Magazine playing Wolverhampton Slade Rooms
Monday 27th June 2011, 12:46PM BST.
Enduringly credible, Magazine have always been the connoisseur’s choice and frequently name-checked by some of the most gifted musicians of recent years including Radiohead, Morrissey, Jarvis Cocker and U2.
Magazine’s frontman, Howard Devoto co-formed Buzzcocks with Pete Shelley after the pair had seen The Sex Pistols in early 1976 .
Devoto left in 1977, after the seminal Spiral Scratch EP had been released, and created Magazine. Their first record was the post-Punk anthem Shot By Both Sides.
Four albums later and the band had parted company, but in February 2009 they reformed.
Now they’re back on the road to play a warm-up show ahead of Hop Farm Festival this summer.
Magazine play Wolverhampton’s Slade Rooms on Thursday (June 30, 2011). Support comes from The Wonder Stuff’s Miles Hunt and tickets are Tickets are £16 plus fees from www.wolvescivic.co.uk or 0870 3207000
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