Live at The Adrian Flux Waterfront in Norwich: UK SUBS '50th Anniversary' 'the last hurrah - the final shows'

The U.K. SUBS, after 50 fun-packed, furious, fast-paced FAN-tastic years, are officially calling it a day, in order to pass the torch over to the hundreds of younger punk bands who they’ve hopefully inspired for half a century!2027 will be the final ever U.K. Subs gigs. Since forming in the summer of 1977, Charlie and the band have stood as the relentless beating heart of British punk rock, outlasting eras, trends, and peers with an unmatched work ethic. Driven by Charlie’s indefatigable energy which forged a fiercely loyal fanbase, the U.K. Subs proved that punk was never a passing phase, but a lifelong commitment…The U.K. Subs are proud to have played gigs in every single year from 1977. Fact! From the roaring hooks of the debut album Another Kind of Blues the band eventually completed an album for every letter of the alphabet and beyond. What an achievement. The U.K. Subs have played thousands upon thousands of sweaty, high-octane gigs across the globe in venues both small and huge, and in doing so, they’ve truly defined that never-say-die spirit of DIY independence.“Fifty years is one hell of a run, and we want to finish it on our own terms — loud, heavy, and completely undiminished. We are infinitely grateful to allprevious members of the band, those behind the scenes who’ve helped keep our show on the road, and especially to every single person who has bought our records or merch, and chatted with us at the bar at a show, we are so grateful to have the best set of fans in the world, so we will see you somewhere on the road for this last hurrah. Let's make our last shows in 2027 historical. It’s going to be emotional!” Charlie harper

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Peter and the test tube babies

On a full headline length live set

In the year of our lord 1978 the 17 year old punks Peter Bywaters and Del Strangefish founded PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES in the small town of Peacehaven near Brighton. After a couple of rehearsals they made their first recording ‘Elvis Is Dead’ which appeared on the Vaultage ‘78 compilation of Brighton new wave bands. Radio 1 DJ John Peel loved the song instantly and produced a John Peel session with the TEST TUBE BABIES. The success was breath taking and PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES became one of the hottest unsigned bands in the UK overnight.

The first single ‘Banned From The Pubs’ followed fast, and fans and press freaked out in equal measure. From that moment everything went crazy, sold out concert halls in England and Europe and their big success in the media pushed their debut album Pissed And Proud to #1 in the English independent charts. Directly after that The Mating Sounds Of South American Frogs was released – a must have for every record collection – and sold more than 100.000 copies, resulting in invitations from far and wide. THE TEST TUBES BABIES played shows all over the world and cemented their status as one of the most brilliant and funniest live bands in punk rock culture. They also had the honour to represent the United Kingdom at the historical MTV East/West party to celebrate the fall of the Berlin wall.

A few bass players and drummers have served their time in the band, but the songwriters Peter & Del have always been the foundation of PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES and together wrote records like Soberphobia, and the brilliant Supermodels, which brought them their comeback in 1995. Around this time the DVD Paralitico (Spanish: crazy disturbed perception, elicited by alcoholic and other suggestive excesses) was released , followed triumphantly by the albums A Foot Full Of Bullets and For A Few Bullets More with the guest appearances of Campino ( DIE TOTEN HOSEN ) and Olga from THE TOY DOLLS. All three products sold out worldwide. In 2017 The band signed with Arising Empire Records and in 2018 & 2020 saw the releases of 'That Shallot' and 'Fuctifano' Two of the bands best albums to date. The unstoppable force that is PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES goes from strength to strength and remains indestructible.

+ KNOCK OFF

KNOCK OFF are a hard hitting punk trio, taking influences from the early 80's U.K punk scene and giving it a modern twist. A raw and powerful sound with stick in your head choruses, KNOCK OFF will leave their mark. Formed in sept 2013 the KNOCK OFF repitoire is inspired by football, anger, disillusionment at a country going down the pan and life in general. It's not all doom and gloom though and there is the odd sprinkling of humor in the set, such as a heart warming love song, imaginatively called....Love Song. A KNOCK OFF gig can be described as an onslaught of hard and fast songs, a wall of noise designed to make an impact.