BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.4.7.2//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5900@whatson.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261112T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261112T220000 DTSTAMP:20260918T201922Z URL:https://whatson.org.uk/wo/events/skids-theatre-of-hate-co-headline-tou r-gloucester/ SUMMARY:SKIDS THEATRE OF HATE Co Headline Tour - GLOUCESTER DESCRIPTION:Event: https://facebook.com/events/s/skids-theatre-of-hate-co-h eadl/1550420756643593/\n\nSKIDS / THEATRE OF HATE Co Headline Tour\n\n 7pm Thursday 12th November\, Guildhall\, Gloucester\n\nTwo era defining ar tists SKIDS &\;amp THEATRE OF HATE come together this autumn for an ex plosive UK co-headline tour.\n\nSKIDS\n\nThe Skids formed in 1977 in their hometown of Dunfermline\, Scotland by Richard Jobson\, Stuart Adamson\, B ill Simpson &\;amp Tom Kellichan. After releasing an independent singl e the band were played by John Peel\, supported The Clash in concert and t hen were signed to Virgin Records in 1978. Their first singles were "Sweet Surburbia"\, "The Saints are Coming" and "Into the Valley" the latter reaching the UK Top Ten in early 1979.\n\nTheir seminal debut album "Scar ed to Dance" came out in 1979 which was quickly followed by two chart sing les "Masquerade" and "Working for the Yankee Dollar". Both singles wer e taken from the Bill Nelson produced second album "Days in Europa". The a lbum also featured new member Rusty Egan of Rich Kids &\;amp Visage fa me after the departure of Tom Kellichan. The band released two more albums "The Absolute Game" (1980) and "Joy" (1981) before splitting.\n\nThe curr ent Skids line up see's the lineup stripped back to an explosive 4 piece w ith Richard Jobson\, Peter Byrchmore (Membranes)\, Hernandez (Drums) &\ ;amp Connor Whyte (Guitar).\n\nTHEATRE OF HATE\n\nIn 1980\, Kirk Brandon formed THEATRE OF HATE from the ashes of heralded punk band The Pack. Join ing Kirk on vocals were notable punk musicians Stan Stammers and Luke Rend all\, along with old school friend\, Steve Guthrie and Canadian born John "Boy" Lennard\, who revolutionised the band's sound with his haunting sax lines.\n\nTheatre Of Hate's debut double-A-side single\, "Legion"/"Origina l Sin"\, topped the independent chart in 1980\, and "Westworld"\, their de but album\, produced by Mick Jones from The Clash and released in 1982\, h eld the number one position for 21 weeks. The single taken from the album\ , "Do You Believe In The West- world?" has become an anthem and is still w idely played in clubs and on international radio\, as well as featuring on numerous compilation albums.\n\nTheatre Of Hate imploded in 1982\, with K irk taking Stan forward to form Spear Of Destiny\, but the band has resurf aced over the years to play some very special shows across the UK\, Europe and the USA.\n\nThe band now have a settled line up of Kirk Brandon\, Sta n Stammers\, Chris Bell &\;amp Clive Osborne who astound their loyal f anbase with high-octane live shows featuring new songs and classics from t heir back catalogue.\n\nThe tour which will also include some Irish and Eu ropean dates later down the line will include venues around the UK of vari ous sizes including some of the classic small grassroots clubs that form t he backbone of the UK touring circuit.\n\nTickets priced £30 are on sale from Fri 5th June CATEGORIES:crafts LOCATION:Gloucester Guildhall\, Not sure\, Oxfordshire\, OX\, Mid\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Not sure\, Oxfordshire\, OX \, Mid\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Gloucester Guildhall:ge o:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR