The Wedding Present. Live.

Headlining Louder Than War Live. Manchester Academy. 13 March 2027.

With Demob Happy, King No-One, BICURIOUS, thistle, JOOLS, Freya Beer, Ishango Bone, lots more still to be announced.

16 acts • 3 stages • one day

Tickets: seetickets.com/event/louder-t…

I’m in conversation with Irvine Welsh at our Louder Than Words festival in Manchester next week ! Tickets and details here eventbrite.co.uk/e/irvine-welsh…

This time next week we’ll be getting ready to start our Sunday of fun at #Louder2026
Sunday 15th November, The Innside #Manchester.
You coming?
All remaining tickets & info: linktr.ee/louderthanwords
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YAANG have been added to the bill for our Louder Than War Festival next March THE WEDDING PRESENT HEADLINE LOUDER THAN WAR FEST 2027! featuring The Wedding Present, Spear of Destiny, HotWax, Demob Happy, King No-One and many more
Full lineup and tickets: louderthanwar.com/louder-than-wa…

This time next week we’ll be getting ready to start our Saturday of fun at #Louder2026
Saturday 14th November, The Innside #Manchester.
You coming?
All remaining tickets & info: linktr.ee/louderthanwords
👍❤️📚🎶❤️

Ian MacKaye and Mark Andersen to discuss punk, politics and activism in online event : return of punk legend louderthanwar.com/ian-mackaye-an…

One week, yes ONE week ‘til kick off!
Louder Than Words Fest: the UK’s biggest Music Lit Fest!
13-15 November, The Innside #Manchester.
You coming?
We canNOT wait!
All remaining tickets & info: linktr.ee/louderthanwords
👍❤️📚🎶❤️

I’m in conversation with Irvine Welsh at our Louder Than Words festival in Manchester next week ! Tickets and details here eventbrite.co.uk/e/irvine-welsh…

A prison mess hall, a loaded gun, and Stan Laurel's gloriously misguided sense of timing! In "Pardon Us" (1931), Laurel and Hardy find themselves behind bars, where Stan's accidental gunfire turns an already chaotic situation into a comic catastrophe....

RT @ManchesterUP: "Fascinating and insightful, [the book] may tell many of the secrets of John Robb’s life, but it is – more importantly –…

Pyncher: The Eight Legged Band – Single Review louderthanwar.com/pyncher-the-ei… @johnrobb77 @NigelCarrUK @Robinboardman1 @pyncher

Doc ‘n Roll Film Festival announce London screening of The Best Summer, Tamra Davis’ record of the 1995 Summersault Festival louderthanwar.com/doc-n-roll-fil… @johnrobb77 @NigelCarrUK @bibblycull

The Durutti Column’s “Your Shadow At Morning” Reimagined by Four Tet louderthanwar.com/the-durutti-co… @johnrobb77 @NigelCarrUK @DuruttiColumn @FourTet

Our great friends at #ManchesterDigital MusicArchive join us for a fab event at #Louder2026
Join @KazGabay Dave Hewitt & Dana Ali covering soul, the Blues, Hip-Hop & the unveiling of the Blue Plaque for Sister Rosetta Tharpe
10.15am Sat 14 Nov
All tickets: linktr.ee/louderthanwords

Rock ’n’ Roll Freak Show Experience returns to Electric Brixton with Band of Skulls and Vylan Soundsystem - tickets and details here... louderthanwar.com/rock-n-roll-fr…

On Saturday Nov 7th I will be in Glossop doing a ‘Punk Rock Ruined My Life’ memoirs event! Tickets and details here tickettailor.com/events/demento…

It’s getting closer and closer!
Louder Than Words Festival 2026
13-15 November, The Innside, Manchester.
What a programme! What a weekend we have in store for sure!
You coming?
All tickets: linktr.ee/louderthanwords

RIP Clem, who featured on so many pop hits of the 60s & 70s, from Shakin’ All Over to the galloping rhythm on Telstar, from Everlasting Love (which we were celebrating just yesterday) to Hurdy Gurdy Man, from Fury to Clodagh, ‘Grocer Jack’ to Edison Lighthouse & so much else.

Yoo Doo Right – Build and Rest by the Shepherd’s Light: Album Review louderthanwar.com/yoo-doo-right-… @johnrobb77 @NigelCarrUK

THE JUDGEMENT, THE CONDEMNATION, THE SENTENCE : A THINK PIECE ON GOTH MUSIC AND CULTURE louderthanwar.com/a-word-or-two-…

On Saturday Nov 7th I will be in Glossop doing a ‘Punk Rock Ruined My Life’ memoirs event! Tickets and details here tickettailor.com/events/demento…