Legendary UK punk pioneers The Damned bring a high-energy rock set spanning punk to goth at O2 Academy Birmingham.
Following their formation in 1976, The Damned became the first UK punk band to officially release a single, 'New Rose', and an album Damned Damned Damned. With 12 studio albums and several UK chart singles, the band are pioneers who emerged from the London punk scene, earning an ever-expanding fan base fuelled by legendary live shows. Their dark lyrics and Dave Vanian's rich baritone vocals also catapulted The Damned to the forefront of the Goth-Rock Genre.
The Damned of today defy any categorisation and the ease of which songs from all phases of their career fit together in this ground-breaking spectacle is absolute proof.
The Damned line-up are:
Dave Vanian – Vocals
Captain Sensible - Guitar
Rat Scabies - Drums
Paul Gray – Bass
The Saints '73-'78 The Saints; one of the most revered, reviled and talked about bands in all Australian music history will reform this November in celebration of a vinyl box set release of their bona-fide 1977 classic debut (I'm) Stranded.
Artistes
Songer
Embrace
PRESIDENT @ O2 Academy Birmingham
The Smyths
Valencia Grace
Bleachers
Electric Six
The Hunna @ O2 Academy Birmingham
The Pogues
Big Country Redux + The Alarm
Absolute Bowie
