Morrissey, Patti Smith and Interpol are among the big names announced for this year’s CBGB Festival.
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The annual event celebrates the legendary club and venue in New York that was home to the city’s original punk movement in the 1970s, and this year it will return to its current home of Under The K Bridge in Brooklyn on September 26.
Other names on the bill include the Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter, Buzzcocks, Bikini Kill, Mannequin Pussy, Militarie Gun, Circle Jerks, High Vis, Violet Grohl, Agnostic Front, Bad Nerves, Upchuck, Jackie & Judy and Haywire.
Tickets will be available via a pre-sale tomorrow (April 23) at 10am local time, and you can sign up for a pre-sale code here. People under 25 are eligible for a discount.
Last year’s CBGB Festival included sets from Iggy Pop, Jack White, Johnny Marr, The Damned, Lambrini Girls, Scowl and The Linda Lindas.
Morrissey released his latest album ’Make-Up Is A Lie’ last month and is now preparing to head on a European headline tour later this summer. He has already played his only UK date of the year, at The O2 in London in February.
As for Interpol, earlier this month they gave fans another taste of their new album by giving a live debut to ‘Wings On Fire’ in Albuquerque at a show in between the two weekends of Coachella. The record is “coming soon” and it is set to include drummer Sam Fogarino, despite him stepping back from touring after spinal surgery in 2023.
Last October, meanwhile, Smith re-released her classic album ‘Horses’ to mark its 50th anniversary. She also shared the previously unreleased track ‘Snowball’.
The original CBGB was open between 1973 and 2006, and re-opened as a restaurant at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport in 2015.
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