Greg Cowan returned in 2003 with an “Irish punk supergroup” along with members of Rudi and Stalag 17, performing at the book launch of It Makes You Want to Spit! , which is still going as Shame Academy. In August 2011 The Outcasts played on Rebellion festival in Blackpool .…
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In what was advertised as the U.K. Subs’ final album, Reverse Engineering – a studio record of new material – was released on 1 July 2022.
The re-release occurred on 20 May 2022 to mixed reviews.
On April 29, 2022, the band played their first full performance in two years at Soma San Diego , during their set they were joined on stage by various artists, including members of P.O.D. , Buck-O-Nine , Spray Allen, as well as singer Mickey Avalon , and original guitar players…
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On 6 April 2022, the Clash announced the re-release of Combat Rock , including demos with Ranking Roger ‘s vocals, titled ‘Combat Rock / The People’s Hall’.
In April 2022, in conjunction with Record Store Day, Wire released Not About to Die which was originally released as a bootleg in the early 1980s. The album consists of recordings made for EMI as demos for the 1978 and 1979 albums, Chairs Missing and 154 . The songs on…
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In April 2022, the group announced that they would embark on a final farewell tour , with KC and the Sunshine Band and DJ Cummerbund , lasting from August 22 to November 11, 2022. The final dates of the concert were postponed until January 2023, due to illness. The B-52s…
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A live album Live at Shea Stadium was released April 1, 2022
In March 2022, the band went on a UK co-headlining tour with Taking Back Sunday . During an interview on the tour, Grant discussed their plans for new music, stating that new songs had mostly been played at soundchecks, but that “things are starting to kind of take shape, and…
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On December 1, 2021, the band released a single “Levitate” and announced a US and European tour from March 2022 to June 2022 with co-headliner Hot Mulligan with support by Meet Me at the Altar and Anxious during the US shows. The band released an extended play Disposable Life on…
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