A special show celebrating Sham 69’s 50th anniversary featuring Jimmy Pursey, Dave Parsons, Dave Treganna (Kermit) & Spike. Sham 69 are one of the best live and original British Punk Rock bands and are headlining major festivals such as Rebellion and key festivals worldwide. Don’t miss them.

Lots of punk history… Jimmy met with Miles Copeland (manager of The Police) who was running Step Forward & Illegal records. Jimmy scored a slot headlining the Acklam Hall on 21st July 1977. The support bands; Chelsea, The Lurkers & The Cortinas were all on Step Forward records, it was inevitable that Sham 69 would put out the first single on Step Forward and released ‘I Dont Wanna’ in August 1977. Sham 69 were soon packing venues and due to the success of the ‘I Dont Wanna’ single, Polydor Records signed Sham 69 for a 4 album contract. Albie Slider was replaced by Dave Treganna (Kermit) after a fight broke out in the recording studio when Dave Parsons replaced Albert’s bass. January 1978 Polydor released the ‘Borstal Breakout’ single which didn’t chart but a month later the ‘Tell Us The Truth’ album was released and reached No 25. April 30th 1978 Jimmy joined The Clash on stage at Victoria Park for Rock Against Racism. Later that week Polydor released their 2nd Sham 69 single ‘Angels With Dirty Faces’ which got the band on Top Of The Pops. In July 1978 the release of the single ‘If The Kids Are United’ catapulted Sham 69 into the media spot-light. That summer Sham played the Reading Festival along with The Jam. October 1978 saw the release of the 2nd Sham 69 album ‘That’s Life’ and a new single ‘Hurry Up Harry’ which charted making the top 10. Questions & Answers was released in March 79 which was another hit and in July 79 the ‘Hersham Boys’ single was released which became Sham 69’s biggest hit. Sham 69 are a formidable live act with the quality, energy, 1977 sound.

+ Peter And The Test Tube Babies

In the year of our lord 1978 the 17 year old punks Peter Bywaters and Del Strangefish founded PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES in the small town of Peacehaven near Brighton. After a couple of rehearsals they made their first recording ‘Elvis Is Dead’ which appeared on the Vaultage ‘78 compilation of Brighton new wave bands. Radio 1 DJ John Peel loved the song instantly and produced a John Peel session with the TEST TUBE BABIES. The success was breath taking and PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES became one of the hottest unsigned bands in the UK overnight.

+ Knock Off

KNOCK OFF are a hard hitting punk trio, taking influences from the early 80’s U.K punk scene and giving it a modern twist. A raw and powerful sound with stick in your head choruses, KNOCK OFF will leave their mark. Formed in sept 2013 the KNOCK OFF repitoire is inspired by football, anger, disillusionment at a country going down the pan and life in general. It’s not all doom and gloom though and there is the odd sprinkling of humor in the set, such as a heart warming love song, imaginatively called….Love Song. A KNOCK OFF gig can be described as an onslaught of hard and fast songs, a wall of noise designed to make an impact.

sham 69 photo credit: Peter Mcdonnell

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