Punk: Last News

John Lydon has today (September 4) announced details of a 2025 UK and Ireland spoken word tour – check out all the details below.The punk musician will be doing a tour of the UK visiting England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales next autumn, 2025. This follows on from Lydon’s successful spoken word tour 2024 and the “phenomenal demand” for tickets, according to a statement.Lydon’s 2024 ‘I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right’ UK tour began in May.

marked as a turning point – even if no one can pinpoint an exact moment punk began. On the 50th anniversary of that gig last month, those in the know celebrated its significance but the nostalgia made it tough to ignore how much the neighborhood has changed.In the 1970s, the Lower East Side was known as a haven for sex workers and drug addicts but the former CBGB’s on the Bowery at Second Avenue is now a John Varvatos.

Fat Dog have announced new tour dates for the UK, Ireland and Europe in 2025 – see the full list of dates below.Yesterday (September 2), the London punk five-piece announced a new slew of tour dates for 2025 as part of their ‘WOOF’ tour. The tour will be in support of their forthcoming LP ‘WOOF’ which is set for release on September 6 via Domino.The NME Cover stars are already due to perform in the UK and Europe this year, but have now announced additional dates.

Ramones‘ legacy.The New York punk band’s intellectual property is owned in equal parts by two heirs – Hyman (better known as Mickey Leigh) and Cummings-Ramone – following the deaths of its four members.The pair famously don’t get along with each other, and in a new lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court last Friday (August 23), Leigh’s lawyers accuse Cummings-Ramone of violating federal trademark law by pursuing an “unrelenting quest” to associate herself with the Ramones.In the suit, Cummings-Ramone is described as a former “groupie” who has an “insatiable personal desire to shine a spotlight on herself”.It reads: “Ms. Cummings-Ramone has made and continues to make blatant attempts to exploit and personally capitalise on and benefit from the name, goodwill and legacy of the Ramones – that is, to try to push the false narrative that she is the heiress to… the Ramones’ legacy.“She most certainly is not.

Viagra Boys have revealed to NME that they have a new album on the way, with its release expected “maybe next year”, according to frontman Sebastian Murphy.The Swedish post-punk band met NME backstage at Reading Festival, with Murphy joined by the band’s bassist Henrik ‘Benke’ Höckert.Viagra Boy’s previous album, 2022’s ‘Cave World’, saw them incorporate electronic elements into their sound, while its predecessor, 2021’s ‘Welfare Jazz’, bore a distinct country flavour. This time, explained Murphy, the band will include “a little bit of everything, hopefully”.He added: “We’re gonna see where it ends up.

Pendulum have performed their hit song ‘Tarantula’ for the last time at this year’s Reading & Leeds festival.The rave-rock icons broke out the track at Reading seemingly for the last time during the third and final day of the festival, when they took to the main stage this afternoon (Sunday August 25).After opening with new track ‘Napalm’, which they shared earlier this week featuring Joey Valance and Brae, the band ripped through classics and fan favourites ‘Propane Nightmares’, ‘Come Alive’, ‘Nothing For Free’ and more, before introducing the track as the penultimate song of the set.“This is the last time we’re ever going to play this song,” frontman Rob Swire told the audience before launching into the hit. “We’ve played it for 16 years… it’s time to put it to bed.”Elsewhere in the set, Swire and co.

Lambrini Girls have spoken to NME about their plans for new music, upcoming tour dates with IDLES and why they insist on using their platform to highlight political issues.Catching up with NME backstage at Reading Festival 2024, the Brighton duo — comprised of guitarist and vocalist Phoebe Lunny and bassist Lily Macieira – told us about their immense set at the Festival Republic Stage.They also looked back at the response that they had to their latest single ‘Body Of Mine’ — a more personal track that explores the complexities of gender identity – as well as the decision they made to boycott several festivals earlier this year in solidarity with Palestine.Check out the full interview above, or read it below.NME: What was it like to get on the Reading stage? Phoebe Lunny: “It was good. We’re a bit frazzled because we came back from America, and the next day we went and played Green Man.

Neck Deep have announced the ‘Dumbstruck Dumbfuck’ UK tour for 2025 – see dates below.The pop-punk band, who are scheduled to play double sets at Reading & Leeds 2024 this weekend, revealed tour dates today (August 23) alongside the release of a music video for ‘Sort Yourself Out’, taken from their self-titled album released this year.The tour will see them perform alongside opening acts The Wonder Years and One Step Closer at venues in Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham, Bristol, and Swansea.On these bands, frontman Ben Barlow says in a press statement: “Having The Wonder Years out is always fun, they’ve been a big inspiration to us over the years, with so many great songs they always put on an amazing show.”Meanwhile, One Step Closer are “a band we’ve been following closely for a few years,” he continues, and “they’re deservedly growing a lot right now and it’s been cool to see the progression. I’m excited to see how they go down with our fans because we love them.” Tickets for the tour go on sale next Friday (August 30) at 10am here.In an interview with NME at Reading Festival 2024, the band spoke about the surreal opportunity of having The Wonder Years on their 2025 tour.

