Punk News
Two Manchester music venues, Gorilla and The Deaf Institute have been given a financial lifeline and saved from closure. Their closure was reported by Punktuation last week, but in an 11th hour deal both venues have been bought by Tokyo Industries – a business that already owns Manchester clubs South, and The Factory. The company […]Continue Reading
How a ten-year-old boy's punk lockdown project became a huge, international success.Continue Reading
Radio Rejects, the self-proclaimed 'Dadcore' punk band from Wollongong (a city located 42 miles south of central Sydney ) are on the hunt for people to be extras in their latest music video.Continue Reading
Dr Marten have become the latest in collaborative projects spearheaded by the Estate of the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.Continue Reading
Two music venues in Manchester and two in Hull have shut down permanently after enduring months of enforced Covid closure. The operator of Manchester’s Deaf Institute and Gorilla said it would not be able to reopen those venues and the companies behind the Welly and the Polar Bear in Hull have gone into administration. The […]Continue Reading
IDELS frontman, Joe Talbot says it’s an “insult” to blues and reggae to describe them a punk band. Joe Talbot says he believes it’s wrong to label artists and bands ‘punk’ when they are inspired by the likes of calypso, reggae and blues, which came before punk. Speaking about ‘Ultra Mono, their upcoming hip hop-influenced […]Continue Reading
Another live music casualty of Covid 19, The Hella Mega Tour has announced that Green Day, Fallout Boy and Weezer will not go ahead with the Australian and New Zealand leg of the tour in November this year. Continue Reading
Residents at the Sydmar Lodge Care Home in Edgeware, England, have found a way to beat Isolation boredom after spending four months in lockdown .Continue Reading
The Goodfellas director is to direct a Showtime documentary and the subject of the film will not be a gangster, an actor or a politician... it's a legendary New York Dolls frontman, David Johansen.Continue Reading
Fancy seeing a bit of spoken word at your punk festival? No? What if it was by former Black Flag frontman and all-round punk legend Henry Rollins? We thought so!Continue Reading