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The latter came from their second LP and first full studio album, That's Life. Their major label debut was "Borstal Breakout" in January 1978, followed by UK singles chart success with "Angels With Dirty Faces" (reaching number 19 in May 1978), "If The Kids Are United" (number 9 in July 1978), and "Hurry Up Harry" (number 10 in October 1978). Sham 69 released their first single, "Ulster", on Step Forward Records in August 1977, and its success in the independent charts prompted Polydor to sign the band.
Their concerts were notoriously plagued by violence, and the band ceased live performances after one of their gigs at Middlesex Polytechnic in 1978 was broken up by National Front skinheads fighting and rushing the stage. The band had a large skinhead following (left wing, right wing and non-political), which helped set the tone for the Oi! movement. Sham 69 lacked the art school background of many British punk bands of the time, and brought in football chant back-up vocals and a sort of inarticulate political populism. Tickets can also be purchased from the Venue.Sham 69 formed in 1976 (the 12 November issue of NME notes they were rehearsing at this time, although only Jimmy Pursey would remain from this early line-up 12 months later).
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Ticket Information: Price: £17 plus booking fee. For just £17(+b/f) for all 3 bands, this is an incredible value evening of world-class punk & alternative rock. Crashed Out, the acclaimed streetpunk / rock n roll band complete the line up.
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Support comes from Angelic Upstarts featuring founder member Mensi (Vocals), who are enjoying a purple patch with rave reviews of their inspiring recent live performances. Sham 69 are the only Punk rock band to have achieved six UK Top 20 chart singles. A new version, “Hurry Up, England” was recorded in 2006 with Christian O’Connell and Graham Coxon as Absolute Radio’s World Cup theme, and it also reached number 10 in the UK Charts. The group had further chart success with “Hurry Up Harry” (number 10 in October 1978), which came from their first full studio album, That’s Life. Their major label debut was “Borstal Breakout” in January 1978, followed by chart success with “Angels With Dirty Faces” (reaching number 19 in May 1978) and “If the Kids Are United” (number 9 in July 1978). Produced by John Cale (Velvet Underground), its success in the independent charts prompted Polydor Records to sign the band. Sham 69 released their first single, “I Don’t Wanna in August 1977. We played a storming show here to a packed house back in 2012 and it was without doubt one of my favourite shows of the year.” Jimmy Pursey says, ” I cant wait to get back to play The Assembly in Leamington.
The show is one of just a handful of gigs this year from this iconic punk band. The Assembly, Leamington Spas stunning 1000 capacity Art Deco venue will host a rare UK live gig by Sham 69s original 1977 line up, featuring Dave Parsons (Guitar), Dave Dregunne (Bass), and of course their legendary frontman Jimmy Pursey (Vocals).
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