In January 2026, with Scabies, they released Not Like Everybody Else , a covers album of songs that had inspired them and Brian James in their youth. To celebrate the release, they played exclusive headline shows in Manchester and Paris. A third show in Cologne was cancelled at short notice…
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Founding member and original guitarist Brian James died on 6 March 2025.
Will Taylor announced his departure as the Damned’s drummer in November 2023. Later that month, it was announced that original drummer Scabies had rejoined the band on a permanent basis.
Former bassist Algy Ward, who had played on Machine Gun Etiquette , died on 17 May 2023.
In February 2022, Pinch was replaced by drummer Will Taylor. In February 2023, the band’s next studio album, Darkadelic , was announced and it was released on 28 April 2023. The album was preceded by the singles and music videos for “The Invisible Man” on 3 February 2023, “Beware of…
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which later postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
On 21 October 2020, the Damned announced that in 2021 the original lineup of Vanian, Sensible, James and Scabies would play a series of shows. This would mark the first time in more than two decades that James and Scabies had played with Vanian and Sensible. However, the COVID-19 pandemic…
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the band announced a reunion tour in spring 2020 called the Escape the Grave tour
On 25 October 2019, Pinch announced his departure after 20 years with the band. His last gig was the Damned’s show at the London Palladium on 27 October 2019.
After having reunited for two nights to appear at the Jason Trioxin tribute shows in Teaneck NJ in June 2019