Sex Pistols and Frank Carter have announced more UK tour dates – you can find all the details below.Carter first joined forces with Glen Matlock, Paul Cook and Steve Jones to play ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’ in its entirety to raise funds for Bush Hall in Shepherd’s Bush, west London. The venue was chosen after it came under threat when its owners revealed that it needed to raise £42,000 through crowdfunding to prevent it from losing its ability to host music.The first sold-out show took place on August 13, with further gigs then announced on 14 and 15 following immense demand.An “overwhelming response” to the gigs saw Sex Pistols and Carter later announce another live gig in the capital at the O2 Forum Kentish Town on Thursday September 26, which sold out in five minutes.Now, they’ve revealed they’ll be playing an extra four UK shows in September.

The Armed have announced they are cancelling their scheduled US tour this year.In an Instagram post shared today (August 21), the band shared the full details behind the decision, which they acknowledged was “incredibly painful to do”.“The domino effect of some cancellations beyond our control (weather, health, etc) in combination with some personal emergencies had forced costly, drastic pivots over the summer,” the statement reads.“This led to a financial situation that we were hoping to quietly outmaneuver in the background over the last couple of months. However, as the tour moving into pre-production has called for resources we simply do not have, we’ve had to face facts that our current scenario is simply untenable.

Amyl & The Sniffers have announced ‘Cartoon Darkness’, their first new album in three years. See its artwork and tracklist below.The Australian punk band shared the news today (August 21) with the release of new single ‘Chewing Gum’, which arrives with a heady black-and-white music video. Watch it below.

The Offspring have shared the full video of Yungblud joining them on stage for their set closer ‘Self Esteem’ – watch it below.The California punks welcomed Yungblud, real name Dominic Harrison, on stage for the end of their set at Open Air Gampel in Switzerland on Friday (August 16) to perform the 1994 single.Frontman Dexter Holland said to the crowd: “I mean, one of the cool things about playing these festivals is that you get to play with other people and meet other people, and we met some great guys today.“We met this great young man today. We thought we should bring him out to play a song with us, right? What the hell! Because that’s what it’s all about.

The Jam’s Bruce Foxton has announced that he is taking time out of touring.The 68-year-old bassist was a part of The Jam up until their sudden split in 1982, when frontman Paul Weller departed from the line-up.Since then, Foxton has been a part of the band Stiff Little Fingers, and also went on to join the tribute band for his original project, titled From The Jam, which has been playing tracks from the iconic British group for more than a decade.Now, he has shared an update with fans, explaining that a recent visit to the hospital has meant he had made the decision to temporarily pull out of live performances.“To all my lifelong wonderful fans, as a lot of you know my health has not been good for the past few years and the latest news is that I have had to go into hospital for an immediate procedure,” he began.“It is with much regret and sadness that I will not be able to perform again with From the Jam until I have made a full recovery. The band has done everything to help me for the past couple of years and have even suggested several times that I take time off to look after my health and recuperate.”Foxton continued: “That time has now come so I wish the band (my dear friends) continued success until I return and with God’s will I will see you all in the not too distant future on the ‘Setting Sons’ 45th-anniversary tour.”While further details have not been shared at time of writing, the band have clarified that he was not “rushed to hospital” – following some news reports – and told fans that the news isn’t “sad” as the musician is putting his wellbeing first.“Despite what @DailyMirror have posted, please see the full and official statement from #BruceFoxton.

Yungblud joined The Offspring on stage in Switzerland on Friday (August 16) for a version of ‘Self Esteem’ – check out footage below.The show took place at the Open Air Festival in Gampel and saw the Californian band play a set packed with their biggest songs, including ‘Come Out and Play’, ‘Why Don’t You Get a Job?’ and ‘Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)’.During the encore, Yungblud joined them for a rendition of ‘Self Esteem’, from the band’s 1994 album ‘Smash’. Posting on Instagram after the show, Yungblud quoted the song’s lyrics, writing: “That’s okay man, cause I like the abuse,” alongside footage of him standing among the crowd.Watch below:A post shared by YUNGBLUD (@yungblud)‘Come Out and Play’ ’Want You Bad’ ‘Staring At the Sun’ ‘Make It All Right’ ‘Hit That’ ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’ ‘Light It Up’ ‘Million Miles Away’ ‘(Can’t Get My) Head Around You’ ‘Bad Habit’ ‘Gotta Get Away’ ‘Why Don’t You Get a Job?’ ‘Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)’ ‘The Kids Aren’t Alright’ ‘You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid’ ‘Self Esteem’ (with Yungblud) It comes just days after Yungblud made a brief cameo at the Sex Pistols’ and Frank Carter’s first Bush Hall show earlier this week.

