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Some Weird Sin and Vive Le Rock Present: 'Pump It Up!' A Powerpop Weekender with THE BARRACUDAS, DIRTY FENCES, BABY SHAKES, PROTEX, LOS PEPES, LUCY AND THE RATS and more | The Finsbury Pub
Vive Le Rock is teaming up with ace London gig promoters Some Weird Sin to bring you a weekend of summer fun with our own powerpop festival!
Pump It Up! A Powerpop Weekender is taking place at North London venue The Finsbury over the weekend of 28 & 29 July.
Topping the bill on the Saturday are legendary London hitmakers THE BARRACUDAS, celebrating their 40th Anniversary with their first London show in 3 years and in fact their only show in the capital this year.
They’ll be joined by LOS PEPES, BABY SHAKES, TV CRIME and LUCY AND THE RATS and THE RANDY SAVAGES
The Sunday night sees fast-rising New Yorkers DIRTY FENCES closing the night with support from Belfast legends PROTEX and ROLE MODELS, FAZ WALTZ, MORE KICKS, and THE SPEEDWAYS
Saturday's headline act:
the Barracudas - celebrating their 40th anniversary!!
***only London show of 2018***
+ Los Pepes
+ Baby Shakes
+ Lucy and the Rats
+ TV CRIME
+ Randy Savages
Sunday's headline act:
DIRTY FENCES
"...operate within the holy trinity of loudness - heavy, punk, power pop, without firmly setting their foot in any of the three, but covering the whole spectrum of such a sound...a cross-section of Kiss, Cheap Trick and The Ramones, with some additions of bands like MC5, Green Day and early XTC, played quite impeccably."
+ Protex
+ Role Models
+ FAZ WALTZ
+ More Kicks
+ The Speedways
Tickets are on sale now at an insanely reasonable £25 for the weekend or £15 for the Saturday and £12 for the Sunday. Book early as this will sell out!
Venue:
The Finsbury
336 Green Lanes
London
N4 1BY
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The Dirty Water Club started in October 1996 in the Tufnell Park neighbourhood of north London, at a venue called The Boston. The club's name is derived from The Standells' 1966 hit 'Dirty Water' which glorifies the US city of Boston, Massachusetts.
Past performers have included The White Stripes (voted by Q Magazine as one of the top 10 gigs of all time, Mojo one of the top 30 and Kerrang one of the top 100!), The Gories, Country Teasers, Black Lips, NOBUNNY, Kid Congo Powers, The Fleshtones, Billy Childish, Radio Birdman, The Dirtbombs, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, The 5.6.7.8's, The Horrors and The Brian Jonestown Massacre to name just a few. The club has also seen some original '60s performers, such as The Monks, ? and the Mysterians, Kim Fowley, Sky Saxon, GONN, Michael Davis of the MC5 and more grace its stage.
Their in-house record label, Dirty Water Records, is one of the leading garage/beat/(real) R&B labels in the world.
