The Damned Confirmed For 2025 Rebellion Festival

The Damned have been confirm as Friday night headliners on the Empress Ballroom main stage at Rebellion Festival. Back fighting fit with Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Rat Scabies and Paul Gray, this line up are playing shows together for the first time in over 30 years. Next year will also be 48 years since their ground breaking debut album Damned Damned Damned was released and 29 years since they headlined the very first Holidays In The Sun Festival, the precursor to the Rebellion Festival, that was held at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. The Damned are currently on tour in the EU with UK tour dates scheduled for next month with support from Dr & The Medics & The Fleshtones . The vintage punk band will also be on tour North and South America in Spring 2025 with support from The BellRays and TV Smith (The Adverts) on the North American leg of the tour. 

The Damned are sure to treat Rebellion Festival to yet another captivating set, they join an already stellar line up of punk and alternative icons and rising new talent at the fabled punk festival, set to return to the Blackpool Winter Gardens between August 7th – 10th 2025. Bands and artists already confirmed include Peter Hook & The Light, Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers), The Selecter, Public Image Ltd, Bad Manners, Ferocious Dog, Neville Staple(The Specials), HR (Bad Brains), Anti-Nowhere League, DOA, Los Fastidios, Crux, Buster Shuffle, Down By Law, The Undertones, MDC, UK Subs, Snuff, The Exploited, Riskee & The Ridicule, Voodoo Glow Skulls, 999, Millencolin, Pegboy, Toxic Reasons and many more. Rebellion Festival 2025 is already hotting up to be one not to miss, you can view the full line up and purchase tickets here.