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2026

Old Scars, New Noise

2026

This year’s unfolding in real time, so it’s upside down. Latest stories hit first — scroll down to go back in time. Punk logic, innit?

GBH

Hope & Ruin, Brighton – 13th February 2026

Brighton got absolutely flattened last night as GBH rolled in from Birmingham and delivered a full-throttle masterclass in how punk should sound, feel, and hit you square in the chest.

A relentless 22-song set packed with classics from start to finish, no filler, no let-up, just raw energy and pure noise the way it was meant to be. The pit never really stopped moving, and neither did the band. Tight, loud, and completely unapologetic.

They wrapped the night with a ferocious cover of Motörhead’s Bomber, which landed like a final explosive statement and sent everyone out buzzing.

Support came from Brassick and Violent Solution, both bringing serious bite and setting the tone perfectly for what followed.

Sweaty, loud, and gloriously chaotic. Exactly what a punk gig should be.

Setlists from Hope & Ruin

GBH
  1. Diplomatic Immunity
  2. Drugs Party in 526
  3. Sick Boy
  4. Slit Your Own Throat
  5. Am I Dead Yet?
  6. Wardogs
  7. Maniac
  8. Gunned Down
  9. I Am the Hunted
  10. Prayer
  11. Heavy Discipline
  12. Boston Babies
  13. Bellend Bop
  14. I Never Asked for Any of This
  15. Generals
  16. No Survivors
  17. Momentum
  18. Give Me Fire
  19. City Baby Attacked by Rats
  20. City Baby’s Revenge
  21. Time Bomb
  22. Bomber
Brassick
  1. Intro
  2. Same Sound
  3. Back to That Place
  4. 39 Souls
  5. Cynical Ties
  6. Vultures of the Poor
  7. They Saved Us
  8. It Could Have Been Any of Us
  9. Bakery Looters
  10. Nobody
  11. Safety Is the Problem
  12. Strung Together
Violent Solution
  1. State of Hate
  2. Wankers United
  3. Let’s Start a Riot
  4. Razors in the Night
  5. The Great Brainwashed
  6. Police Story
  7. Punk and Proud

Skids

Chalk, Brighton – 31st January 2026

2026 kicked off exactly where it should: down the front, volume up, history alive and kicking.

The Skids celebrating The Absolute Game wasn’t a nostalgia exercise, it was a reminder. Those songs still snap, still surge, still sound like they’ve got unfinished business. Forty-odd years on and they didn’t sound polite, careful, or museum-ready. They sounded urgent.

Au Pairs were the perfect choice of support: angular, political, uncomfortable in all the right ways. Music that makes you lean in rather than lean back.

One gig in and the tone is set. This year isn’t about reliving the past. It’s about bands who refuse to behave, refuse to fade, and refuse to shut up.

2026 has entered the pit.

Setlists from Chalk

Skids
  1. Happy to Be With You
  2. Out of Town
  3. One Decree
  4. Circus Games
  5. Hurry On Boys
  6. A Woman in Winter
  7. Goodbye Civilian
  8. Arena
  9. The Saints Are Coming
  10. Masquerade
  11. Into the Valley
  12. TV Stars
  13. Working for the Yankee Dollar
  14. Of One Skin
  15. Charles
  16. The Olympian
  17. Complete Control
Au Pairs
  1. Come Again
  2. Love Song
  3. We’re So Cool
  4. Repetition
  5. Dear John
  6. Diet
  7. Armagh
  8. Headache (for Michelle)
  9. Sex Without Stress
  10. Unfinished Business
  11. It’s Obvious
  12. You
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