Drill: Brighton
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Drill: Brighton

at Various Venues Brighton
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The concepts behind Drill: Festival are simple: to challenge preconceptions of Wire. To show-case their impact on and relationship with groups and artists from younger generations, to connect with both new and established artists whose work they find inspiring and feel that they have a kinship with.

This then opens up opportunities for one-off collaborations – Drill: Brighton for example will see Wire team up with rock titans Swans to perform an extended version of the always-mutating Wire track ‘Drill’, as well as the return of the historic 'Pinkflag Guitar Orchestra', which sees Wire joined onstage by members of bands who are involved over the course of the festival, along with local friends, allies and past collaborators, the guitarists then play an extended, improvised version of Wire's ‘Pink Flag’ at high volume.

Other acts on the bill include East India Youth, Grumbling Fur, Savages, Toy, Gold Panda, Damo Suzuki, Githead, Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, performing Suspiria, CUTS, Swans' Thor Harris, Courtney Barnett, The Wytches, MONO, Telegram and more yet to be announced, with a planned 100+ bands due to be on the line-up!

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Wire

Wire appearing at this event

Wire are the undisputed originators of experimental postrock. Since their formation in London in 1976, Wire have maintained and advanced a musical…

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Swans

Swans appearing at this event

Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira…

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Savages

Savages appearing at this event

Savages are a London based four-piece, combining a mixture of guitars with a groovy nu wave / punk rhythmic session. They have subsequently been…

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Toy

Toy appearing at this event

Former members of Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong, Toy are: Tom Dougall (vocals / guitar), Dominic O’Dair (guitars), Maxim Barron (bass / vocals), Max…

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Also Appearing

Courtney Barnett, The Wytches, Mono (Japan), East India Youth, Telegram, Gold Panda, Grumbling Fur, Samaris, Goblin, The Physics House Band, Ulrich Schnauss, God Damn, Damo Suzuki, Githead, TRAAMS, Man Forever, Helen Money, Gulp, Spectres, CUTS, Thor Harris

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Various Venues Brighton

Brighton
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Various Venues Brighton

Brighton
BN1 1AA

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