46 years ago today The #UNDERTONES released their debut single 'TEENAGE KICKS' on Belfast's Good Vibrations label.

Dynamic pricing is loathsome but maybe consider not feeding these arbitrarily huge mega-acts and go see far more interesting bands, artists, for £12 a go? So much easier, so much more rewarding. So much going on. So much you could be seeing. Adjust your habits.

LONDON CALLING! This weekend's #punk tours Fri, 6th Sep, 2.30pm and Sun, 8th Sep, 11.30am, The Soho Punk Tour Sat, 7th Sep, 11.00am, The Strummerwalk Book at flipsidelondontours.com check our 5 ⭐️ reviews/book tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Rev… Punkrock History PuNk and Stuff PunkAndNewWave

Tottenham Court Road, 1963

Camden High Street, Compendium bookshop, the car experts will date it, 1970s? Before it turned into a tourist hellhole.

‘Bowie In Berlin’ BBC Radio 4 14/09/24 8pm I’ve produced a radio doc about David Bowie‘s time in Berlin / living with Iggy, wearing moustache & check shirts, making Heroes in Hansa, as remembered by those who were with him. Presented by filmmaker Francis Whately (Five Years)…1/2

LONDON CALLING! This weekend's #punk tours Fri, 6th Sep, 2.30pm and Sun, 8th Sep, 11.30am, The Soho Punk Tour Sat, 7th Sep, 11.00am, The Strummerwalk Book at flipsidelondontours.com check our 5 ⭐️ reviews/book at tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Rev…

Thread on the real size of things 🧵 1. Titanic compared to a modern cruise ship

Sunday, October 13th, 2pm-7pm, The 100 Club The Premiere of NZ Post Punk film "Head South" There will also be two bands live onstage, Mark Vennis & Different Place and Desperate Measures There will also be a Director Q&A Tickets at rebelreelcineclub.com/booknow/p/droo…

LONDON’S BURNING!! This Saturday’s #TheCLASH #strummer tour. Sat, September 7th, 11am, The Strummerwalk, Joe's Ladbroke Grove and Woody's squat city, Read our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reviews/book tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Rev… and book/get more details here flipsidelondontours.com or just turn up

Our latest radio outing is available to listen to at mixcloud.com/aidan-mcmanus/… and features these boys doing Be Bop A Lula, shame the film cuts them off halfway through though.

Just reviewing the Saints' forthcoming I'm Stranded 4 x LP. It's totally brilliant, not the least because it includes the audio from this super intense, shredding show at Paddington Town Hall April 1977 youtube.com/watch?v=X5YP_t…

Squatters occupying Germaine Greer's old house in Cambridge Gardens, W10. 1973.

I’m thrilled that former Animal Nightlife crooner Andy Polaris is joining us at The Social on Sat Oct 12th at our nxt #GCLost80s bash. We dance from 2 til 7pm. And if you’ve never joined us, why not make this the one? They’re always lively 😃. Tkts @ wegottickets.com/event/627851

I’m reading this at the moment. Both the siege and the “Tottenham Outrage” were perpetrated by immigrant Latvian Jews escaping the Tsarist pogroms of the time. The way these people were demonized/treated by the locals has parallels with today and other ethnic/religious groups.

January 1978.

Buzzcocks: Ever Fallen in Love… (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve?) youtu.be/0Af7ayYIJ9w?si… Buzzcocks STEVE DIGGLE GC's Punk & New Wave PunkAndNewWave PuNk and Stuff Punkrock History Caroline Binnie Carolyn 🎼 𝕊𝕋𝔼𝕍𝔼™ Gordon Munro

LONDON CALLING! This weekend's #punk tours Fri, 13th Sep, 2.30pm and Sun, 15th Sep, 11.30am, The Soho Punk Tour Sat, 14th Sep, 11.00am, The Strummerwalk Book flipsidelondontours.com check our 5 ⭐️ reviews/book tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Rev… or turn up on the day

Sunday, October 13th, 2pm-7pm, The 100 Club The Premiere of NZ Post Punk film "Head South" There will also be two bands live onstage, Mark Vennis & Different Place and Desperate Measures There will also be a Director Q&A Tickets at rebelreelcineclub.com/booknow/p/droo…