Buzzcocks 40 years on
BUZZCOCKS, one of the most important and influential bands ever, celebrate their 40th Anniversary in 2016.
Pete Shelley (vocals/guitars), Steve Diggle (vocals/guitars), Chris Remington (bass) and Danny Farrant (drums) will play the first dates of this momentous tour in Australia & New Zealand in March and will continue to mark this astonishing anniversary year by touring the UK, Europe and the Americas.
Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto formed Buzzcocks in Bolton in February 1976. The band, completed by the addition of Steve Diggle and John Maher, opened for the Sex Pistols in Manchester on July 20th, a follow up to the now (in)famous Lesser Free Trade Hall gig which Devoto and Shelley had organised the month before.
Gigs in Manchester and London followed, and by the end of 1976, Buzzcocks became one of the first groups to form their own independent record label - New Hormones - on which they released the now-legendary and seminal ‘Spiral Scratch’ EP.
Buzzcocks play Manchester - Albert Hall on Friday 7th October.
For further information on the BUZZCOCKS check out the following websites / social media links:
‘Even Fallen In Love’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=terg_LPT3X0
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