The Damned Announce 40th Anniversary UK Tour

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damned-tour-2016Punk legends The Damned have announced a huge UK tour taking in more than twenty towns and cities across the UK, and have revealed they are currently working on a brand new album for 2017. Celebrated as the most entertaining of the original punk bands, The Damned were the very first British band to release a punk single, New Rose, the first to release an album, Damned Damned Damned, and also the first to tour America. From the very first moment they started playing live in tiny punk clubs in 1976, The Damned quickly gained a reputation as a band who would always deliver an accomplished live set. The Damned continue to wave the flag for originality, stick two fingers up to mediocrity and celebrate a DIY punk ethos in the face of plastic entertainment and scripted reality.

Details of The Damned‘s forthcoming tour and the new album can be viewed below

Original members David Vanian and Captain Sensible never expected to still be doing it 40 years later, but they are still here, as their loyal following will attest, all simply because they are still an incredible live band who sound as fresh and exciting as they did way back in 1976. The band are currently recording a new studio album, with exclusive merchandise and experiences available to pre-order now via Pledge Music, BMG Music will release a new 40th anniversary Art Of The Album CD, digital & heavyweight vinyl LP special edition of the band’s classic debut album, Damned Damned Damned, complete with extensive new sleeve notes, in February 2017.  The Damned will play across the UK this winter on dates listed below where they will be playing their legendary debut album in full, plus a career spanning retrospective set.

Tickets for The Damned‘s winter tour can be purchased here

You can pre-order The Damned’s new album via Pledge Music here

LIVE DATES

November
12 Leamington Spa, The Assembly
13 Nottingham, Rock City
15 Guildford, G-Live
16 Wrexham, William Aston Hall
17 Leeds, 02 Academy
18 Manchester, Academy
19 Newcastle, 02 Academy
20 Glasgow, 02 ABC
22 Cambridge, Junction
23 Norwich, Waterfront
24 Brighton, Dome
25 Gillingham, Britannia Theatre
26 London, 02 Brixton Academy
27 Cardiff, Tramshed
29 Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
30 Bristol, Motion
 
December
1 Portsmouth, Pyramids Centre
2 Weymouth, Pavilions
3 Plymouth, University (Main Hall)
4 Exeter, Phoenix Centre
9 Margate, Winter Gardens

Photo credit: Dod Morrison