True to the raw, anarchic spirit of punk-rock, the Ramones played as dirty as those notoriously filthy CBGB bathrooms when they got a spontaneous offer from their first manager at the holy underground in New York’s East Village in 1975.“They wanted to be in my column in the SoHo Weekly News. And I kept saying, ‘I can’t make it,’ ” legendary Ramones manager Danny Fields told The Post about seeing the iconic New York band at the club that they first played 50 years ago on Aug. 16, 1974.

Green Day had to speed through a super-fast version of ‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’ as a lightning storm closed in on a St. Louis show on Thursday – watch below.At a show at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Missouri yesterday (August 15), the band were forced to slightly curtail their show, cutting out their traditional show closer ‘Bobby Sox’ and speeding through their impromptu encore.“Ok you guys, that’s it,” said frontman Billie Joe Armstrong to the crowd, as they were encouraged to leave before the storm became more dangerous.

Yungblud has teased that his next album will release in early 2025 – find out what he had to say about the upcoming record below.In a new chat with The Osbournes’ Kelly and Sharon, the musician spoke about what he has planned for next year. He used the opportunity to hype up the record, which he revealed to NME earlier this year would be a Britpop-inspired concept album.He expanded on the idea with The Osbournes, telling them: “The record we’re making at the minute is probably the closest to a rock opera we’ve ever done. So it’s made to be played start-to-finish, which is a really cool thing to do.”“The opening song’s nine-minutes,” he added, before Sharon Osbourne asked when it’s due out.

Ramones‘ formation, and a NYC Ferry will be hosting specially-themed commutes to celebrate.This Friday (August 16) also marks the punk icons’ first appearance at the iconic East Village dive bar CBGBs. 50 years later, it has been announced that NYC Ferry will host themed commutes on Friday and Saturday (August 17) from Wall St / Pier 11, Sunset Park, and Rockaway at select rides during the afternoon.“New York City’s punk music scene took form as Queens-born band Ramones played their first show at CBGB,” they wrote on their website.

Sex Pistols and Frank Carter have kicked off their run of Bush Hall shows, and switched up the lyrics to classic track ‘God Save The Queen’. Check it out below, as well as their brief cameo from Yungblud.Taking place on Tuesday night (August 13), the gig marked the first of their three sold-out shows at London’s Bush Hall, and saw Carter and Sex Pistols‘ Glen Matlock, Paul Cook and Steve Jones perform ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’ in its entirety.While they did not perform the album’s tracklist in chronological order, they did play every song featured, including their cover of The Stooges‘ ‘No Fun’.One standout moment though was the rendition of the 1977 classic track ‘God Save The Queen’, which not only starred an impromptu appearance from Yungblud, but also saw Carter switch up the lyrics to “God save the King”.Coming eighth in the setlist – following on from ‘Liar’ and ahead of ‘Submission’ – the punk hit was adapted by the new frontman to reflect the current UK monarch, King Charles III.Check out footage from the set and the full setlist below.1. ‘Holidays in the Sun’2. ‘Seventeen’3. ‘New York’4. ‘Pretty Vacant’5. ‘Bodies’6. ‘Did You No Wrong’7. ‘Liar’8. ‘God Save the Queen’ (Lyrics changed to fit “God Save The King”, and with a cameo from Yungblud)9. ‘Submission’10. ‘Satellite’11. ‘No Feelings’12. ‘E.M.I.’13. ‘Problems’14. ‘No Fun’ (The Stooges cover)15. ‘Anarchy in the U.K.’The shows were announced to raise funds for the historic Shepherd’s Bush venue.

IDLES have announced a special hometown show in aid of War Child, with 86TVs, comedian Stewart Lee and more serving as support. Find all the details below.The band are due to headline the O2 Academy in Bristol next Saturday (August 24), following their appearance at Victorious Festival the previous day (23).Crosstown Concerts, Friendly Records and War Child UK have teamed up to host the fundraising gig, which will include a live performance from 86TVs and Zalizo (ЗАЛІЗО in Ukrainian, meaning Iron/Metal), as well as a DJ set from Bristol native Boca 45.Acclaimed comedian Lee is set to host the one-off evening of music.Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST tomorrow (Friday August 16), priced at £50.

Sex Pistols and Frank Carter have kicked off the first of their three sold-out shows at London’s Bush Hall – here’s what they played.Last night (August 13), Frank Carter and the Sex Pistols‘ Glen Matlock, Paul Cook and Steve Jones took to Bush Hall in London to perform ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’ in its entirety.