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The PunkInFocus team headed off to Blackpool for some seriously needed raw punk energy! We were Rebellion Festival bound, with added R-Fest too this time around.
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- News
Haywire sign to Roadrunner Records and announce I Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye
Venus Grrrls announce new EP with Mother Knows single
The Amity Affliction announce UK dates for House Of Cards tour
Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats unveil House By The Grave and UK tour
Daytime TV confront mortality on new single Creatures
- Video
Butcher Babies announce Nightbloom and share Blame It on the Wind video
NOAHFINNCE unleashes Too Sensitive ahead of October UK tour
Aerial Salad target online rage on new single Survive If I Let Ye
Eddie 9V cuts loose on new single Whole Lot Coming For You
Babyshambles set Live At KOKO album for October
- Events
Ricky Warwick unveils Last Chance To Dance ahead of UK and Ireland tour
The Molotovs launch King’s Cross Summer Sounds with Bowie salute
Cinema Stereo announce debut album 12:34 and UK tour
Bloodstock 2027 confirms Mercyful Fate, Electric Callboy and Motionless In White
ArcTanGent Festival confirms Cotswolds move for 2027
- Live
Hollywood Vampires and the World’s Second-Best Bar Band
Rebellion Festival 2026 Day Four Signs Off in Glorious Style
Rebellion Festival 2026 – Day Three Proves Once Again That Punk Has No Borders
Rebellion Festival 2026 Day Two Goes From K-Punk to Punk Royalty
Rebellion Festival 2026 Day One Is Fast, Loud and Gloriously Chaotic
Live
“Maybe that’s what The Hollywood Vampires are: a shit-hot bar band. If so, they’re the second best bar band in the world, because everybody...
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“Whilst there are many younger bands around – and this weekend has certainly provided plenty of evidence of that – few of them seem...
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“The stage crew have already told them that they’re out of time, but 999 are old punks and they really don’t care. Clearly punk’s...
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“Proceedings are brought to a close with Hurry Up Harry and its bellowed refrain of ‘we’re going down the pub!’ echoing around the hall."
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“This has absolutely been a full-throttle performance. The Subs could give bands a quarter of Charlie’s age a run for their money. The term...
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“Wherever you are in the park, I can guarantee that Nick Cave will reach you. This is such a powerful performance.”
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With over 70 bands playing over four days, there’s a lot to get your hard rockin’ teeth into at Call of the wild 2022....
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She may have been born the decade after the original movement died, but Bex is a daughter of Riot Grrrl through and through.
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With a hefty bill of hard-hitting UK and local alternative acts set to play Bad Pond Festival this year, we decided that it would be the...
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For this ‘Intruder’ tour, Numan and his pals have apparently rehearsed 35 tracks in total and each night of the tour they will play 19 of...
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There’s no denying it; Blondie are just cool. Even as public opinion shifts on pioneers of classic punk like The Sex Pistols, and even...
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It's rare for a band to be able to unite fans across age lines when we live so insularly amongst our own generations. Artists...
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Since their music video for 'Smoko' went viral in 2017, the sparse punky sound and witty lyrics of The Chats have resonated with audiences worldwide. Their...
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It's a show that's been a long time coming for many of the crowd tonight, with most holding on to their precious tickets for...
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It's been a long wait for the fans for the return of Palaye Royale since their last show in London back at Shepherd's Bush Empire in...
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Manchester's Pale Waves seem to have come far in a short time, their first single being released in 2017 and now riding high on...
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With a career spanning 45 years, eighteen studio albums and a string of chart hits, The Stranglers are one of the longest-lasting and best-loved bands to...
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It's a wet Thursday night in Brighton, but that hasn't deterred the large crowd from showing up at Patterns nightclub, 10 Marine Parade, for The...
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The Wildhearts finally make the trip back to Brighton after a few false starts due to the pandemic. It's the first time for the...
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Just two days after the so-called 'Freedom Day' in England, Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls hit the stage at Brighton's Concorde 2.
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The Hope and Ruin, Brighton, opened its doors for four nights of live music last week culminating on Saturday night with a punk rock...
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“This new album isn’t about the suffering, it’s about the survival. These songs were born from memories of heartbreak, uncertainty, betrayal, and pain.”
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“I’ve not been THIS excited to release a track in years. Too Sensitive feels exactly how all my favourite songs growing up made me...
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“The story of the song draws on an actual conversation that took place around a kitchen table at 5:00 AM, where the main character...
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“I hope when people hear this record they feel the soul of it. I want them to feel like they’re sitting in the studio...