Something unexpected happened in the mid/late 90s. At the peak of ska’s third wave, typified by the likes of Less Than Jake and Mustard Plug, old fashioned swing bands began to appear alongside punk and ska bands on festival bills. Soon, despite having more in common with Tony Bennett than The Specials, some of the kids who were growing bored of the predictable nature of the ska bands took a shine to the swing crowd with their pin-striped suits and retro spatz. Much as he’d been the poster boy for the rockabilly revival over a decade before, Brian Setzer led the wave with his sassy big band, with the likes of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Royal Crown Revue also doing sterling work with this unlikely resurgence of old big band sounds.
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Pennywise: Late spring US/Canada tour dates
Skate punk legends Pennywise are taking to the road again in May, on a tour that sees the band visiting various towns and cities on the US West Coast and then into Canada.
Confirmed dates can be found below.
Against Me! Euro tour dates
US punkers Against Me! hit Europe in the summer for a run of live shows. Promoting their 2014 release ‘Transgender Dysphoria Blues’, the band have been confirmed to appear at the following venues:
Spanish dates added to Bad Religion’s upcoming Euro-tour
Two dates in Span have been added to Bad Religion’s 2014 European tour.
The legendary punks will be visiting the following venues with Against Me! in support.
June 17, 2014 Madrid, Spain Riviera
June 18, 2014 Barcelona, Spain Sala Razzmatazz
The other confirmed dates for this part of the tour are:
Chuck Ragan: US tour dates
Sometime member of punk/alt-rock band Hot Water Music, Chuck Ragan is gearing up for a mammoth US tour. No stranger to regular live work, Ragan heads out for a thirty-three date trek in April.