HELLS BELLS
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Monthly Tribute.
Hells Bells are an accomplished AC/DC Tribute Band who have performed all over the UK as well as Portugal, Austria, Russia, Belgium, Czech Republic and the Middle East.
Sat
29
Sep
NINE BELOW ZERO + Special Guests
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
For three decades Nine Below Zero have delivered an explosive mix of blues & rock in live performances that never fail to leave their audiences illuminated and exhausted.The definitive line-up of this tightest of live bands has been in place for eighteen years, and they play with a discipline that only experienc...
Mon
01
Oct
HALESTORM
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Rock/Metal, Pop/Mainstream.
One reason Halestorm has developed the ability to sound completely self-assured and cohesive whether they’re tearing down the rafters or gently massaging a bruised psyche is because they’ve had plenty of time to hone their craft and celebrate their exceptional chemistry. Hale and her brother and drummer ...
Tue
02
Oct
THE SKINTS + The Drop
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Ska/Reggae.
London-based reggae & dub upstarts The Skints will embark on a long-awaited headline tour of the UK in October this year. All dates will be on sale from this Friday. Josh from the band has the following to say about The Skints’ excitement at announcing the run –"We're extremely pleased and proud to a...
Fri
05
Oct
ALBERT LEE
7:30pm | £20adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream.
Albert Lee (born 21 December 1943 in Leominster, Herefordshire, England) is known as the guitarists’ guitarist, having begun with Chris Farlowe and The Thunderbirds and then Heads Hands & Feet in the UK, he moved to the US to work with The Crickets and Emmylou Harris’s Hot Band. In the early 80s...
Sat
06
Oct
JULIAN COPE
7:30pm | £19.50adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
Musician, writer, historian, and cosmic shaman Julian Cope was born in October 1957 in Deri, South Glamorgan, Wales. He was raised in Tamworth, England, and like many a young artist, suffered through academia as a perpetual outsider. In 1976, upon attending college in Liverpool, Cope found himself part of a com...
Tue
16
Oct
RECKLESS LOVE
7:30pm | £11adv | All Ages* | Rock/Metal.
Hot off their UK tour with Black Veil Brides and D.R.U.G.S, Finnish rockers Reckless Love have just announced that they will return to the UK in October for a headline tour which includes a residency slot at London’s Barfly. The band will perform every Thursday in October at London’s prest...
Wed
17
Oct
HUGH CORNWELL (THE STRANGLERS)
8:00pm | £18adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore, Rock/Metal.
Hugh Cornwell is pleased to confirm a nationwide UK tour in October 2012. The concerts will be divided into two sets. The first will feature his eagerly anticipated new studio album 'TOTEM AND TABOO' (released August 2012). The second set will see Hugh playing The Strangler's seminal 1977 second ...
Sat
20
Oct
GUNS 2 ROSES + Metallica ReLoaded
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Monthly Tribute.
Guns 2 Roses the UK's longest running Guns N Roses tribute have existed since late 2002 and have become the biggest GNR tribute in history in that time with the history and credentials to prove it! Many tributes have tried but not one comes close to the authenticity and natural charisma Guns 2 Roses has to emulate c...
Fri
26
Oct
LITTLE COMETS
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
Following their acclaimed ‘Worry’ EP released in December, Little Comets are set to return to the fold with vibrant new single ‘Jennifer’, released on May 28th through Dirty Hit Records. Intricately weaving trademark afro-beat rhythms, spikey indie guitars and heartfelt melodic vocals, &...
Sat
27
Oct
TERROR + Brutality Will Prevail + Broken Teeth
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
Terror is so much more than 5 individuals making music. It is an energy, a force, a refuge and a voice for all the lost and unheard. This is an attempt to put to words that force expressing the band’s dreams, visions and hopes through the underground music medium of hardcore. This is the story of TERROR, the n...
Mon
29
Oct
ANIMALS AS LEADERS + TesseracT
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages | Rock/Metal.
Animals as Leaders is an American, Washington, D.C.–based instrumental progressive metal band, formed by guitarist Tosin Abasi in 2007 which now includes guitarist Javier Reyes and drummer Matt Garstka. The self-titled debut album was released in April 2009 by Prosthetic Records. Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes a...
Wed
31
Oct
PENTAGRAM + Gentlemans Pistols
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Rock/Metal.
A FRANCIS MACE PRESENTATION Bobby Liebling & PENTAGRAM have been churning out widely admired hard rock / doom metal for over four decades. Within its first, this D.C. band is largely regarded as pioneering not one but two subgenres of hard rock. At the onset of the 1970’s, they helped procreate a behemoth...
