The Kids (Belgian 1976 punk legends play their first ever UK gig)

The Kids (Belgian 1976 punk legends play their first ever UK gig)

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About the show

The Kids were founded in 1976 and are therefore one of the oldest surviving Punk bands, both in Belgium and worldwide. Their eponymous debut album is widely considered an unequaled classic, still capable of influencing generation upon generation.
Their concerts are characterized by the well-known overdose of energy, with the same outbursts of fast-paced riffs and pounding drums, leaving no room for redundant embellishments, pointless banter or even a few seconds to take a breath.
In 2026, the band will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a series of concerts in Belgium and around the world.
Support comes from 1977 Roxy Club alumni UNORFADOX and cabaret punks MONKISH.

Featuring

Unorfadox

Gnarly alt rock with a soupçon of punk, Unorfadox are an Alternative Rock based in Bromley, Kent. Formed in late 1976 and still perfoming original songs today.

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Monkish

Monkish appearing at this event
Formed in London in 2005, Monkish have steadily increased their fanbase by playing regularly, and picking up support slots with the likes of Bad Manners, The Vibrators, The Macc Lads, Johnny Moped, Anti-Nowhere League, The Members, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Jilted John, and Neville Staple. Monkish have played at the Blackpool Rebellion Festivals no less than 9 times between 2007 and the present, They have also played at Rebellion Festivals in Austria, Italy, and Holland, and have arranged their own tours of the USA, Germany (3 times), and Belgium (3 times). They also travelled to Ireland to play the Drumacanoo Punx Picnic in 2009 where they appeared alongside Sleaford Mods. Other major festival appearances have included the Wickerman Festival in Scotland and the Great British Alternative Music Festival at Butlins in Skegness 2017, and Minehead 2020. In 2011 they released their debut album, “You Can’t Polish a Turd” which was very well received, and received a higher score than the Red Hot Chilli Peppers new album in Big Cheese Magazine. The song “Please Don’t Piss In My Microwave” was voted Best Punk Song of 2011 on Gary Bushell’s Rancid Sounds show on Total Rock FM. Their second album "Quorn is Murder" was released in June 2018 and was produced by Dick Crippen of Tenpole Tudor/King Kurt fame. The band continue into 2026 with their irreverent and surreal sense of humour very much intact.

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