Punk: Last News

Refused have announced their final ever UK and European shows as part of their 2025 farewell tour. See all the dates and ticket information below.The Swedish punk band confirmed news of their split in September last year, alongside a 25th-anniversary edition of their seminal third album ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come’.It followed their first famous break up 1998, in the midst of their North American tour in support of ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come’.

Scowl are gathered backstage at The Fillmore in Charlotte, North Carolina, the latest in a dizzying array of shows that have propelled the band from performances at unlikely venues like a Sonic Drive-In to 2000-cap rooms. Kat Moss, the frontwoman for the Bay Area hardcore band, stands out from her bandmates with her shock of neon green hair. She is joined by the rest of the band, guitarists Malachi Greene and Mikey Bifolco, bassist Bailey Lupo, and drummer Cole Gilbert, who squeeze in tightly on the green room couch.

Netflix has revealed the acts involved in the soundtrack for its upcoming anime adaptation of Devil May Cry.Later today (April 3), the first season of the Devil May Cry anime series will premiere on Netflix around the globe. Previously unveiled as the show’s main theme was Limp Bizkit’s ‘Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)’.Then last month, Evanescence revealed that they would be contributing to the anime’s soundtrack in the form of an entirely new song, ‘Afterlife’.

Sex Pistols rock star Steve Jones says he once farted in front of the late Lisa Marie Presley just to get a rise out of Elvis’ daughter.“I like to fart in front of people,” Jones, 69, told The Guardian in a new interview. “You can tell if someone’s cool or not from their reaction.”“I farted in front of Lisa Marie Presley once,” the guitarist confessed. “She was sitting outside Starbucks and I was going in, and I just let one rip.”Presley who passed away in January 2023 at age 54, “had this look on her face of disgust,” according to Jones.“I just carried on walking into Starbucks,” he added.

Twin Atlantic, Karen Dió and Frank Turner. Check out the details below.The upcoming event is set to return to Upcote Farm, near Cheltenham, and will run between Wednesday July 9 and Saturday July 12.The initial line-up was shared back in October, and confirmed that Kneecap, PVRIS, Taking Back Sunday, Coheed And Cambria, Alexisonfire, Million Dead, Kid Kapichi, Bambie Thug, Gel, RØRY and more would be appearing at the 2025 edition.In February, another wave of artists joining the bill was shared, with new additions including Sprints, Big Special, VUKOVI, Welsh post-hardcore band Future Of The Left, UK dance-punk group SNAYX, indie quintet Panic Shack, and metal-pop band Blood Command.Now, organisers have added over 35 more acts to the line-up for this summer.These include Hot Milk, who will be returning for a second year in a row and headlining on Wednesday (July 9), and Scotland’s Twin Atlantic, who will be taking to the stage the following night (July 10) as the headliners on the second stage.“Last year we headlined and it went off, it felt so special.

John Lydon has hit out at the Sex Pistols’ reunion again, saying he will never rejoin the band.Earlier this year, the former Pistols frontman criticised the reunion with Frank Carter branding it “karaoke” to NME.Now, in a new interview with PA (via The Independent), when asked if he would reunite with the band, Lydon said: “Never, not after what I consider their dirty deeds, let them wallow in Walt Disney woke expectations. They’ve killed the content, or done their best to, and turned the whole thing into a rubbish, childishness, and that’s unacceptable.”He added: “Sorry, I’m not going to give a helping hand to this any longer, as far as I am concerned, I am the Pistols, and they’re not.”The singer-songwriter previously fought a high-profile court battle against guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook in a bid to stop their songs being used in a 2022 Disney+ series of their story, Pistol, which was directed by Danny Boyle.

Sum 41 have shared their “final” music video, check out the retrospective and nostalgic clip for ‘Radio Silence’ below.The Canadian pop-punk band announced in late 2023 that they would be breaking up after the release of one final album and a farewell world tour, dubbed ‘Tour Of The Setting Sum’. Those shows culminated earlier this year, with a run of 13 shows in their home country.

The Sex Pistols announced they’re hitting theaters and ballrooms all over the U.S. and Canada on their fall 2025 tour.As of now, no New York concert has officially been set, although the punk icons shared that they’d be playing in Brooklyn on Sept.

Sex Pistols‘ Steve Jones has recalled stealing equipment from David Bowie following a Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars show.The guitarist shared the anecdote as part of a new interview with The Guardian, where he took a look back at some of the most memorable moments of his career.In the discussion, Jones was asked about a rumour circulating, stating that he once stole some music equipment from Bowie back in 1973 – around the time when the music icon was playing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London as part of his last Ziggy Stardust shows.“There’s definitely some truth in that. It wasn’t outside in trucks though – it was on the stage,” he told the outlet. “They played two nights, and after the first night they left all the gear up because they were playing there the next night.”“I knew the Hammersmith Odeon like the back of my hand, I used to bunk in there all the time.

