Rebellion Festival 2026 Review: Day 3 – Gimp Fist to Cock Sparrer via Diaz Brothers and Rev Peters
Day three dawns and it’s another day of big hitters for me at Rebellion Festival 2026, with some of my favourite acts strutting
Cock Sparrer lay on a Christmas cracker with the help of Gimp Fist and Tear Up
GIG REVIEW: Cock Sparrer + Gimp Fist + Tear Up @ York Barbican, Saturday 13 December 2025
Levellers and The Bar Stool Preachers bring some Brighton rock to Sunderland
GIG REVIEW: Levellers + The Bar Stool Preachers @ The Fire Station, Sunderland, Friday 11 July 2025
Los Fastidios make an uplifting album full of appeal to rudies and rebels
ALBUM REVIEW: Los Fastidios – Lovesteady (KOB Records)
Street-punk legends Cock Sparrer bring their East End knees-up to the North East
GIG REVIEW: Cock Sparrer + Cockney Rejects + Crashed Out @ Northumbria University, Newcastle, Saturday 23 November 2024
Stockton is latest place to fall for the charms of The Bar Stool Preachers’ punk ‘n’ roll roadshow
GIG REVIEW: The Bar Stool Preachers + Gimp Fist @ The Georgian Theatre, Stockton, Friday 30 August 2024
Cock Sparrer sign off in style with eighth and final album Hand On Heart
ALBUM REVIEW: Cock Sparrer – Hand On Heart (Cherry Red/Pirates Press/Randale Records)
The Drowns glam up their blue-collar punk for third album Blacked Out
ALBUM REVIEW: The Drowns – Blacked Out (Pirates Press Records)
Cock Sparrer announce new album Hand On Heart and launch shows
Street-punk legends Cock Sparrer have announced a release date for their eighth – and possibly final – studio album, Hand On Heart.
Screaming At the Nation captures the changing face of UK punk in 1982
BOXSET REVIEW: 1982: Screaming At The Nation (Captain Oi!/Cherry Red Records)