Thu
01
Nov
HAWKLORDS
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages | Rock/Metal.
Hawklords hit the road with their first studio album for 34 years. Comprising all brand new material, the album features key former Hawkwind personnel: the legendary synth man Harvey Bainbridge, keyboard wizard Steve Swindells, the rocking guitar of Jerry Richards, punk poet Ron Tree on vocals, the barnstorming...
Fri
09
Nov
Sat
10
Nov
DR FEELGOOD + Radio Nasties
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream, Rock/Metal.
Hailing from Canvey Island, Essex, they are best known for early singles like "Back in the Night" and "Roxette". Although their most commercially productive years were the early to mid 1970s, they continue to tour and record to this day.
Mon
12
Nov
[spunge] + Special Guests
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Ska/Reggae.
Leading the pack of the UK's burgeoning ska-punk scene, [spunge] are set to break the mould of a genre dominated by US acts such as Less Than Jake, Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Reel Big Fish. The band hit upon the sound by accident, having amalgamated their collective influences of Sublime, Stiff Little Fingers, The ...
Wed
14
Nov
DESTROYER
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
Destroyer is Dan Bejar from Vancouver, British Columbia.Kaputt is his latest vision: an opulent, lyrical, game-changing masterpiece to rank with the choicest works of Sade, Scritti Politti, Simply Red and Steely Dan. For a more contemporary touchstone, feel free to consider it the sad-eyed psychic cousin of GAYNGS' ...
Fri
16
Nov
THE STRAWBS + Special Guests
7:30pm | £12.50adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream.
Strawbs are an English rock band founded in 1964. Led throughout by talented musician Dave Cousins, they are best-known for their folk-rock and progressive rock albums of the 1970s and for including Sandy Denny as an early member of the band (before she joined Fairport Convention) and Rick Wakeman for two albums (be...
Thu
22
Nov
DREADZONE + Special Guests
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Electronica/Dance.
Hit records, critical acclaim and a huge, devoted fan base are theirs, due in part to their utterly storming live shows and Dreadzone show no sign of slowing down as they announce a host of live dates around the UK this Autumn. The core members Greg Dread, original bassmaster Leo Williams, the unmistakable MC Spee, ...
Sat
24
Nov
THE SANITY DAYS + Special Guests
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Rock/Metal.
Steve Grice, former drummer and founding member of the British thrash pioneers ONSLAUGHT, has launched a brand new project called "THE SANITY DAYS".In addition to Grice (who played on all ONSLAUGHT albums thus far), "THE SANITY DAYS" features former ONSLAUGHT guitarist Alan Jordan (2007's "Killing Peace"), bassist J...
Thu
06
Dec
THE IDIOT BASTARD BAND
7:30pm | £20adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream.
ADE EDMONDSON (Young Ones, Comic Strip, Bottom, etc) Guitar, banjo, trumpet, mandolin, fiddle, coconuts.NEIL INNES (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Monty Python, Innes Book Of Records, etc)Keyboards, guitar, ukulele.PHILL JUPITUS (Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Q1, Radio 6 DJ ,etc) Guitar, bass, kazoo, triangle.ROWLAND RIVRON (R...
Fri
07
Dec
THE BLUE AEROPLANES
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages | Indie/Alternative.
Much of the appeal of The Blue Aeroplanes lies in their excellence as a live act. Happy headlining gigs in small indie venues or supporting big acts such as REM and Siouxsie & the Banshees on major international tours, The Blue Aeroplanes have a reputation for keeping their set list as fresh as the line-up of gu...
Thu
20
Dec
RED JASPER + Alan Reed
7:30pm | £6adv | All Ages* | Local Talent, Indie/Alternative.
Red Jasper first began in the mid 1980s. Davey Dodds and Robin Harrison, both from the band's spiritual home Bradenstoke in Wiltshire, met at the village pub and over a few beers started to talk about music. The bare bones of Red Jasper was soon created and the pair started to play and write the early Red Jasper mat...
Fri
19
Apr
JAMES YORKSTON + The Pictish Trail + Seamus Fogarty
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Folk/Acoustic.
FENCE COLECTIVE PRESENTS An evening with JAMES YORKSTON / THE PICTISH TRAIL / SEAMUS FOGARTY Three leading lights of Scotland’s Fence Collective go on tour...The sleepy fishing-village of Anstruther, in Scotland’s East Neuk of Fife, is home to FENCE RECORDS – a sel...