Yungblud has recently consoled an emotional fan who told the singer-songwriter that he “saved” their life.The singer – real name Dominic Harrison – was greeting fans on a recent trip to Amsterdam when a teary follower said to the singer, “You saved my life”.“No you saved your own life, I didn’t save your life,” Harrison said. “Maybe the music was the soundtrack, but you saved your own life OK? I love ya.

Chubby and The Gang appear to have broken up – find out more below.Last night (March 31), the band – led by Charlie Manning-Walker – took to social media to announce what appears to be their split. They wrote: “Every dog has his day, ours came and went away.

Public Image Ltd., Dry Cleaning and The Moonlandingz have been announced as part of the first wave of acts for Rockaway Beach 2025.The winter festival will return to Butlin’s in Bognor Regis, West Sussex from January 2 to 4, 2026. Tickets, including three-day festival passes and accommodation packages, are available here.PiL have been confirmed as the first of the three headliners, with two further announcements to come later in the year.

Sum 41 have released an official cover of Rage Against The Machine‘s ‘Sleep Now In The Fire’, marking their farewell.The Canadian pop-punk band announced in late 2023 that they would be breaking up after the release of one final album and a farewell world tour, dubbed ‘Tour Of The Setting Sum’. Those shows culminated earlier this year, with a run of 13 shows in their home country.

Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe, Maggie Rogers, Interpol‘s Paul Banks, The National‘s Matt Berninger, and more led a star-studded tribute show in NYC celebrating Patti Smith. Check out footage, photos and more from what went down at the show below.Last night (March 26), New York’s famed Carnegie Hall hosted the People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith tribute concert, which was in honour of Smith’s 1975 seminal debut album ‘Horses’ and marked the 20th anniversary Michael Dorf’s Music Of series which has raised more than $2 million for music education nonprofits.

Download Festival has shared details about the 2025 edition of ‘District X’ – with appearances from Vengaboys, Justin Hawkins and Funeral For A Friend.The instalment is described as a “festival within a festival” and will take place alongside the main bulk of Download, which is going to be held this June at the usual Donington Park site.Now, with less than three months until this year’s edition kicks off, organisers have shared details about what fans can expect from the ‘District X’ site, including an unexpected appearance from the Dutch Eurodance music group Vengaboys.While not the traditional artist set to ignite the stage at the metal festival, the group are set to take to the stage at the ‘District X’ area thanks to fan demand and expected to bring their usual high-energy performance to the stage.A number of DJ sets are also planned for the area, including one from Cradle of Filth frontman Dani Filth, who is predicted to bring “a nightmarish mix of gothic anthems and metal classics”, one from Aled Phillips from Kids In Glass Houses, and one from Liam Cormier of Cancer Bats.Elsewhere, it has been confirmed that Welsh post-hardcore icons Funeral For A Friend will be breaking out a specially-curated acoustic set for the ‘District X’ site.

Laura Jane Grace In The Trauma Tropes have announced details of a new album called ‘Adventure Club’. Find out more below, along with the lead single ‘Mine Me Mine’.The forthcoming record is set for release on July 18 via Polyvinyl, and is described as a collection of 12 songs that explore archetypical hero’s journey tropes.

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Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey has spoken about his confrontation with a MAGA hat-wearing fan at a recent show in Boston.The punk band were playing at the MGM Music Hall last Sunday (March 16) for St. Patrick’s Day weekend when Casey called out an individual in the crowd who was waving his Make America Great Again hat.“If you’re in a room full of people and you want to know who’s in a cult…They been holding up a fucking hat the whole night to represent a president,” he said from the stage.

“I can’t help but wonder whether my frequent, and less than flattering, public comments regarding their president and his administration played a role – or perhaps I’m simply succumbing to paranoia,” he said.“What followed was far from pleasant,” Gibbs added. “Two police officers escorted me to another section of LAX, where I found Stefan and Marc already detained in a cold holding pen, along with a group of Colombian, Chinese, and Mexican detainees.

Benefits have spoken to NME about the making of new album ‘Constant Noise’, the battle for principles in music, and making gigs more accessible and affordable.With the Teesside noise-punks’ abrasive but acclaimed 2023 debut album ‘Nails’ hailed by NME for its “raw and primal urgency” – a record that “had to be made and heard now, like government-approved sewage being pumped into a river” – their new record sees the band take a left turn to better reflect the political climate.“What we were doing on the first album was retaliating like-for-like with what I was seeing from more right-wing-centric personalities,” frontman Kingsley Hall told NME. “Their messaging seemed to be quite violent, confrontational and obvious.

Yungblud has shared that Lewis Capaldi is working on some “great” new material.The singer – whose real name is Dominic Harrison – spoke about his close friend and fellow musician while promoting his own new material, the comeback single ‘Hello Heaven, Hello’. Shared earlier this month, it marked his first track since 2024’s ‘Breakdown’ and a teaser of what will be his first LP since 2022’s self-titled album.Now, speaking to The Sun as part of the Bizarre column, he shared that Capaldi is also working on new music.