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Skunk Anansie timeline (EN)

2025
The Painful Truth released

The band’s seventh studio album, The Painful Truth , was released on 23 May 2025 through the Frontiers Music Srl imprint FLG (Frontiers Label Group).

2023
Skin appointed OBE

Skin was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by King Charles on 7 February 2023 at Windsor Castle .

2019
Hall of Fame Award

Skin appeared in interviews for the likes of Channel 4 News , Newsnight , The One Show , ITN , and Radio 2 discussing political and social issues. The band were the recipients of the Hall of Fame Award at the 2019 Kerrang! Awards on 19 June 2019.

25LIVE@25 released

A live album, 25LIVE@25 , a released through Republic of Music in celebration of their upcoming 25th anniversary on 25 January 2019. It features 25 tracks taken from across their six studio albums, which were captured live from various performances on their 2017 tour.

European tour for 25th anniversary

Continuing the 25th anniversary celebrations Skunk Anansie toured Europe throughout the summer of 2019, headlining festivals and their own shows, finishing with a string of UK shows.

What You Do for Love single

The single “What You Do for Love” was released in 2019. The black and white video for the song shows Skunk Anansie in concert. “This Means War” followed in 2020. At the beginning of 2022, the singles “Piggy” and “Can’t Take You Anywhere” were released, but there was no new…
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2017
Scholarship launched

In 2017, the band launched the first Skunk Anansie scholarship, for young aspiring musicians, in conjunction with The Academy of Contemporary Music . The band pick one successful applicant from either ACM Guildford, ACM London or ACM Birmingham and offer them £27,000 of funding for their degree course. The scholarship…
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2016
Anarchytecture released

On 15 January 2016, Skunk Anansie released their sixth studio album, Anarchytecture , and began an extensive European tour in February 2016 continuing throughout Summer 2016.

2013
Acoustic album released

In September 2013, the band released their seventh album, An acoustic Skunk Anansie – Live in London which was recorded at Cadogan Hall in April of that year. The album was also released as a live DVD and was described by the band as ‘a family affair’ as it featured…
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2012
Black Traffic released

Black Traffic became the band’s first independent release via their own label working in partnership with 100% Records. The album was released in September 2012 release and was backed by the first leg of a 20 date European Tour. On 29 June 2012, the band released the lyric video for…
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