October 2025 sees the cream of talented survivors from the New Wave, 80’s Indie and 90’s noise-poetry scenes touring the UK.
Peter Perrett from the Only Ones!
Robert Forster from the Go-Betweens!
Pete Astor and Andy Stricklands’ The Loft, the reunited and regenerated Prolapse and a solitary date from the inimitable Wreckless Eric. With an added bonus of the Jim Jones All-Stars and a few Ged Babey favourites thrown in for good measure.
Get those credit cards out and get googling as tickets may not be available much longer – here are the dates and some relevant links and videos. Keep Music (A)Live.
Peter Perrett LTW review of latest album The Cleansing
Wed 1st October – Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
Fri 3rd October – The Globe, Cardiff
Sun 5th October – The Sugarmill, Stoke
Mon 6th October – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Tues 7th October – The Social, Hull
Thurs 9th October – The Grove, Newcastle
Sat 11th October – Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
Sun 12th October – Bootleg Social, Blackpool
Fri 24th October – Scala, London
Robert Forster And His Swedish Band LTW interview with Robert from May 2025
9th Oct – Brighton St George’s
10th Oct – Cardiff The Gate
11th Oct – London Union Chapel
13th Oct- Manchester Band on the Wall
15th Oct – Dublin National Concert Hall
17th Oct – Edinburgh Pleasance Theatre
18th Oct- Glasgow St Luke’s
19th Oct – Leicester Y Theatre
The Loft LTW album review
8 Oct Glasgow – Garage*
9 Oct Newcastle – Boiler Shop*
10 Oct Preston – Continental, headliner
11 Oct Nottingham – Rock City*
16 Oct Norwich – Waterfront*
17 Oct Sheffield – Foundry*
19 Oct London – Moth Club, headliner
*special guests of the Wedding Present
Prolapse LTW review of latest album
Sunday 26th Oct – London, The Lexington
Monday 27th – Sheffield, Sydney & Matilda
Tuesday 28th – Leicester, International
Wednesday 29th – Salford – BBC6Music Riley and Coe live session
Thursday 30th – Manchester, Star & Garter
Friday 31st – Oxford, Common Ground
Saturday 1st Nov. – Bristol, Golden Lion
Jim Jones All Stars John Robb Live Review from March 2025
Friday 10th October – Brudenell Social Club
Saturday 11th – CCA, Glasgow
Sunday 12th – The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Monday 13th – BBC 6 Live Music Session – Marc Riley (Salford)
Tuesday 14th – The Cavern, Liverpool
Wednesday 15th – The Forum, Tunbridge Wells
Saturday 18th – Esquires, Bedford
Monday 20th – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
Thursday 23rd – Strange Brew, Bristol
Friday 24th – The Prince Albert, Brighton
Saturday 25th – The Lexington, London (Album Launch)
Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii LTW review of previous album
Fri 17th Oct – Bristol, UK – Rough Trade (Album release show)
Your Heterosexual Violence LTW Interview
Sun 5th Oct – The Lexington, London N1 (Album Launch – Matinee 4-8pm)
and finally…. in November 2025
Wreckless Eric Previous album review
Friday 21st November – The Lexington, London N1 – – In celebration the release of his new album, England Screaming, Eric will be playing at the Lexington in Pentonville Road, London N1. There will be no support act. Eric will play a solo set and will be joined for a second set by his band (Amy Rigby, guitar, vocals; Graham (Graham) Beck, keyboards, keyboard bass; Morris Windsor, drums) to perform the new album in its entirety. And if it goes well they might even play a few old favourites!
This has been a public information feature – but copying and pasting over 40 ticket links was asking too much.
Ged Babey for LTW
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